 No published race has artificer as a favored class, though being a warforged artificer gives players the advantage of being able to use infusions on themselves.The artificer as an official base class appeared in the "Eberron Player's Guide" (July 2009).Shannon Appelcline (author of "Designers & Dragons") wrote that "the artificer was the first character class to be playtested as part of D&D Insider, in an article that was collected in "Dragon #365" (July 2008).