Bone Golem ARTIFICER

[@PalaeoGames]

Thank you for taking our beloved subclass and absolutely breaking it with the Plasmoid.

[@bonewizard]

Anytime

[@Del_1710]

That's what he is the best at

[@cloakedcarp]

Bonewizard has convinced me to buy your book, it looks awesome and Im excited for it to get here

[@PalaeoGames]

@@cloakedcarp Thanks for supporting us!

[@nwilliamson1231]

@@PalaeoGamescan’t wait to get the book looking forward to checking out the dinosaur race 😊

[@thevideogamemaster8173]

Congratulations Bone Wizard, you invented the DnD equivalent of a knife wielding tentacle

[@bonewizard]

Its what dnd was lacking, in my opinion.

[@shinobidaniel_12]

​@@bonewizard everyone is proud of you

[@The1trueLeo]

11:42 have it break into pieces and meld with different bones and when I need it, they would come back together and I’d pull it out of my mouth as it builds itself back together

[@bonewizard]

This sounds like what the most scary magician would do at a birthday party.

[@TheMajorN]

I'd like to think that while the halberd is stored, the player looks sorta like one of this little giraffe weevil bugs.

[@bonewizard]

"Sir, what's that halberd shape lump in your throat?" "...Nothin'"

[@gaidencastro9706]

I would have the artificer store a weapon taller than them in their vertebrae to form a really cool spine sail they can pull weapons out of.

[@bonewizard]

INSIDE your spine!?

[@gaidencastro9706]

@@bonewizard You know about those images where a guy just has a bunch of weapons jammed in his back?

[@hillelfinder428]

A halberd!? At this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country, localized entirely within your vertebrae!?

[@bonewizard]

@@hillelfinder428 ......... yes!

[@robbieabel9053]

I currently play an Armorer Artificer Plasmoid who is "wearing a Warforged." But this. This just takes it to a whole new level. So many ideas

[@bonewizard]

You are playing jelly iron man haha

[@piripimpi2823]

YES ANOTHER HOMEBREW SUBCLASS

[@bonewizard]

well technically its less homebrew and more a 3rd party publisher, but effectively its the same.

[@GabrielMathis-h4j]

Your bones shatter and snap as the halberds retracts into spin. Your size increases by one!

[@bonewizard]

if you have more bones than the average person, that means your healthier right?

[@zebaklongfang9344]

Considering that after reading the "cunning artisan" part on lizardfolk.. and running away with it, made me create my lizardfolk "bonesmith" Qeth'reh.. who could make any simple weapon (like lizardfolk weapons, its all d6).. imagine if I had That to play with... I would have a field day. Thank you for letting me know that existed... ..and if you askm Qeth'reh had an aswer (and quite a pile of bones) to "why harvest more and more stuff".. as one of the "bonesmiths" of his tribe, he picked lots of extras to make extra weapons for his tribe when he get back.

[@CitanulsPumpkin]

While stored inside the body, the weapons are segmented and collapsible. Like Ivy's chain whip sword from Soul Calibur or the threaded cane from Bloodborne. Also, the subclass features not being at the standard artificer levels may be a way to circumvent the fact that artificer is not in the OGL. Unless the book has its own version of artificer written slightly differently and named something else to avoid legal issues.

[@RaptorMother]

Lean into the body horror: the halbeard haft is actually the character's spine, compressed, and they draw it from themselves, uncoiling out. ... what's that? How they not fall immediately without a spine? ...they said they don't use magic for the weapon, not that they can't make their body keep living without spine with magic ;)

[@Zer0_TrueMoo]

Ooohhh I LOVE the bone weapons hiding in the skin. Weapons emerging from the body is such a cool concept. Here are my idea for the weapons. Daggers/Shortswords: Slip out of the wrist. It’s double as an actual weapon and Assassin Creed’s hidden blades. Plus, those blades are rather small, so the bone from the weapon can be added onto the bone mass of the PC’s radius and ulna. Longswords/Greatswords: This one should be pretty obvious, the spine. The the hilt of the blade could protrude from the back, making for a pretty cool visual side effect. Spears/rapiers: Protrudes from the elbow. Halberds/War axes: These are rather unique as they come out as two separate weapon parts. The shaft comes from the spine while the axe part comes from the shoulder blade. The PC would connect the two parts together. As for other weapons, I’m out of ideas. However you could probably reuse most of them for other weapons types.

