A class mod that aims to implement a variant specialist Wizard class for Baldur's Gate 3. It is provided as a completely separate class and thus should be compatible to other mods that may amend Wizards or Sorcerers.
Arcanists are wizards born with innate magical abilities, gaining the ability to use Metamagic. This characteristic comes with both advantages and disadvantages for the class.
Arcanists are Wizards and thus, can learn spells from scrolls and gain proficiencies accordingly. Their spellcasting attribute is Intelligence.
However, due to their innate ability to manipulate magic, Arcanists also obtain Sorcery points and can exchange one of their spells to another spell on level up. As they reach higher levels they may gain select Metamagic feats.
It takes practice and time to master magic. Arcanists divide their attention between innate and scholarly studies. This leaves Arcanists with less time to master new spells. They learn a modest number spells as they level up, gaining only 2 at first level. On each subsequent level Arcanists only learn a single new spell, similar to base class Sorcerers. However, unlike Sorcerer subclasses, Arcanists don't gain any background spells. Unless they invest time and money in learning new spells from scrolls, this could leave them with less spells than most Sorcerers.
Arcanists manipulate magic differently than base class Wizards. They can turn Sorcery points into Spell Slots or vice versa but never master Arcane Recovery.
Compared to Sorcerers Arcanists don't have access to feats that make Draconic or Wild Sorcerers appealing, such as Draconic Resilience or Tides of Chaos. Their spell casting ability is Intelligence and thus are unlikely to excel in Charisma based skills, unlike Sorcerers.
This mod now depends on Metamagic Extended which adds the necessary exploits.
This class is a powerful class that may upset the balance of the game. Keep in mind that abundant access to scrolls, gold and time can negate some of the disadvantages implemented for this class.
None, except when looking to play above level 5 in which case it depends on Expansion and 5eSpells.
This mod works with Patch 6+. Last tested with Patch 9.
The mod supports playing up to 6th level when using the Expansion and 5eSpells mods.
This mod was tested and worked well with the following mods:
- ImprovedUI
- 5eSpells
- Expansion
- ExpansionRogue
- AlbumOfArtifacts
- BasketEquipment(N)SFW
- Alna.Customizer.5e
- RaritiesOfTheRealms
English is the only localization implemented at the moment.