Magical Tinkerer

A DnD 5E Player-Class

by Aile the Alien

 

Wondrous Tinkering

You love to tinker with new clockwork or magical gadgets - rote spell-casting is too boring to study so deeply! Plus, these are more permanent than such ephemeral magicks! You'll make a killing selling these...as soon as you stop scavenging your earlier inventions for parts.

Overview

• Hit Dice: D6
• Proficiencies:
  • simple weapons, crossbows
  • light armor
  • tinker's tools
  • intelligence checks
• Starting Skills: two from arcana, history, insight, investigation, perception, religion, sleight of hand
• Starting Equipment:
  • a handaxe, quarterstaff, or spear
  • a light crossbow and ammunition, or
    • boomerang, sling, and armful of darts
  • leather armor
  • an explorer's pack or scholar's pack
  • tinker's tools
  • 4d4 * 10 gp

Leveling

(+SoF stands for ability-score improvement, or taking an optional feat. Improvements to your cherished companion and steadfast security are +CC and +SS. TP is tinker-point bonus or penalty. KC, K1, K2 is the number of spells known per spell-level, and SC, S1, S2 is the number of spell-slots per spell-level.)

Level	Proficiency Bonus	Features	TP	KC	K1	K2	S1	S2
1	2	Tinkering, Spellcasting	-2	3	-	-	-	-
2	2	Cherished Companion	0	3	1	-	1	-
3	2	Steadfast Security	2	3	2	-	1	-
4	2	+SoF, +CC	4	4	2	-	2	-
5	3		6	4	3	1	2	1
6	3	+CC, +SS	8	4	3	1	2	1
7	3		10	4	3	2	3	1
8	3	+CC, +SoF	12	5	4	2	3	1
9	4	+SS	14	5	4	2	3	1
10	4	+CC	16	5	4	3	3	2
11	4		18	5	4	3	4	2
12	4	+CC, +SoF, +SS	20	5	5	3	4	2
13	5		22	6	5	3	4	2
14	5	+CC	24	6	5	4	4	2
15	5	+SS	26	6	5	4	4	3
16	5	+CC, +SoF	28	6	5	4	4	3
17	6		30	6	6	4	4	3
18	6	+CC, +SS	32	6	6	4	4	3
19	6	+SoF	34	6	6	5	4	3
20	6	+CC, +SS	36	6	6	5	4	3

Spell-Casting

You dabble in many different schools of magic, but never master any of their abilities. Instead, you use the experience to make your tinkerings and constructs ever more potent... (You regain spell-slots after a long rest. When you gain a level, you may replace up to half of your learned spells with new ones.)

Tinkering Overview

You have uncanny ability to craft clockwork and magical armor or armaments. Every long rest, you may spend tinker-points up to your PB + INT, to create items. (You must be able to afford them in a single expenditure; More costly things will have to wait for later levels!) The maximum amount of items is dictated by your total tinker-points. (This is your PB + INT plus (or minus) tinker-point bonus (or penalty) at that level.) After that, you must recycle older inventions before crafting more.

Classic Contraptions

As part of the invention process, learning from others is key. You can reproduce magical items from other enchanters. (Items listed as common or uncommon cost 4 TP, rare 8, very rare 16, and legendary 32.) You cannot create consumable items (that's for filthy alchemists!), artifacts (those are from the gods!), weapons or items that boost damaging effects (those compete with your own weapons too much!), or anything that's considered evil (you've got an image to maintain!).

Custom Kit

This is where you get to flex your intellectual muscles - your own unique creations! (Regular item rarity is listed in case you want to outfit your party, and more easily discuss with the GM.)

Flavorful Spices and Textures, Ever-Full Jar of

This spice jar is shorter and squatter than most, and made of glazed clay instead of glass. When the name of a spice is spoken and the lid opened, the jar will pour out that spice. The spices may be finely ground or coarse, to provide extra texture. The jar can produce enough spice for one day's meals for up to a dozen creatures per day.

Lantern, Bullseye, Crystalline

This bullseye lantern is smaller and lighter than a normal one - only half a pound! It continuously shines light from a small crystal in the back, shaped by a silvered cone - brightly in a 50 foot cone, and dimly for another 50.

Lovers' Necklaces

This looks like a typical heart-shaped locket-pair, each opening or closing to protect the contents - the difference is they're totally blank. When worn by two people, and an act of love is shown, their face appears inside the others' locket, as a ghostly image that looks like charcoal, watercolor, and smoke. When they are sick, injured, dying or dead, their face gains a mark that the other person would recognize. If they recover, the mark fades, and if they die, the image becomes permanently cracked, scratched, torn, etc.