[@johnathanmonsen6567]

The Dictionary of Dinosaurs also gives a lot more options for Moon Circle Druids, like you did for that buff video. And, as you say, revamping the Battlesmith is pretty easy if you use this as a template for it.

[@loganfrandrup6590]

I already know a player that already is going to love playing this. I watched this with him and he fully intents to use this artificer, only with a crap ton more leather and hide workings to make some creepy skin-based horrorific crafts. Just got the PDF and now waiting on the phyisical copy to arrive; 5 year old me as well as highschool me are very happy right now:)

[@bonewizard]

Hope you its fun at your table! Glad you like it!

[@loganfrandrup6590]

@@bonewizard Update, got the book a few days later after I commented, excited my expetations, and my freind got me a dinaosaur jaw-bone dice holder with the teeth as the dice. Thank you again for highlighting all of this!

[@timjim-ks8gi]

The way you put a halberd into your body is by breaking it into tiny tiny pieces and then when you take it out you assemble it like a jigsaw puzzle

[@targetdreamer257]

“Everyone, if you seek audience with the king, you need to leave your weapons out here. They will be returned to you when you leave. Hey why does your head look like that?” Asks the Guard to the king. Bone sculptor, “I don’t know what you’re talking about.” “Your head. There is a long pole like thing coming out of your head.” Bone sculptor, “Oh that, it’s just my top hat.” Second guard, “No I see your hat. It is suspended two feet above your head.” Cleric audible gasp. Bard, “How dare you sir. My friend was born with a lump on his head. They are very self conscious about it. Bone sculptor fake crying. DM, Give me a Deception roll.

[@bonewizard]

This is canon

[@johnathanmonsen6567]

Can confirm when I first looked at the Battlesmith subclass, I saw the pet as a secondary feature at most, not the main draw.

[@severusdubane6831]

I agree. If you find my comment, you'll see Bone Wizard and I go back and forth a bit on the matter. It seems to me that some people saw the defender and that was all they wanted to focus on, which is fine for a subclass to be that, but that's not what the battle smith is.

[@bonewizard]

If i get a robot bear as a feature, and its not the main draw of the subclass, something is wrong.

[@severusdubane6831]

@@bonewizard Correct, you ignored the description of the subclass.

[@johnathanmonsen6567]

@@bonewizard That was what I meant to imply. The rest of the subclass isn't all that focused, really; Armorer or the Eberron-based subclass (I forget the name) that had Battlesmith features but replaced the Steel Defender with a signature weapon fit the archetype better.

[@jcross4395]

How you store your weapons in your body is by dislocating your own bones to create the weapon (you would probably have to rip of some flesh, but it's worth it)

[@bonewizard]

is it?!

[@jcross4395]

@@bonewizard Of course, when your done killing, steal the flesh of of the dead and repurpose it as your own👌

[@martinpat94]

This sounds like the perfect artificer to play as a Lizardfolk as they already makes stuff from other creatures and this could just be an extension of that

[@bonewizard]

@martinpat94 the only problem is it doesnt stack. Maybe they can make ghastly gadeys for one material cheaper.

[@noahs2k]

A weapon that is taller than the player is stored in the body by folding the bone weapon like origami.

[@prophetisaiah08]

11:35 To quote a recent Wheel of Fortune contestant, "Right in the butt."

[@bonewizard]

well thank you for informing me of an amazing clip hahaha!

[@franciscopetitdemeurville1884]

Me as a DM after they pitch the bone tank: I'll alow it

[@bonewizard]

A take that spirs acid AND can fly!

[@BlazenBeard]

Imagine if canonically you have the bones floating inside the slime creature and you could take a round to assemble them into a weapon. Would cost a round but would look nightmarish to any creature outside.

[@PNyka628]

Bones have joints, so one could just make the weapons fold to incorporate them into your body

[@Kalatash]

I didn't know I wanted a necromantic artificer subclass until now.

