Spell Sniper
T
he spell sniper is an expert at crafting ranged
weapons such as bows, crossbows and
firearms. They've developed ways to improve
upon these weapons' designs, and use them to
cast spells from great distances. Spell snipers
are often feared or valued for their ability to
attack unseen from great distances, appearing
to strike and disappearing just as quickly.
Tools of the Trade
By the time you adopt this specialty at 3rd level, you’re deeply
familiar with employing its tools.
Proficiencies. You gain proficiency with tinker’s tools and
carpenter’s tools, assuming you don’t already have them. You
also gain those tools for free—the result of tinkering you’ve
done as you’ve prepared for this specialization. In addition,
you gain the ability to use ranged weapons, including
firearms, as spellcasting focuses for your artificer spells. You
also gain a nonmagical ranged weapon of your choice for free
that you've crafted yourself.
Crafting. If you craft a magic item in the weapon category,
it takes you a quarter of the normal time, and it costs you half
as much of the usual gold.
Spell Sniper Spells
Starting at 3rd level, you always have certain spells prepared
after you reach particular levels in this class, as shown in the
Spell Sniper Spells table. These spells count as artificer
spells for you, but they don’t count against the number of
artificer spells you prepare.
Spell Sniper Spells
Artificer Level Spell
3rd Chaos Bolt, Silent Image
5th Melf's Acid Arrow, Misty Step
9th Lightning Arrow, Major Image
13th Vitriolic Sphere, Dimension Door
17th Synaptic Static, Mislead
Spell Sniping
At 3rd level, you learn how to channel spells into a ranged
weapon to increase it's range. While using any ranged
weapon you have proficiency with as a spell focus, you gain
the effects of the Spell Sniper feat: When you cast a spell that
requires a ranged attack roll, the spell's range is doubled.
Your ranged spell attacks ignore half cover and three-quarters
cover.
In addition, your quick thinking and agility allow you to
move and act quickly. You can take a bonus action on each of
your turns in combat. This action can be used only to take the
Dash, Disengage, or Hide action. You also have proficiency in
the stealth skill, if you do not already.
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Weapon Tinkering
At 6th level, you think of new ways to improve upon a ranged
weapon's design. You may tinker with a nonmagical ranged
weapon to increase its effectiveness. For each upgrade, you
must buy the materials to do so, and make an intelligence roll
with your tinker's or carpenter's tools to determine its
success. The actual cost of materials and roll DC is
determined by the upgrade itself. Tinkering always takes 1
hour, no matter what the upgrade is, or if it is successful or
not. The cost of materials can be changed at your DM's
digression. These upgrades can be viewed in the Weapon
Upgrades table at the end of the PDF.
On a success, the upgrade is simply applied to your
weapon. On a natural 20, you create the upgrade and have
materials left over, giving you half the gold cost back. The
effects of a failure, however, are determined by the severity of
the failure itself. If only 1-3 below the DC, you fail to make the
upgrade, but keep half the materials needed. 4-8 below, you
lose all the materials needed. 9 or below, you render the
weapon unusable in the process, effectively breaking it. You
then must spend time tinkering with the weapon to repair it.
On a natural 1, you lose the materials, break the weapon you
were working on, as well as the tools you were using.
Evasive Maneuvering
At 14th level, you've grown accustomed to attacking while
remaining unseen. You have advantage to stealth checks
made after firing a ranged weapon or casting a spell. In
addition, you can use certain illusion spells such as silent
image, major image, or mislead as a reaction when spotted
by an enemy while in stealth. When used as a reaction, the
illusion spell must be used to make an image of yourself or
some form of a distraction, and unless the spell has an effect
that nullifies the need for it such as mislead, you must make a
slight of hand check to be successful. If the DM determines it
to be successful, the spell is cast and you re-enter stealth. If it
fails, the spell is still cast, but you do not re-enter stealth.
Using this reaction takes a spell slot appropriate to the spell
used, whether it succeeds or not.
Weapon Upgrades Table
Upgrade Effect Cost DC
Sights This upgrade doubles the effective range of the applied weapon 50 15
Gold
Quick This allows you to draw this weapon as a free action, allowing you to draw your weapon as well as 75 15
Release Sling move or act all in the same turn Gold
Extended This upgrade lengthens a firearm's barrel, doubling its effective and ineffective range. This effect 100 18
Barrel stacks with the sights upgrade, and can only be applied to firearms Gold
Quick You may now use a bonus action to reload your weapon, allowing it to be fired more than once a turn 75 18
Loading if a bonus action is also used. This can only be applied to a ranged weapon with the Loading or Gold
Mechanism Reloading property
Magazine This upgrade gives the applied weapon the Reload 4 effect, letting it be fired 4 times before needing 150 20
Loading to reload. This can only be applied to a weapon with the loading or reloading 1 property, and does Gold
Mechanism not stack with a firearm such as the pistol with already has reload 4
Strengthened The upgrade gives the weapon an additional damage dice. For example, a longbow with a 1d8 150 20
Firing damage dice now deals 2d8 Gold
Mechanism
Hairpin This upgrade lets you fire your weapon twice in rapid succession. This requires it to have the reload 4 200 23
Trigger or reload 6 property, must have at least two piece of ammunition loaded, and requires both an action Gold
and bonus action to do
Enhanced When used by you as a spell focus, your spell save and spell bonus both increase by +2 200 23
Arcane Focus Gold

Credits
Created by: Celestialkitten
Cover art: "Sniper Ambush" by darekzabrocki
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