Magic Detection, Compass of

This compass can be used to detect nearby magic items. The needle swings instantly if within 1 foot, a few seconds if within 5 feet, and a half minute if within 100 feet.

Nice Dice

These look like ordinary dice, carved from wood, bone or other plentiful materials. They pips however, glow faintly in the dark, and when you throw them, they produce some helpful items! (Dice are produced in fours, and their magical effects recharge in 1d6 days.)

Parasail, Spider-Silk

This backpack weighs 25 pounds, and contains a para-sail of the finest spider-silk. When deployed it gives you a flying speed of 180 feet per round, while you descend 18 feet per round. (An athletics or acrobatics check negates fall damage.)

Purify Food and Drink, Stone of

When placed in a pot, bottle, pan or similar and shaken or stirred for a few seconds, this stone purifies and renders free of poison and disease whatever food or drink is in that container. (The food is also cooked to an amateur amount, slightly burned, bland, etc.) It may be used up to a dozen times per day. (Each use purifies a day's rations or water for one creature.)

Quick-Sight Goggles

These goggles have lenses that seem to flicker in the light. You have advantage on visual perception/wisdom checks, but disadvantage on being blinded, dazzled, etc.

Scout's Survival Circlets

While spending a weekend leading some child camp-scouts, you crafted magical rings to help make their tasks easier, so they can more quickly save themselves or their friends. (You made them swear to also pack normal survival tools, so they always have backups. Then you made extras, to sell to their parents after camp and in the marketplace.) These rings are sturdy wood burned with tiny pictures of camp-fires, hatchets and so forth, and water-proofed with the finest oil. Each ring lets you cast one of the following cantrips without material components, holds four charges, and recovers one charge per day: druidcraft, guidance, mending, resistance and spare the dying.

Tracking Compass

This brass compass works as normal most of the time. It however, also has an engraving of a burr, which may be pulled off the compass as a real burr. If the burr is stuck to a surface or person, the compass points towards them. (Instantly if within 50 feet, 6 seconds at 2500 feet, 36 seconds at 24 miles, 3 minutes at 1200 miles, or 1 hour on the same planet. On the same plane, the inside cover shows an engraving of their planet in 1 day. On a different plane, it shows an engraving of that plane within 1 week.) A thin sheet of lead, thick steet of iron, wall of bricks, or arm-length of soil blocks this detection. If the burr is destroyed by the creature or something else, or you click the button to destroy it, a new one is ready in 1d4 days.

Capable Contraptions (Uncommon)

Bottoming Boots

These sturdy work-boots have steel toes and soles; At six pounds per foot, they take some time to relearn walking! While wearing these, you may choose to immediately reach terminal velocity. You fall 6000 feet per round (1000 per second), but take no damage when landing. A ghostly image of you falls at the normal speed, and when they land they explode a crater in a 30 foot radius.

Cage of the Warden

This large coin is unusual - an empty cage is on one side, and creature sits in the cage on the other. When flipped onto the ground, it quickly grows into a real cage on the spot. It is a ten-foot cube, with half-inch iron bars spaced about half a foor apart. The included lock is DC 20 to pick.

Clairvoyant Cap

This hat has silver embroidery and a gem in the forehead, to channel and focus thoughts. It lets you cast detect thoughts three times per day, but you chance ESP as per the 5 mile distance.

Coin Box

This small wooden box has a brass clasp, lock, and inscribed plaque. It always weighs one-quarter pound, and contains an extradimensional space that holds up to 50 000 coins, gems or similar valuables (about 1000 pounds). You may choose to show on the plaque the current totals, values, exchange rates, or short poem or other text, lock or unlock the box, or show or hide the elements other than the plaque. When are hidden, the box contains a wooden set of old dice, figurine or toy.

Explosive Sling Bullets, Bracer of

This small leather circlet has a faintly glowing stone in a brass setting. The stone may be removed and use as sling ammunition that deals INT + PB damage divided as blunt and fire. The stone is then replaced with another of the same; It generates up to (INT + PB) / 4 such ammunition per day.

Flash-Bang Grenade

This grenade can be thrown up to 60 feet, and emits dazzling lights and sounds in a 15 foot radius that blinds and deafens creatures. (When spent, it may be reclaimed from the battlefield and recharges overnight.)

