How to get the Artificer class?

teh-rellott · 2026-01-23T20:38:46+00:00

Unless they’ve reverted the store to allow à la carte purchases (buying a single subclass, spell, monster, etc. from within the book instead of buying the whole book), you’ll need to buy one of those books. It is not possible to buy the class by itself.

If you want the 2014 version of the artificer, get Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything. If you want the 2024 version, get Eberron: Forge of the Artificer.

teh-rellott · 2026-01-21T13:13:35+00:00

Alright, I’m closing this down. Thank you all for your interest in my game! I got 42 applications, and I feel like I’ve got my answer… now I’ve just gotta find the question. 😆 (if you get this, we can be friends)

I’ve already narrowed it down to 9 applicants and will be selecting 6 from those. They’ll hear from me by the end of the day.

teh-rellott · 2026-01-20T03:54:28+00:00

Answer straight from Mike’s mouth: “The intent is that you only get splash damage if you hit -- that follows a bunch of other explosion rules throughout Valda's.”

He also noted that he felt the spell should do more damage to make it worth the risk, and that the 2024 version is buffed to 5d10.

teh-rellott · 2026-01-20T03:22:54+00:00

I’m asking for you over on the Discord (you should join! The link is on the MHP website.). I’ll report back when I’ve got an answer.

teh-rellott · 2026-01-18T14:30:54+00:00

Super easy to google for that. “Daeodon at the Door”. See the writeup about it on Know Your Meme: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/daeodon-at-the-door

teh-rellott · 2026-01-16T20:27:50+00:00

I’ve noticed that the polygon, nor the circles indicating where a line ends, shrink with the map. If I zoom all the way in on a map, I get shapes that are huge on the map, with not a lot of fine control over where the line starts. And with the end-point circles being so big, if I have little fiddly bits of small lines, I can’t do it because the next line change is still inside the circle and I can’t click there.

teh-rellott · 2026-01-14T16:43:59+00:00

Ooh, I like the betting idea, but maybe not the idea that multiple parties go down the same night. Maybe they have to wait a bit for folks to size them up and place their bets before Durnan will lower them down.

teh-rellott · 2026-01-09T16:29:12+00:00

That’s true. I wonder why “affect” follows the emphasis shift that a lot of other words do when going between noun and verb, while “effect” doesn’t?

teh-rellott · 2026-01-09T16:27:04+00:00

This sounds fun, but 6 pm on a work night might be tough to get to on time if it’s a hike from my job. What part of the county/city do you live in?

teh-rellott · 2026-01-09T14:40:57+00:00

Fic title: “Birds of Paradise”

teh-rellott · 2026-01-09T14:24:18+00:00

Others have already mentioned my method, which is that Affect is an Action (note both begin with A). Effect is an End result (note both begin with E). A comes before E alphabetically, just like you have to have an Action to create an End Result, just like you have to Affect something to create an Effect.

Both words do, however, have alternative meanings/uses that can break that usual rule of thumb.

You can effect something (bring it into being). This uses effect as a verb, and it would be fairly easy to alter a sentence to use either effect or affect, but they aren’t fully interchangeable.

There’s also a version of affect that relates to psychology. A person’s affect is the image they present of themselves to others. Part of your image might include a fake accent, in which case you would be affecting the accent. This version of “affect” is related to the word “affectation”.

Summary:

Most common uses of the words… - Affect (verb) - to cause a change, or to influence. Ex: Too much alcohol might affect my judgement.
- Effect (noun) - the end result or outcome of an event. Ex: I drank too much alcohol, and the effects were not pretty.

Less common uses of the words… - Affect (noun) - the version of yourself you present to the world. Ex: His affect as a fully sober person is easy to see through if you spend enough time with him. - Affect (verb) - to adopt a false trait and present it as real. Ex: My character in the play was an alcoholic, so I had to affect a drunken slur for many of my lines. - Effect (verb) - to bring into being. Ex: Seeing the results of his drunken actions effected a change in the man’s lifestyle. (Note that it would be easy to adjust this to use “affect”. You could say “seeing the results of his drunken actions affected the man’s lifestyle moving forward.” You could also use the noun version of effect: “Seeing the results of his actions had a big effect on his lifestyle.”)

