Artisans turn practical craft into an adventuring discipline. They know how to make, mend, and adapt equipment under pressure, and they carry a blade because sometimes the job comes to them. An Artisan supports allies with timely repairs and clever field techniques, making a party's gear and teamwork more reliable.
Make do. Make well. Make sure everyone gets home.
Support
At a glance
Work Dice
Hit die d8
Intelligence
ConstitutionGain proficiency with light armor, simple weapons, martial weapons, and three kinds of Artisan's Tools of your choice. Choose two of your tool proficiencies; you gain Expertise with them. You can use a set of Artisan's Tools with which you are proficient as a spellcasting focus for any spells you gain from another source.
During a Long Rest, you can craft or repair nonmagical objects using suitable tools and materials. You can also jury-rig one Tiny or Small mundane object you can touch, giving it a harmless practical function for 1 hour; it cannot deal damage or duplicate a spell.
You gain a pool of Work Dice equal to your Proficiency Bonus, which return when you finish a Short or Long Rest. Your Work Die is a d6, becoming a d8 at level 9 and a d10 at level 17. Learn three Field Techniques; you learn one additional technique at levels 5, 9, 13, and 17. You can spend only one Work Die per feature use.
Choose an Artisan specialty: Guild Quartermaster, Bladewright, or Wonderworker. Your specialty grants features at levels 3, 6, 10, and 14.
When you finish a Short or Long Rest, choose one nonmagical weapon or suit of armor you can touch. Until your next rest, it gains a +1 bonus to attack rolls or AC, respectively. This bonus does not stack with a magic bonus.
Ability Score Improvement
When you or a creature you can see within 30 feet rolls initiative, you can expend a Work Die and add it to that creature's initiative. You also learn one additional Field Technique.
You gain your Artisan Specialty feature.
When you take the Attack action, you can replace one attack with the Help action, targeting a creature within 5 feet of you or within 30 feet if you use tools or a crafted signal to direct it.
Ability Score Improvement
Your Work Die becomes a d8, and you learn one additional Field Technique. When you roll initiative and have no Work Dice remaining, you regain one.
You gain your Artisan Specialty feature.
When you finish a Short or Long Rest, choose up to three creatures who rested with you. Each gains Temporary Hit Points equal to your Artisan level + your Proficiency Bonus.
Ability Score Improvement
You learn one additional Field Technique. When you use a Field Technique that restores Hit Points or grants Temporary Hit Points, you can add your Intelligence modifier to one roll of that technique.
You gain your Artisan Specialty feature.
When a creature you can see within 30 feet fails a saving throw, you can use your Reaction and expend a Work Die to add the die to its saving throw, potentially turning the failure into a success.
Ability Score Improvement
Your Work Die becomes a d10, and you learn one additional Field Technique. When you roll initiative, you regain up to two expended Work Dice.
When you roll Initiative and have no uses of Workshop Finish remaining before your next rest, you can use it once without resting. You can also apply its bonus to two eligible items instead of one.
Ability Score Improvement
Once per Long Rest, when you or an ally within 30 feet would be reduced to 0 Hit Points, that creature instead drops to 1 Hit Point and can immediately move up to half its Speed without provoking Opportunity Attacks. You can then restore all expended Work Dice.
IntelligenceConstitutionIntelligenceConstitutionHit points per Artisan level; Hit Points at 1st level equal 8 + your Constitution modifier, and at later levels equal (or 5) + your Constitution modifier.
Armorlight armor.
Weaponssimple and martial weapons.
Toolsthree kinds of Artisan's Tools of your choice. Choose two of your tool proficiencies for Expertise.
Starting equipmentleather armor, a martial weapon, a simple weapon, two sets of Artisan's Tools, an Explorer's Pack, and 15 GP.
Skill choicesChoose two: Athletics, History, Insight, Investigation, Medicine, Nature, Perception, Persuasion, Sleight of Hand, or Survival.
ResourceWork Dice: a pool equal to your Proficiency Bonus, regained on a Short or Long Rest. Your die scales from d6 to d8 and then d10.
MulticlassingPrerequisite: Intelligence 13. When multiclassing into Artisan, gain proficiency with one type of Artisan's Tools and one martial weapon. You do not gain the Artisan's starting equipment.
Choose from these techniques when you learn a Field Technique; each use expends one Work Die unless noted otherwise.
As a Bonus Action, touch a creature and restore Hit Points equal to the Work Die + your Intelligence modifier (minimum 1).
When you hit with a weapon attack, expend a Work Die to deal extra damage of the weapon's type equal to the die, and give one ally within 30 feet Temporary Hit Points equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum 1).
As a Reaction when a creature you can see within 30 feet takes damage, reduce that damage by the Work Die + your Intelligence modifier (minimum 1).
As a Bonus Action, choose one ally within 30 feet. The next attack roll it makes before the start of your next turn gains a bonus equal to the Work Die.
As a Bonus Action, choose one ally within 30 feet. It can immediately move up to 10 feet without provoking Opportunity Attacks.
As a Bonus Action, touch a nonmagical object or piece of equipment. Repair a break or restore function to it, or give one creature holding it a bonus equal to the Work Die on its next ability check using that item before the end of your next turn.
The crew thrives because you planned for what could go wrong.
A well-made blade is a promise kept under pressure.
The impossible is only a design that has not been tested yet.
Artisans turn practical craft into an adventuring discipline.
They know how to make, mend, and adapt equipment under pressure, and they carry a blade because sometimes the job comes to them. An Artisan supports allies with timely repairs and clever field techniques, making a party's gear and teamwork more reliable.
You are a capable weapon-user whose greatest value comes from making allies more effective and keeping a plan from falling apart.
Spend Work Dice when they can prevent a setback or secure a decisive moment, and coordinate with your party before rests to make the most of your tools and Workshop Finish.
Most Artisans begin as guild apprentices, learning a trade before being trusted with commissions beyond the workshop.
Initiation usually means completing a difficult job independently, then accepting a guild duty that requires travel, service, or field testing. Some learn the craft outside guilds from family workshops, military corps, or frontier communities.
Most people appreciate an Artisan's practical help and dependable equipment.
Guilds regard them as valuable representatives, while soldiers and travelers often treat them as indispensable companions; some officials remain wary of anyone who can alter locks, weapons, and mechanisms.
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