Foldable Flier

This leather harness has feather-light telescoping rods on its back, which hold out sheets of the finest gossamer. The button on the eagle-crest buckle unfurls your wings, giving you a flying speed of 300 feet per round, while you descend 15 feet per round. (An athletics or acrobatics check negates fall damage.)

Frosty Satchel

This small bag keeps items fresh and cold. It holds up to 50 pounds or 2 cubic feet in an extra-dimensional space, but always weighs 2 pounds. The time to cool an item to the next increment is in the following table. If warmer items are added they are cooled first, before everything cools at the same rate.

Homing Putty

This small coin-like brass canister has two buttons. When the first is pressed, it pops open - inside is a blob of dull grey putty. If it is stuck to a surface, you may click the second button to teleport back to the putty, which then vanishes. (It also vanishes if you are more than 500 feet from it.) The canister restores the putty within 1d4 days.

Key-Ring of Opening

This brass ring is engraved with a delicate pattern of keys and locks. When worn it gives you a +1 bonus to pick locks, and do so quickly. As a bonus action, it may also be used to open magical locks, as per the knock spell. It holds three charges of knock, and regains each charge in 5d4 days.

Photograms of Good Health

This is a matching set of up to nine small matched wooden blocks, that act similarly to Lovers' Necklaces to show good or bad health, but for a larger group of people.

Prismatic Pistol

This hand-crossbow has crystals and lenses to sight and shoot instead of clumsy strings. Since it's one of your earlier experiments, it has a decent chance to backfire - it deals one quarter damage to you if it still hits the enemy, and one half if it only hits you.

Mega Multi-Tool

This small knife is more than it seems - it can transform into a shovel, axe, or hammer. (This tool is magically easy to use - you always count as proficient.) As a knife it deals 1d4+1 slashing and gets +1 to hit, and can skin and butcher a 500 pound animal instantly, or start a kindled fire. As a shovel it deals 1d6+1 blunt and gets +1 to hit, and can cast the mold earth cantrip. As an axe it deals 1d6+1 slashing and gets +1 to hit, and can chop a medium tree instantly and produce logs, kindling, or planks. Using its mold earth, butchery or lumber abilities uses one charge, and it holds 3 charges. It regains a charge in 1d4 days.

Good Gadgets (Rare)

Dynamic Doodads (Very Rare)

Distant Doorway

This small figurine grows into a large, heavy oak doorway, inlaid with gold filigree. If you hold your hand on the door and speak the destination, it will open a misty hallway to that location. The exactness with which you know the destination determines how foreshortened the hallway is, and the chances of an ESP disturbance.

Friendly Turret

This small metal cube can be thrown up to 40 feet, and unfolds into a small turret when it lands. It has 16 AC, 150 HP, and dark-vision to 20 feet. It sprays 6d8 frost in a 20-foot cone at enemies, or heals allies for 3d8. After one minute (10 rounds) or if it reaches 0 HP, it folds back into its cube.

Lightning Grenade

This grenade can be thrown 60 feet, and emits electrical energy in a 15 foot radius - it deals 10d8 lightning damage (half on a dexterity save). (When spent, it may be reclaimed from the battlefield and recharges overnight.)

Paladin-Protection Equipment

This brightly-colored oilskin cloak not only protects you from an untimely rain, but also helps you battle the forces of eeevil! You and your possessions gain resistance to acid, necrotic and poison damage while wearing this cloak. (It also shines light dimly to 5 feet, but gives disadvantage to hide unless it is covered, stowed in a pack, your pursuer is blind, etc.)

Radiant Rifle

This is as a Prismatic Pistol, but the size of a light crossbow, with less chance to backfire.

Tunneling Hole

This circle of silk string is sticky with wax, and tied to adjust its circumference. When stuck to a wall or other flat surface, it forms a tunnel to the other side. You may choose: a circle 5 feet wide and 20 feet long, or 10 wide and 5 long. The string may be removed from either side of the tunnel, at which point the tunnel disappears. (The tunnel does not damage the wall.)

Masterful Machinery (Legendary)

Time-Stopping Pocket-Watch

This pocket-watch seems to be broken - it always shows high noon. When you activate it, time stops for everyone but you. You take 1d4 extra turns in a row after this one, and can move as normal. The effect ends early if you affect another creature or their posessions, or you move more than 1000 feet. (One use per day.)

Cherished Companion

You construct a small familiar from clockwork, magic, etc. It costs 50 gold pieces, and two full rests to be completed and attuned. It starts with ESP and intelligence enough to follow basic commands, and one other power. (Commanding it takes your action in combat, unless later improved.) Gaining another power costs half each again. (You may change up to one power for another, at the same time you add a new power.) Your familiar starts with armor class 13, 5 HP, a combat speed of 25 feet per round, deals 1 damage, and 0 carry weight.

