The artificer is Dungeons & Dragons' first and only new class outside Player's Handbook's 12. The Alchemist Artificer Specialist in D&D 5e is its most straightforward subclass with the fewest new mechanics. Nonetheless, it's still in the upper bounds of complexity, not least due to the D&D 5e artificer's unusual magical focus for a half-caster.
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