Blade Forger

In the temples of Gond, the Faerûnian God of craft, smithing, and inventiveness, the creed is that no design, no matter how effective, is ever truly finished. Blade Forgers are artificers who take this tenet to heart, applying it directly to the art of war. They see the standard armaments of the world not as perfected tools, but as blueprints begging for revision. Through innovation and divine inspiration, they forge weapons that are dynamic, adaptive, and push far beyond the limits of conventional smithing.

Level 3: Forger's Proficiency

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A Blade Forger knows how to wield his weapon as well as the tools required to craft it. You gain proficiency with Smith’s Tools and martial weapons. If you already have Smith's Tools proficiency, you gain proficiency with one other type of artisan’s tools of your choice.

Level 3: Blade Forger Spells

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You always have certain spells prepared after you reach particular levels in this class, as shown in the Blade Forger Spells table. These spells count as artificer spells for you, but they don’t count against the number of artificer spells you prepare.

Blade Forger Spells

Artificer Level	Spell
3rd	Thunderous Smite, Searing Smite
5th	Shining smite, Arcanomagnetic Repulsion
9th	Magnetite Shard, Vegetable Blade, Conjure Barrage
13th	Supernal Smite, Wall of Fire
17th	Splattering Smite, Conjure Volley

Level 3: Weapon Forging

 

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Throughout the duration of 8 hours, inside a blacksmith's workshop (or similar function area), you can create or modify a personalized weapon.

Damage Dice: The weapon has a starting damage dice of 1d4. Refer to the chart below for how the dice damage is altered according to modifications (in increments of d2 each), up to a maximum of 2d12. If the damage dice falls below 1d4, it deals 1 damage.
As you gain experience in both the creation and harnessing of weapons, the quality of your weapon improves as well. This is reflected in the increased starting damage dice at higher artificer levels.

Artificer Level	3	5	9	13	17
Damage Dice	1d4	1d6	1d8	1d10	1d12	2d8	2d10	2d12

 

Use the tables below to design your weapon.

Select one category:

Simple	No Modifier
Martial	Damage Dice +1d2

And then one style:

Light	Damage Dice -1d2
Versatile	Damage Dice +1d2 when using 2 hands
Two-Handed	Damage Dice +2d2

 

One damage type:

Bludgeoning, Piercing or Slashing	No Modifier
Fire, Cold, Lightning, Poison or Thunder	Damage Dice -1d2

And any property from the table below:

Reach	Damage Dice -1d2
Finesse	Damage Dice -2d2	No dice cost if Light. Requires Martial.
Cumbersome	Damage Dice -2d2	You can use strength for ranged attacks.  Incompatible with finesse.
Heavy	Damage Dice +1d2	Incompatible with Light.
Thrown (20/60)	Damage Dice -1d2	Incompatible with Ammunition.
Ammunition	Damage Dice  -2d2 (30/90) | -3d2 (50/200)	Allows for ranged attacks using dexterity.
Loading or Reload(6)	Damage Dice: +1d2	Reload as a bonus action or action (utilize).
Damage	Damage Dice -1d2	You can select up to two damage types and choose which is used on hit, applying the relevant reductions to base damage dice.
Hafted	Damage Dice -1d2	After you use the Attack action, you can use a Bonus Action to make a melee attack with the haft. The attack is made with -4d2 to the damage dice. Requires Two-Handed.
Attached	Damage Dice -1d2	Can’t be disarmed of this weapon, but donning or doffing the weapon takes an action. You can use a hand equipped with this weapon to hold items but can’t attack with the weapon while doing so. Requires Light.

You can only maintain a number of weapons up to half your proficiency bonus, rounded up. When you forge a new weapon while at the maximum number, the oldest weapon degrades, becoming unusable. The weapons you forge are mundane in nature.

A personalized weapon can be wielded by friendly creatures of your choice, but only if it is Simple.

Weapons with the ammunition property can be considered melee, ranged or both at once. Select an ammunition type when the weapon is created this way.

Reach and Finesse properties do not benefit ranged attacks. A melee weapon can use the Loading or Reload property. A weapon with the heavy property requires 13 str to make melee attacks and 13 dex to make ranged attacks without disadvantage.

