Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
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Homunculus Servant
Basically works as a much-improved version of Find Familiar. Quite useful to use in your downtime if you will be doing any crafting.
2024 dmg: "Arcana Proficiency To craft a magic item, you and any assistants must have proficiency in the Arcana skill"
2024 phb: (crafting nonmagical items) "You must use the required tool to make an item and have proficiency with that tool. Anyone who helps you must also have proficiency with it."
Homunculus servant doesnt have any skill or tool proficiencies so cant help with crafting magical or nonmagical items?
Sorry, wrong spell. They were probably talking about this one for crafting: Deryan's Helpful Homunculi
Haha... I was reading this thread and wondering "Why the hell are people not talking about Fireball..." Then I realized the thread was necroed from 2020 so was from old version of SSI where you could only do 1st and 2nd level spells...
Thats a 100 gold material component,consumed every casting...
You can only put artificer spells in the spell storing item, and only Artillerist gets access to fireballas an artificer spell.
Homunculus Servant's material component is not consumed.
pronouns: he/she/they
Honestly, Fireball isn't even the best spell in this case. Hypnotic Pattern, Conjure Barrage, Call Lightning, Dispell Magic, Fly, and Haste are all solid contenders with out many uses you get. Even Create Food and Water in a campaign with large armies can be a major win. Or start up a food truck and make bank using Preditigitation to flavor things.
For those playing as a Battlesmith, Aura of Vitality is a really good choice to put in your SSI. You can give it to another creature like your familiar and let them maintain the concentration on the spell. That's a lot of healing to be getting for no action cost to yourself.
Alternatively that spell can get more abuse with the Circle casting rules. Normal casting its 10 ticks of 2d6 healing. For the cost of a Lvl 3 and Lvl 1 spell slot you get a 1 hour healing field for 600 ticks.