[@targetdreamer257]

I had an idea for an Artificer subclass, The Tattoo Artist. Like you can make any of the Tasha’s tatt or some spellwrought tatts except maybe the legendary one. But you could also do like snake tatts that give you a poison attack. A Bulette and you can burrow or something. And the you can make a tattoo of a dragon and gain a fire/cold/acid breath weapon.

[@bonewizard]

I think that is cool. I bet its be cool if you made one.

[@SkellyBobRoss]

I think the weapons are held concealed by Rope Dog.

[@bonewizard]

Goals

[@njfernandes87]

A puppeteer is what I'd love to see as an artificer subclass!

[@hrothgardevaitos8330]

Easy. Just remember that you're an ARTIFICER. AKA the technology class of DND. Let's take the Halberd for example. You make it segmented, so when it's hidden, it breaks apart and is stored in separate pieces in your body, with the handle portions being inside your arms, and the bladed portion being inside a sheath in your back where the shoulder blade is. When deployed, little parts of your flesh open up to reveal the pieces, and they quickly snap together through muscular action before the pole falls into your hand. You then insert the pole into your shoulder compartment, pulling out the blade, and completing the weapon.

[@douglasburck1611]

I'd hide the weapon in my stomach, like a frog's toung.

[@EvanRitchie-rp6yf]

Well the bones could be separate and the could be like a skeleton for the plasmid in this case or be like a second skeleton

[@EvanRitchie-rp6yf]

Also we have over 200 bones in my body and don't think I won't use them to make three halberds and a short sword to slay me enemies I don't care I become a pile o goo I have bones and they are needed for battle

[@pablobarreto3587]

11:36 well, they're BONES, so maybe the weapon uses cartilage to be retractable or something similar (imagine a nunchakun of bones and cartilage), or maybe you store individual parts and put them back together as they leave your body Edit: saw someone's comment about using spines and had an idea, imagine making one of those chains with blades at the end using spines and fangs and using it on enemies like Scorpion

[@cartoonthetoon.2724]

A tank, you have made a medieval tank. MADE OUT OF FUCKIN BONES

[@bonewizard]

War. War never changes.

[@francomaemori7123]

What a cool subclass man, this is the kind of necromancy I prefer. As for the question: just melt most of the weapon with my spine and let the rest sprout out of my skull like a bone-y halo

[@jacobshemer4477]

Very fun idea. Look up a "Kandra" for an interesting alternative to the level 5 ability where you hid the plasmoid in the sphere.

[@haydenwillmott4687]

For a plasmoid storing a Halberd/Glaive, id say they juts get to use their Amorphous/Shape self ability(ies)

[@Seraphzero0]

Bought the book. Hope it helps support your channel. Fantastic work as always! Love your content.

[@bonewizard]

Hope you like it! I appreciate it. And if you wanna support the channel, you can always donate to the patreon.

[@aidan4472]

11:40 batons I will not elaborate

[@noahclay9020]

When discussing the Plasmoid as the race choice, was initially was expecting you to put the bone golem INSIDE of the plasmoid lol. Also for the housing the halbreds instead the small race, extendable staffs like those Lightsaber toys

[@bonewizard]

the construct of flesh INSIDE the plasmoid was not something I had considered. You could give yourself a skeleton, kinda.

[@jacobshemer4477]

​@bonewizard This idea reminds me of a Kandra if you've ever heard of them.

[@willowmontross6412]

11:36 we outta tires

[@Shygo-eu1bw]

A blessing from the bone wizard

[@bonewizard]

🙏

[@Redtail45044]

Hm. Well. If you're an artificer of a sort, I'd say that such large weapons would likely involve joints. Unfolds from the body to its proper size. Maybe it's even partially visible, disguised as a piece of armor so that you're not having the whole thing stuck in your body. That piece of scale armor around your arm? In truth its your sword, with little joints holding it in place about the wrist, perhaps.

[@JarakieVT]

To answer the question posed in a non sus way it'd be Segmentation!

[@kadnhart6661]

Sounds like it would take a relatively small amount of work to tweek this class into a full replacement for the Battle Smith if you aren't a fan of the bone themes. I know, I know, but hear me out: You can scrap existing metal constructs (like armor and furniture) into their components like plates, rods, screws, etc using the Grim Harvest tables. Follow all the same rules, maybe swap out the odd random bit like Speak With Animals for something more thematically fitting, and... That's it. That's a Battle Smith that people will want to play.