Level 5: Mantle of the Forge Master

 

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 At 5th level, you can channel the essence of your craft into a protective aura. The intense heat required to forge personalized weapons is beyond any ordinary fire. A Blade Forger's unyielding resolve to the craft manifests as this protective mantle, allowing them to work within the forge's heart unharmed and channel that captured flame into their attacks.

As a bonus action, you can weave into existence a fiery mantle that covers your body for 1 minute. While active, you gain the following benefits:

• You have resistance to fire damage.
• Your weapon attacks deal an extra 1d6 fire damage.
  
  

Once you use this feature, you can't do so again until you finish a long rest.  You can regain a use of this feature by expending one spell slot.

Level 5: Improved Weapon Forging

 

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You can select masteries listed below and apply it to the weapons you create, one for each weapon, following the table below with the associated damage dice alteration.

You can use any mastery applied this way, but other creatures cannot benefit from it.

Graze, Push, Sap, Slow, Topple, Swift	Damage Dice: -1d2
Vex, Set	Damage Dice: -2d2
Cleave	Damage Dice: -1d2. Requires Heavy or Reach.
Nick	Damage Dice: -2d2. Requires Light.
Brutal	Damage Dice: -3d2
Disarming	Damage Dice: -1d2. Incompatible with Two-Handed.
Entangling	Damage Dice: -1d2. Requires Reach.
Returning	Damage Dice: -1d2. Requires Thrown.

Level 9: Reliable Craftsmanship

 

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Your countless hours of precise work at creation have made your hands impossibly steady and your techniques flawless.

Select one Artisan's Tool except for Smith's Tools and Woodcarver's Tools. Whenever you make an ability check with your chosen Artisan's Tool, Smith's Tools or Woodcarver's Tools, you can treat a d20 roll of 9 or lower as a 10.

Level 9: Arsenal Overload

 

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 As an action, you can temporarily enhance your personalized weapons to their absolute limits. Depending on the type of personalized weapon you are currently wielding, you produce one of the following effects:

• The melee weapon momentarily extends to giant proportions as you swing. All creatures in a 30-foot cone must make a Dexterity saving throw against your artificer spell save DC. 
• Your ranged weapon fires a massive projectile that tears through the battlefield. Each creature in a 10 feet wide, 60-foot line must make a Dexterity saving throw against your artificer spell save DC. 

On a failed save, a creature takes damage equal to your proficiency bonus × d10, half damage on a success. The damage type can be slashing (if using the cone), piercing (if using the line), or fire. This damage is considered magical for the purpose of overcoming immunity and resistance to nonmagical attacks and damage

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Improved Mantle

At 9th level, your connection to the forge's heart deepens. Your movements take on the swift, relentless rhythm of a master smith hammering hot steel. 

While your Mantle of the Forge Master is active, you can make two attacks when you take the Attack action on your turn.

Level 15: Infusion Standardization

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Your method of infusing your personalized weapons has become a precise and repeatable process. 

When you apply an infusion to one of your personalized weapons, you can replicate its effects across all other personalized weapons you maintain, provided they meet the infusion's prerequisites. Any weapon affected this way requires attunement and cannot be used by creatures other than you.

For example, you have 1 personalized melee weapons and 1 personalized ranged weapon. Applying the Enhanced Weapon infusion to either weapon allows both to benefit from a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls. However, applying the Repeating Shot infusion to the ranged weapon will not replicate its effects on the melee weapon.

Level 15: Maximized Mantle

 

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At 15th level, your mantle ignites with much greater intensity, causing your weapons to burn with the concentrated heat of a star. You weave spells into your strikes the same way you infuse your passion into every weapon you forge.

You gain the following benefits while Mantle of the Forge Master is active:

• The extra fire damage from your mantle increases to 1d10.
• When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can replace one of the attacks with a casting of one of your cantrips that has a casting time of an action.

Additionally, you can expend four total levels worth of spell slots as part of the bonus action to weave the mantle into existence, extending its duration to 8 hours (can be 2 level 2 slots, or 4 level 1 slots etc.).