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d and D's Artificer can be a good choice
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for your first D and D character and I
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want to explain why so of all of the
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official classes for fifth edition D and
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D the artificer is one of the most
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complicated it has a lot of buttons to
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push it has a lot of decision points and
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character customization within the class
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but it's also a great way to learn how
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to play the game and a lot of those
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decision points can be simplified so
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that they're not intimidating for new
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players and then changed once you feel
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more confident with your character the
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biggest issue is really the infusions
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the ability to pick magic items from a
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list can be very intimidating but if you
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keep those choices to simple options
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plus one weapons plus one armor things
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like that you can make the class very
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approachable and still very very
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effective the diversity of the subasses
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also means that the artificer caters to
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a wide range of play styles you can play
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support you can play a tank you can play
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a striker you can really make the class
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diverse and interesting all within one
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class at the same time you're also
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learning spellcasting and since they're
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only half casters you don't have to deal
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with the highpowered spells that you're
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going to deal with as a cleric or a
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wizard or something like that since
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they're only a half caster you're only
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going to deal with a subset of the
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spellcasting power that you would get
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from a cleric or a wizard or something
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like that you're still managing spells
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you're still learning how the
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spellcasting mechanics work but you like
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that is not the entirety of your
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character so it is not monopolizing your
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thinking so you're getting experience
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with skills with tools with spellcasting
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with magic items you can get things like
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a homunculus familiar so that you have a
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pet to tote around and control so you're
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exposing yourself to a ton of parts of
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the game a ton of different mechanics
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and you can opt into those more complex
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parts of the class as you feel more
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confident in your ability to handle
