Battle Smith 2.0

Armies require Infantry and humanoids are fallible, the most powerful of armies employ battle smiths instead, and thus win many wars. However individual Battle Smiths are no joke, often knowing much about combat themselves, and able to hold their own in a fight. 

Tool proficiencies

When you adopt this specialization at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with smith's tools. If you already have this proficiency, you gain proficiency with one other type of artisan's tools of your choice.

Battle ready

When you reach 3rd level, your combat training and your experiments with magic have paid off in two ways:

• You gain proficiency with martial weapons.

• When you attack with a magic weapon, you can use your Intelligence modifier, instead of Strength or Dexterity modifier, for the attack and damage rolls.

Infantry Creation

Your specialization in artifice allows you to create other beings that can double as infantry. Every long rest you can make up to two units of infantry, these can take any appearance you like but will retain the statistics of a suit of animated armor. As an action you can command infantry units telepathically, otherwise they will defend themselves from any immediate danger or remain completely inert. You can only command up to two units of infantry at a time.

Extra attack

Starting at 5th level, you can attack twice, rather than once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

Improved Infantry

At 9th level you have gained new insights into the creation of infantry. You can choose to either make four units of infantry with the statistics of animated armor or one elite infantry that has the statistics of a helmed horror.

Battle Mastery

At 15th level, your infantry creation has become so potent you gain these additional options:

• You can now make up to 8 regular units of infantry taking the statistics of animated armor
• You can make up to 4 units of elite infantry taking the statistics of helmed horror
• You can make 2 shield guardians.