After years of dedicating your life to the pursuit of finding the magic in objects, forging a connection between the weave and the physical constructs of the world, your connection with the weave is that of a wild and uncontrollable magic not suited for traditional artificer pursuits. 

Determined to follow the footsteps of artificers prior to you, you look to forge your own path, creating a magical conduit to help you harness and refine your wild magic.Through these conduits you learn to create constructs purely of magical energy and release condensed magical force in varying ways upon those who would stand against you. You take to studying more martial forms of combat to help you maximize your efficiency wielding these Constructs you have named Arcane Armaments becoming more agile than your artificer peers.

You come embody the all of what makes an artificer while embracing the martial combat, and agility of those who fight in more traditional forms of combat.

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Magical Deficiency

As an artificer, normal means of casting higher level spells do not work for you as you were blessed with a vast magic, yet cursed with wild magic making it harder to control. Normal arcane focuses do not work for spells above 1st level, you must instead use your Arcane Conduits as they regulate the flow of magic through you.

Any attempt to cast a spell without the use of your Arcane Conduit requires a DC Intelligence (Arcana) check to see if the spell resolves. This explosive last resort for spellcasting takes it's toll on your body, and as a result Surges magical effects around you.

Arcane Conduits

At 3rd level, with access to such a vast amount of wild magic and determination you create a vessel that can withstand your connection to the weave. This vessel is called an Arcane Conduit, and it condenses your magic into a more into a refined arcane charges, allowing you control over your magic.

Each Conduit can store the form of one Arcane Armament (See table below.) and must be constructed of 2lb, or 100 coins, of one of the following materials and will indicate the the damage property of that Arcane Armament.

Material	Conduit Properties
Copper	Acid Damage
Silver	Cold Damage
Gold	Fire Damage
Electrum	Lightning Damage
Platinum	Force Damage

The construction process requires you to make a DC INT (Arcana) check equal to or above the Arcane Arms' level requirement and a ritual of 8 hours; this process is reduced by 1 hour equal to your Intelligence modifier. This construction ritual creates a magical bond to your Arcane Conduit, you can't be disarmed of your conduit unless you are incapacitated. If it is on the same plane of existence, you can summon the conduit as a bonus action on your turn, causing it to teleport instantly to your hand.

You can have up to two bonded conduits, but can summon only one at a time with your bonus action. If you attempt to bond with a third weapon, you must break the bond with one of the other two. At 9th level you may use one of your artificer Infusions to bond to a third conduit, and at 15th level, a fourth conduit.

Arcane Conduits also gains the following attributes:

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• Arcane Charges. Your conduits store your wild magic and condense it into charges that can be expended to attack enemies, and cast spells. These charges can be restored by expending one 1st level or higher spell slot to replenish the charges in your conduit, converting the magical energy into charges.
• Refined Wild Magic Spellcasting. To cast a spell above 1st level you must expend Arcane charges equal to the to half the spell's level rounded up, as well as the appropriate spell slot. If a spell requires you a spell attack, first make an attack with your Arcane Armament of choice, upon a successful hit you may use a bonus action to cast that spell. The spell follows the arc of your Arcane Charge and lands without the need for a seperate attack roll; this ignores the spell's normal range.
• Arcane Surge. Whenever you make an attack roll with an arcane armament, and the attack roll is equal to or lower than the weapon’s Surge score, the weapon creates an arcane surge. The armament deactivates until you spend an action to try and reform it. To reconstruct an armament that has surged, you must make a successful DC INT (Arcana) check equal to 10 + its surge score, failing this check will cause the armament to become unresponsive until your next short rest.

Arcane Surge Table

d10	Effect
1	Your Arcane Conduit deactivates and becomes unresponsive. You take 1d6 damage of your Arcane Conduit's damage type.
2	You cast Fire bolt] on yourself and two other random creatures within a 30-foot radius.
3	For the next minute, you regain 5 hit points at the start of each of your turns.
4	You cast Confusion centered on yourself.
5	Each creature within 30 feet of you takes 1d10 necrotic damage. You regain hit points equal to the sum of the necrotic damage dealt.
6	You turn into a potted plant until the start of your next turn. While a plant, you are incapacitated and have vulnerability to all damage. If you drop to 0 hit points, your pot breaks, and your form reverts.
7	A random creature within 60 feet of you becomes poisoned for 1d4 hours.
8	You cast Fog Cloud on yourself
9	Flowers and vines temporarily grow around you making the ground within 15 feet of you difficult terrain for your enemies.
10	You cast Darkness centered on yourself.
11	You are frightened by the nearest creature until your next turn.
12	You overcharge your shot and your Arcane Armament explodes. The shot does maximum damage possible, and you take damage equal to half that.

 

Arcane Arms' additional Properties:

• Light. You may use your bonus action to fire this as an off hand attack if you are unarmed or have another Light weapon in your main hand.
• Loading (X). Loading denotes that you must reload the weapon after X charges are expended by using a bonus action to do so. Attempting to fire the weapon without doing so instantly results in an surge of arcane energy, and the player must roll on the Arcane surge table.

 

Essence Theft

You regain 1 expended arcane charge each time you roll a critical hit on an attack roll with an arcane armament, or deal a killing blow with an arcane armament to a creature you absorb the magical energy of the weave leaving the dead target’s body on a successful DC INT (Arcana) check equal to 10 + creature’s WIS.

Combat Roll

When a creature that you can see hits you with an attack, you can use your reaction to roll 5ft in any direction. If you do so, the damage you take from the attack is reduced by 1d10 + DEX modifier. Beginning at 9th level the attack is reduced by 1d10 + DEX modifier + Proficiency bonus.

You gain 5ft of movement.

Runed-Charged Conduits

Your advancements in metallurgy and runic warding has allowed you to alter your attacks by imbuing different runed effects onto your arcane charges. 

Before you roll for an attack you may choose one rune to activate, upon a successful hit the rune applies its affects and the magic is expended; the effect is applied in addition to your normal attack damage. This ability may be used a number of times equal to your INT modifier.

RUNE	RUNE EFFECT
Piercing Rune	Your charge pierces through the target of its attack and strikes any creature(s) in a 10ft line behind it
Lingering Run	Your charge lingers inside the targets body and causes hemoraging for the next minute, taking 1d8 equal to your Conduit's damage type at the end of their turn. The creature may make a DC WIS (Medicine) check equal to your spell save DC
Wounding Rune	Your charge wounds the creature it hits making it vulnerable to attack, the next attack roll made against this target before the end of your next turn has advantage.
Bola Rune	Your charge fires a spectral bola and entangles the creature it hits for the next minute. At the beginning of their turn they may make a Dexterity Saving Throw on your Spell DC to break free of the bola.
Grapple Hook Rune	Your charge fires an ethereal grapple hook forth grappling at a point within 60ft. You may pull yourself towards the point giving you 15ft Fly speed towards the point. If the point is on an object or creature you may pull it towards you on a successful DC STR (Athletics) check of your DM's discretion

 

Keen Instincts

you learn to hone in your instincts using your wit and speed simultaneously making the events around you seem to slow giving you ample time to devise tactical ideas and gaining mastery of your Arcane energy. As a bonus action, you gain the following benefits for 1 minute:

• When you take the Attack action on your turn, you can make one additional attack as part of that action.
• Once on each of your turns when you make an attack with an Arcane Arm and miss, you can cause that attack to hit instead.
• When a creature within 30ft of you makes an attack roll against an ally you may use your reaction to fire a non-heavy Arcane Armament at that creature. If your attack is successful, that creature rolls its attack at disadvantage instead.