PDA

View Full Version : Artificer Artillerist and Chaos Bolt



Eragon123
2019-11-20, 07:19 PM
Preface: I am DM’ing a Ravnica Campaign. If the mechanics of the backgrounds offend you, please don’t comment down below, I know the backgrounds are controversial.

Part of my campaign is maintaining a group of NPCs that complete the circle of guilds for the guild pact. With the release of the Eberron book, I rewrote my Izzet representative in order to bring him into line with the new artificer and warforged rules. There is an interaction that goes against Jeremy Crawford’s ruling but I still thought was hilarious and also in flavor for the guild.

When the artificer gets to 5th level, the Arcane Firearm feature adds a d8 to spell damage rolls. With chaos bolt this gives you another opportunity to have matching d8s and this bounce the spell.

stoutstien
2019-11-20, 08:32 PM
It add 1d8 to a single damage roll per casting.

Eragon123
2019-11-20, 08:40 PM
Yes so it won’t help get a 2nd bounce but it can help with the initial bounce.

Eriol
2019-11-20, 09:02 PM
That isn't how I'd rule that spell, I would think the extra d8 wouldn't affect type OR bouncing (it's just pure extra damage) but you do whatever you'd like at your table.