For most artificers these features fall by the wayside, but for a rogue playstyle? Having little on-demand noisemakers that can mimic any sound while I sneak past the guards has infinite possibilities.

They're versatile utility options that can emit light, record and replay sounds, emit noises or odors, or relay messages. Gained at with just a single level of artificer and typically underutilized, this lets you make a number of handy devices with limited utility equal to your Intelligence modifier. To get our spy's pockets filled with gadgets we have a few class features that we care about from both classes. The many features of rogues and artificers mesh in some interesting ways as multiclassed characters. Ultimately, we're looking at a final build of 6th level artificer / 14th level rogue. There are later features we hope to synergize with as well, but the core concept will function with just a 4th level build. This dual-class option kicks in at 4th level once we gain our 3rd level of artificer and 1st level of rogue. When Does an Artificer / Rogue 'Kick In'? Thankfully the high-level artificer abilities aren't that amazing, so we don't lose out on much. Thankfully we can combine the archetypes in ways to alleviate most of this but ultimately in any multiclass build we're sacrificing the late level capstone features and specializations of a single-class character for more options and utility. This also means that you'll need to meet the artificer multiclass requirements and the rogue multiclass requirements. We'll also be pretty low on hit points compared to other martial characters since even single class rogues aren't all that beefy. Artificer multi-classes have a similar issue as a partial spellcaster, and any levels not taken as artificer levels will hurt the already wimpy artificer spell progression and spellcasting abilities. A rogue's sneak attack is determined by their rogue levels not their character levels, this means we're taking a big attack damage hit with any levels not taken in rogue.

Multi-classing an artificer and rogue isn't the smoothest combination. Want endless dice? Check out our RPG Dice Subscription! You get to be Q and James Bond all in one! The slow level progression on sneak attack hurts, but we can offset it.

You end up with a bit more than a sneaky artificer or a rogue with additional spellcasting options and when multiclassed right you'll end up as a rogue flush with all sorts of utility spells with tons of useful gadgets for their stealth missions and a robot pal to provide sneak attacks for combat. Instead, we're going to focus more on the features of rogues augmented and enhanced by the utility features and additional damage options of the artificer. Your first instinct may be to take the artillerist for the eldritch cannon, but no matter how I tried the math artificer rogue multiclassing always left me with simply less damage when using the arcane cannon. The rogue dnd class is one of the best offensive options in the game and is the archetypal sneaky character, but wouldn't it be nice if they had some gadgets? In an odd way both classes make use of and gain bonuses towards their thieves' tools and while they don't seem like they'd mesh as multiclass options it actually works. The artificer class has a lot of fun combat buffs and support options but have serious combat limitations, even the artillerist is just halfway decent at it.

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