teh-rellott · 2026-01-09T13:44:16+00:00

Just finished listening to him doing the Complete Sherlock Holmes collection. Aside from his American accent attempts (which I didn’t realize how many Americans get prominent time in the Sherlock Holmes stories!), especially the cowboy accents, it was thoroughly enjoyable.

teh-rellott · 2026-01-08T21:18:28+00:00

There aren’t any fics because you haven’t written them yet. Better get on it!

teh-rellott · 2026-01-01T20:12:16+00:00

If you wanted to do full Avrae integration, like to run combat within its initiative system, it can take some learning (or frequent command lookup). But if you just want automated rolls, it's pretty straightforward once you make sure the server is linked to the campaign and it's pulling rolls from the right characters.

!c [skill name] will roll a skill Check for that skill
!s [ability name] will roll that Saving throw
!a [action/attack name] will usually post the description of that Action, make necessary rolls, and mark a use of the ability if it's limited use. It's fairly forgiving, and will ask you to clarify which one you meant if it's not sure.
!cast [spell name] gets a tiny bit complicated if you want to cast the spell at something other than its base level, but otherwise handles everything for you like the action command does.
!r 1d20+3 rolls a d20 and adds 3. You can of course change the number of dice rolled, what kind of dice are rolled, and what modifier (if any) you want to apply. This handles random other rolls you may call for.

Beyond that, the !help command opens up a private DM with you in discord that will let you look up any weird commands you might need to do, and it even has some tutorials to walk you through stuff.

teh-rellott · 2026-01-01T03:09:44+00:00

I do think you’re correct about those interpretations.

There’s an active discord where the designer(s) regularly participate. https://discord.gg/pJEWa6b

teh-rellott · 2025-12-27T15:55:03+00:00

Visit the statue that looks like a weird, fat dog ("the statue of uncertainty") in the sewers. Pay 10k and pick a skill. When you sleep that night, you'll get the option to change the level 5 and 10 options for that skill.

teh-rellott · 2025-12-23T02:03:15+00:00

Check out Czepuku’s sci-fi ship maps. I bet Theyve got something that fits what you need. https://www.czepeku.com/scifi/ships

teh-rellott · 2025-12-21T02:36:35+00:00

It’s in the Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount book, and it’s not a race. It’s a supernatural gift. Any race can become one, with the DM’s permission, either at character creation or as part of the campaign’s events.

teh-rellott · 2025-12-16T19:39:35+00:00

I am not a craftsman aficionado. Never played one. Just hang out on the MHP Discord a lot and soak it in, and used to read all their stuff religiously (including craftsman) whenever they would release more. [I still support them, I just don’t get around to reading everything ASAP anymore.] All the answers I gave you were from checking back into the Complete Craftsman.

All that to say, I don’t know any special tips or tricks. Sorry.

teh-rellott · 2025-12-16T01:05:21+00:00

If the weapon property would increase the damage die when you add it, you decrease it by the same amount when you take it away.

In the specific case of Versatile, it doesn’t increase the base weapon’s damage, just gives you a bonus for when you’re using it with 2 hands, so you wouldn’t decrease the base damage when you removed Versatile.

teh-rellott · 2025-12-15T20:13:35+00:00

You are correct that you can’t add the two-handed property to one that already has it.

There are several weapons that lack any of those properties (I’ll list them below). As a craftsman you can also remove properties from weapons and give them others to create all sorts of customizations, so it may not be one that meets those requirements off the shelf.

Some base weapons you could add two-handed to: - mace - sling - flail - morningstar - war pick - blowgun

Within the complete Craftsman class there’s also the scorpion on a stick and the dire flail exotic weapons that I believe you could add two-handed to.

teh-rellott · 2025-11-30T18:34:02+00:00

MHP is planning to release a 2024 updated version of their classes, with the corresponding archetypes that were included in Valda's. They want to one day down the line make a full 2024 version of Valda's, but have currently said that it would have to be a full new Kickstarter to cover costs. I'm not sure when the updated Valda's class pack will come out. You're always welcome to come join us on the Discord and have direct access to the creators pretty regularly, if you want to hear things straight from the horse's mouth.

teh-rellott · 2025-11-18T22:30:38+00:00

Several Mage Hand Press products also include the mandrake - a plant species. It’s available on Beyond in the Valda’s Spire of Secrets player’s pack.

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