Cunning and creative, Architects of Ink stride into battle with powerful runebound brushes that allow them to strike with measured ferocity and paint together powerful, inky magic.

Starting at 3rd level, you always have certain spells prepared after you reach particular levels in this class, as shown in the Architect of Ink Spells table. These spells count as artificer spells for you, but they don't count against the number of artificer spells you prepare.

When you attack with a magic weapon, you can use your Intelligence modifier, instead of Strength or Dexterity, for the attack and damage rolls.

When you reach 3rd level, your experiments with magic and artistry have allowed you to create powerful brushes. Coming in many forms, you gain the following:

Creation of Ink

By 3rd level, your artistic prowess has borne you a powerful and enigmatic ally, a Creation of Ink. This amorphous creature resembles a form of your choice, however it does not serve as a convincing replica to observers. It is friendly to you and your companions, it is unable to wield weapons, and it obeys your commands. See this creature's game statistics in the creation of ink stat block.

In combat, the creation of ink shares your initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It can move and use its reaction on its own, but the only action it takes on its turn is the Dodge action, unless you take a bonus action on your turn to command it to take one of the actions in its stat block or the Dash, Disengage, or Help action

If the mending spell is cast on it, it regains 2d6 hit points. If it has died within the last hour, you can use your painter's supplies as an action to revive it, provided you are within 5 feet of it and you expend a spell slot of 1st level or higher. The creation of ink returns to life after 1 minute with all its hit points restored.

At the end of a long rest, you can create a new creation of ink if you have your painter's supplies with you. If you already have an creation of ink from this feature, the first one immediately perishes.