[@bonewizard]

true but given the option between this and base bonesculptor, I think more people choose the latter. Options are nice though.

[@BioHazard-tj6no]

I'd store the weapons in my legs as stilts

[@jonasholm-mw5bn]

11:42 I would think it deconstructs to fit into the body and then form itself as it enters. Would it also really be concealed if your body is made of clear slime. You would look like a gelatinous cube, but person shaped

[@stagedparrot]

11:41 I would just have the weapon fold into me and when taken out it straightens and locks in place

[@jasiekkwiatkowski4437]

Obligatory comment for our bone overlord and his army of darkest dungeon / bloodborn eldritch horror cuties

[@Jojoplayzminecraft]

It make the weapon stick out of my head like a rhino

[@ravenstales6457]

just let it fold up into the limbs, if you made a halberd from a spinal cord it can bend, if you made it from normal bones it can fold up, maybe replace your own bones

[@bonewizard]

might not wanna replace your spine though. That might hurt... or more concerningly not hurt.

[@ravenstales6457]

@@bonewizard I mean, if you're already making a construct that moves without flesh and just on magic (to say nothing of other spells in tamriel), popping a spine in and out without issue seems pretty normal

[@SAWCON2KXX]

if i were a heightlet, i would simply put the halberds in my legs and mog the lanklets in my party. or 1 halbert out the ponos and 1 out the butte and start spinning.

[@Elfflix]

If a bone-sculptor tried to make a bag of holding, would it be a Carrion Carry-on?

[@berea2258]

dude, if only you made this a year ago. my archeologist artificer would have been metal as f***

[@tiredbutsupportive]

Could you make a pack of compys from Jurassic park (book) out of rat bones then make the poison deal necrotic damage (the poison has a narcotic effect) then yeet them out of the Apache helicopter bone golem?

[@bonewizard]

i dont think so. I think you want the druid spell conjure animals.

[@lgustavorcaldas]

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

[@bonewizard]

the most environmentally friendly artificer!

[@nightsky5907]

How to hide the bone halberd... It folds/separates within your body

[@orestria]

Any class/subclass that features heavily a battle pet and doesn't improve the battle pet is unusable because you love your pet and don't want them to die so they become actually unusable also wow th e number of bone construct analogies are wild

[@bonewizard]

I asked a doctor to help with some of them haha

[@orestria]

@@bonewizard the dedication!

[@dredenhadley1723]

id remove my bones and make the weapons bones my own B)

[@thomasgierisch518]

Another great vid From my favorite bone boy!!

[@bonewizard]

Glad you enjoyed

[@TextualDeviant]

I NEED THIS I NEED THIS I NEED THIS I NEED THIS LORD ALMIGHTY PRAY TO JESUS LORD SPIRIT ALMIGHTY BONE GOLEM TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@bonewizard]

Have fun!

[@TextualDeviant]

@@bonewizard check comments again, I had an idea for another subclass feature that would add even more flair

[@enigmaticrage812]

From the dm standpoint, ill let you store the halberd, but its still jutting out of you, sounds great for a halloween party, just be implaed lol

[@HettycTracyn]

Collapsable or shrinking weapon

[@souledge4924]

This plus lizardfolk

[@dee7571]

I cant pay $60 for a new dnd book since i hardly get to play. But ill definetly be using this video to use this subclass for my first ever artificer. But level 15 ability confused me You said +2d6 necrotic. Would that be onto of the 1d6 to be a total 3d6. Or just a total of 2d6. Which is what i assume it is.

[@durant3248]

New Bone Wizard video? Yeah, I'll watch. No, I don't play DnD yet.

[@bonewizard]

I think it's worth a try. Glad you at least like my videos.

[@durant3248]

@@bonewizard Oh I agree, its just not popular in my area. I'll look around to see what other opportunities arise. Your videos kept things easy to understand despite not knowing the class.

[@bonewizard]

@@durant3248 you can always to try and find a group online

[@douglashanh]

Hello, I love your videos! Please do "how you should buff 4 way elements monk" !!!

[@Jellowjordan]

This if perfect

[@bonewizard]

I wish i could take credit for this one cuz its good.

