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the first subclass in the new Unear
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Arana document is the reanimator
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artificer Now this is really exciting
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It's only the second new artificer
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subclass that we've seen since Tasha's
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Cauldron of Everything And the fact that
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we're getting two previewed in like the
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first half of 2025 really shows that
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Wizards is going to put some more effort
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into supporting a class that a lot of
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people really like myself included The
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subclass itself is a pet class You have
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an undead companion And it's weird that
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it's smallsized by default So it's like
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a a dog or something like that but it's
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very much like a Frankenstein's monster
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style companion where it's undead
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animated by lightning And you get some
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other cool lightning themed abilities in
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the subclass as well You can use spare
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the dying as basically a defibrillator
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that does area lightning damage and also
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raises the target to one hit point which
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is a huge improvement And also you can
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heal your companion with lightning
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damage So like if they catch a stray
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lightning bolt or if you hit them with
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shock and grasp or something like that
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you can heal your undead companion much
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faster than say the battlesmith who
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would need to use mending to heal their
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companion a few minutes at a time So
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it's a really interesting take on a pet
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class It's a really cool theme and I
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think it looks like a ton of fun to play
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There's always a little bit of fiddling
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with the numbers and the specific
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abilities in Unear Darkana but uh
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conceptually at least I think all of the
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features here work work really well And
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this looks like a really good first
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draft of the subclass