Agile Automaton

Its armor class increases by five, and speed by 5 feet per round in combat.

Autonomous Automation

You may command it without using up your action on your turn.

Perseverance of the Pelican

Its speed increases by 5 feet per round in combat, and may fly 8000 miles in a fortnight. It can carry 5 pounds more in the air.

Blindness of the Bat

It detects invisible things to 60 feet, if the area is not loud or magically silenced. Its attacks count as magical versus resistances.

Claws of the Carnivore

Its damage increases by 1d6, and its speed increases by 5 feet per round in combat.

Guano of the Gull

Its speed increases by 5 feet per round in combat, can drop an item as a bomblet, and its carrying capacity increases by 1 pound.

Hunting of the Hawk

Its speed increases by 10 feet per round in combat, gains +1 to hit, and its damage increases by 1d4.

Moonlight of the Mouser

It has dark-vision out to 120 feet. Its attacks count as silver versus resistances.

Swimming of the Salmon

It can swim at half its normal speed, and carries 10 pounds more while swimming.

Steadfast Security

You construct a large-ish familiar from clockwork, magic, etc. It costs 400 gold pieces, and twenty full rests to be completed and attuned. It starts with ESP and intelligence enough to follow basic commands, and one other power. (Commanding it takes your action in combat, unless later improved.) Gaining another power costs half each again. (You may change up to one power for another, at the same time you add a new power.) Your familiar starts with armor class 10, 50 HP, a combat speed of 15 feet per round, and may carry up to 250 pounds but cannot attack.

Automatic Arbalest

You add a large clockwork arbalest. It deals 2d8 blunt and 2d8 piercing damage. (Missiles weigh and cost as spears, but are more squat and compact.) Add 5 HP, and 20 pounds carrying capacity for the strengthening required to fire this weapon. It has an integrated extra-dimensional ammunition store that refills every day. You may take this power again to re-strengthen your familiar, and upgrade the combat abilities:

Range	To-Hit / Damage	Extras	Magazine Size
90/360	-		3
110/440	+1	silvered	3
125/500	+2	counts as magical vs resists	4
130/520	+3	+1d8 fire/frost	5

Autonomous Automation

You may command it without using up your action on your turn.

Climbing Clockwork

Long, spider-like legs. It gains climbing speed, and +1 to dexterity checks when not climbing.

Crushing Blows

It deals 2d8 blunt damage. It also gains 100 pounds of carry weight, and 50 HP.

Crystal Cannon

You add a huge version of the prismatic pistol, which deals radiant damage. (It recharges daily.) You may upgrade it:

Damage	Range	To-Hit	Magazine Size
2d8+2	120/480	-	6
3d8	150/600	+1	8

Electric Eruptance

Your familiar attacks with a cone of electrical energy, gains resistance to electrical damage, and if it is armor you also benefit. (It recharges daily.) You may upgrade it:

Damage	Length	Shots
3d10	20	4
5d10	30	6

Extra-Planar Paraphernalia-Encasement

You add an extra-dimensional compartment to your familiar, to carry all your amazing gear and loot!

Pounds	Cubic Feet
400	40
1500	150

Glue Gun

This launches sticky webbing that fills an area to a depth of five feet, and counts as difficult terrain. Any creature caught in the web is restrained. (Stepping into another affected square requires another check.) Breaking free takes a strength check vs your spell difficulty. The webs are flammable, and a five-foot square will burn out in one turn. Any creature in the fire takes damage. You may upgrade it:

Shots	Reload TP	Range	Area	Turns	Fire	Extra
1	6	60	20x20	5	2d4	-
2	8	90	25x25	10	3d4	fire spreads each turn
3	10	120	20x20	15	4d4	(dis)advantage

Gritty Guardian

Your familiar is resistant to slashing, piercing, and blunt damage, and gains 50 HP and 50 pounds carry weight. (If it is armor, you also get those resistances, but it does not help from falling damage.)

Mechanical Mail

It gains 5 AC, 50 HP, and may transform into armor you can wear. It may be upgraded for another 3 AC, 30 HP, and +1 to hit. Again for +2 AC, 20 HP, and advantage on dexterity checks to dodge etc.

Strong Submersible

It can swim at half its normal speed, and gains 30 HP. While swimming, it deals 4d8 slashing damage, and carries 150 pounds more.