[@leapinglizards4127]

I couldn't find where to put in the code to get 10% off

[@gaidencastro9706]

Battlesmith: "This class isn't big enough for two golem-building subclasses!" Bone Sculptor: "Oh, you're a subclass alright. Just not a golem-building one."

[@bonewizard]

exactly

[@ethanemerson4862]

Battle: “what’s the difference?” Bone: “Customization!”

[@GuyAndMask]

Fighter:What you got there, eh? Bonificer:.. you know how that bard disappeared?

[@bonewizard]

He would have wanted to be made into this bone mech. His family will understand.

[@Aaa-vp6ug]

@@bonewizardBard Ghost: LEMME OUT! LEMME OUUUUUT!!

[@Seraphzero0]

Awesome portmanteau “Bonificer” I may have to use that as a callsign. 😂

[@StarlitNova12]

I hope they turned the bard into a bone lute

[@bonewizard]

@@StarlitNova12 make him into the instrument he most hated.

[@axtonforsyth3368]

How to store oversized weapons inside your own body: aggressively

[@bonewizard]

Not untrue!

[@AristasTheMonsterHunter]

The human intestine is 7 meters (22 feet) long.... just saying...

[@Tommy-bt4me]

My friend sent this and said "HOLY S*** GOAT JUST UPLOADED" and would not elaborate except for saying "GOAT"

[@bonewizard]

who told you my state issued name!?

[@GuyAndMask]

CUZ HES THE GOAT

[@gogauze]

I have one word to address the small creature vs halberd problem: spines. They're already articulated, several irl creatures can loop their own and stay alive, and if an artificer couldn't find a way to lock them for combat.. well, that's just a bad artificer.

[@smarmydude3019]

the image of a high-level artificer ripping out her own spine to stab someone with is incredibly metal, thank you for this

[@thosebloodybadgers8499]

@@smarmydude3019 Finally, I can authentically roleplay as Kimimaro but without the turbo cancer

[@Shalakor]

@@thosebloodybadgers8499 I was looking through the comments for this reference.

[@dragonicdoom3772]

I'd play a Locathah that looks like the black swallower fish: a fish that uses its unhinging lower jaw and stretchy balloon-like stomach to swallow prey up to twice as long and ten times heavier than itself. So when my opponent says "Is that a sword in your stomach or are you just happy to see me?" I can say yes and projectile vomit the sword at them.

[@bonewizard]

Nature is beautiful thing

[@MrDj232]

Need some monk levels to infuse it with ki and vomit an exploding bone sword.

[@demonac]

9:30 hey, since you can craft stuff out of annoying NPCs, you could give your Femoral Friend barding... MADE OF BARDS.

[@bonewizard]

Their best sounding song also happen to be their last!

[@MrDj232]

​@@bonewizard Just lure them in with the promise they'll get to bone something exotic.

[@TheBottegaChannel]

@@bonewizard one might say it's their... swan song. XD

[@gaidencastro9706]

Theory: Bone Wizard is a Bone Golem that served a forgotten master In his "How You Should Buff Druid" series, the druid that tried detect magic on him detected more transmutation than necromancy. Turning bones into a construct without affecting the remnant (the magical material in bones that allows for necromancy) could qualify as transmutation, not necromancy.

[@jonhymes8819]

For storing a weapon bigger than me, I would put a mechanism in my weapon to have it fold in half

[@justinthompson6364]

My thoughts as well. Folding polearms were even a thing historically, if only to a limited extent. A channel called Tod's Workshop did a video on one.

[@POTATOERAINBOW]

Like the Bone Switchaxe from Monster Hunter!!!

[@goatlystudio6076]

WE GETTIN OUT OF THE CEMETARY WITH THIS ONE!!!!🔥🔥🔥

[@bonewizard]

or going back into it!

[@drewyamokoski1777]

I have two ideas for hiding the weapon. 1. The weapon breaks apart in your body, and when you use it your own tendons, bones, and flesh pull it together. 2. You have a very odd looking lump on the side of your back like a flesh pocket. You may be asked if you have a gross fleshy tail. Nope, just a greatsword.

[@bonewizard]

i like option 2 the best.

