The spells aren’t wonderful, but Shatter is a welcome addition to the Artificer spell list, which is short on direct damage spells. While you’ll never be the greatest caster, Shatter is a useful option for the Spell-storing Item, allowing any hireling or familiar to deal significant damage...
If you craft a magic item with a rarity of common or uncommon, it takes you a quarter of the normal time, and it costs you half as much of the usual gold. Spell-Storing Item At 11th level, you can now store a spell in an object. Whenever you finish a long rest, you can touch...
spell-storing itemis essentially about creating one-shot wands. One of the protagonists in myDreaming Darknovels, Lei d’Cannith, is an artificer and I frequently represent her as weaving tapestries of magic to create her tools. She also makes regular use ofspell-storing...
Currently, the rules state “You must have a spellcasting focus—specifically thieves’ tools or some kind of artisan’s tool—in hand when you cast any spell with this Spellcasting feature.” Do you think it’s fair to amend that to say “Or an item crafted by your artisans’ tools?”...