artificer
Creator of devices
An artificer is a skilled craftsman or inventor, someone who constructs things with ingenuity and manual skill.
The word carries connotations of clever design and mechanical aptitude: The artificers of the king's court built elaborate clockwork automata.
In some fantasy role-playing games, an artificer is a class specializing in magical item creation and mechanical inventions.
Iron-shaping craftsperson
- carpenterTimber construction tradesperson
- weaverThread-interlacing craftsperson
- potterMaker of clay vessels
- tailorClothing alteration professional
tinker · silversmith · goldsmith · cobbler · wheelwright · cooper · joiner · mason
First functional specimen
- patentObvious; inventor's monopoly
- blueprintDetailed technical drawing
- tinkererHobbyist who adjusts mechanisms
- contraptionImprovised or odd mechanism
device · mechanism · gizmo · innovation · invention · brainstorm · genius · breakthrough
Professional mutual-aid society
- apprenticeLearner bound to employer
- forgeFurnace for shaping metal
- anvilMetal-shaping block
- chainmailArmor of linked rings
workshop · journeyman · master craftsman · heraldry · tapestry · illumination · vassal · wares
Magical influence over someone
- infusionSteeping to extract essence
- arcaneUnderstood by few
- runesOld Germanic script
- imbuePervade with feeling
construct · golem · homunculus · attunement · wand · amulet · talisman · eldritch
Science of motion
- blueprintsTechnical construction drawings
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- machiningSubtractive metalworking process
- prototypingMaking preliminary models
automation · hydraulics · gears · clockwork · steam · pneumatics · precision · calibration
Complete change of form
- elixirMythical healing draught
- philosopher's stoneLegendary substance enabling transmutation
- alembicDistillation apparatus
- crucibleVessel for extreme heat
quintessence · potion · reagent · distillation · tincture · hermetic · mercury · sulfur
blacksmith
Iron-shaping craftsperson
- carpenterTimber construction tradesperson
- weaverThread-interlacing craftsperson
- potterMaker of clay vessels
tailor · tinker · silversmith · goldsmith · cobbler · wheelwright · cooper · joiner · mason · sculptor
prototype
First functional specimen
- patentObvious; inventor's monopoly
- blueprintDetailed technical drawing
- tinkererHobbyist who adjusts mechanisms
contraption · device · mechanism · gizmo · innovation · invention · brainstorm · genius · breakthrough · designer
guild
Professional mutual-aid society
- apprenticeLearner bound to employer
- forgeFurnace for shaping metal
- anvilMetal-shaping block
chainmail · workshop · journeyman · master craftsman · heraldry · tapestry · illumination · vassal · wares · commissions
enchantment
Magical influence over someone
imbue · construct · golem · homunculus · attunement · wand · amulet · talisman · eldritch · enchanter
mechanics
Science of motion
- blueprintsTechnical construction drawings
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- machiningSubtractive metalworking process
prototyping · automation · hydraulics · gears · clockwork · steam · pneumatics · precision · calibration · assembly
transmutation
Complete change of form
- elixirMythical healing draught
- philosopher's stoneLegendary substance enabling transmutation
- alembicDistillation apparatus
crucible · quintessence · potion · reagent · distillation · tincture · hermetic · mercury · sulfur · magnum opus
artificertheorist
Developer of explanatory systems
philosopher · thinker · armchair critic · theoretician · academic
artificerdestroyer
One that ruins completely
demolisher · wrecker · annihilator · vandal · saboteur
- artificial intelligenceMachines mimicking human thought
- artificial legSynthetic limb replacement
- artificial lightNon-solar brightness source
- artificial sweetenerManufactured sugar replacement
- artificial skinManufactured substitute for epidermis
- artificial satellitesManufactured objects in orbit