[@donavandunn9824]

I love how most of this video is just Bone wizard gushing about all the cool idea he had for his Calcium companion

[@bonewizard]

Level 5 takes up most of the video lol

[@spellelf]

we boutta sculpt some bones up in here 🧅🧅🧅

[@bonewizard]

its bones all the way down.

[@czms922]

Say what you will that'll be a legendary combat experience imagine you break your opponents arm just for them to use it like armor

[@bonewizard]

That's the idea! Reduce. Reuse Recycle.

[@ImDaRealBoi]

"Get in the damn dinosaur skeleton shinji"

[@user-Tod-The-Toadster]

I love the idea of a Goblin artificer who never quite learned that "machinery" thing but DID learn that the weird super glue he found makes bones move for him

[@Aaa-vp6ug]

Spears can be made in segments, you can store a 6’6 stick as 3 2’2 sticks, for example.

[@quentinking4351]

Just make the four bones you use be horse skulls, so you can be all four Horsemen of the Apocalypse at once on your calcified equine hydra mount... thing. And lances are 6-7 feet, and pikes are 10-20. Best guess, the weapon extends out Wolverine style then folds out to full length.

[@bonewizard]

my god, the four horsemen fused!

[@darienb1127]

The 4x4 Horseman ​@@bonewizard

[@TextualDeviant]

17th level subclass feature idea. Not sure if it would be broken or not: *Apex Artisan:* _The Artificer may substitute any non-magical materials used in the process of creating an item with items granted by the Grim Harvest ability by making a DC 10 Intelligence check in addition to the one required of the item itself._

[@bonewizard]

Like with infusions or making magic items. Regular artificer can just do that.

[@MyWifeistheMC]

Homebrew: "The bones of that NPC you didn't like" My next bonesmith PC: "I'm going to wear your bones and make it sing Sans' theme whenever I do cardio."

[@B34T101]

The weapon is only *taller* than me, so ill put it in sideways obviously

[@bonewizard]

Oh no

[@HiAgainTheNameIsStillAyle]

BBEG: Hey.. Where is your weapon? I swear you had one some seconds ago The artificer with an bone halberd shapped lump in their throat: *Whistling and looking around*

[@alexivantsov559]

What if you "deconstuct" your weapons to fit inside? Halberd could be from two lesser bones for a pole roped together by skin and another bone for blade and then you fuse them to yourself. Or else it's like a watch from Pulp Fiction xD Cool video, cool subclass, cool talking skeleton!

[@beanybombguy7847]

The bone halberd could fold inward into itself similar to a baton the blade itself could be two to three blades the slide in and out of place or fold inward, you’d be the new definition of BIG BONED

[@qfqfsaa6558]

On the really tall weapon stored in a small creature, I figure it's done by folding it to be more compact, I mean, it's already made of bones, why not give it joints? If I haven't gotten it across properly, try looking up the Burial Blade from Bloodborne.

[@crazycatboysolomon7006]

5:30 I get what you were trying to say, but as the resident biology nerd I'm afraid I must "um, actually" you. For you see, a "realistic velociraptor" would be skinny turkey with teeth.

[@theronlansky4977]

Thanks Bone! I was struggling with a cool kobold artificer idea. Now I know what to build from the dead dragon, adventurers left in our lair.

[@Fusrodog]

Honestly, i really like the idea that merging your halberd into your gnome would bend and morph the materials temporarily into your own skeleton. That being said, its probably something to panic about when the gnome's skull is twice bigger that it looks with spikes protruding out of their backs!

[@bonewizard]

Does that gnome look... sick to you?

[@bagel_guy9495]

He'll yeah its boning time. Weapons that are too big could have joints to let them fold

[@Vanessomatic]

How can you fit weapons larger than you inside your body? Nano Machines, son.

[@jasiekkwiatkowski4437]

If I were to store a weapon inside of my flesh visage that is longer than it, id use bone screws to make it like a dance macabra lego set of pain and suffering that id stuck into my intestants beacuse they are far longer than i am and i can always reach for them need be! And then we can take a 45 minute break during the fight so you can let me look for my loose screws and screwdriver so I can assamble my weapon toghether 😁

[@craggnarock7951]

for the weapon hiding, arms and legs fold nicely, just have the weapon have joints so you can fold it up and store it in your shorts