 The artificer is a unique base class that reflects many of the core themes of Eberron.Though introduced as a wizard specialist in "" (1996) and as a prestige class for gnome arcane spellcasters in "Magic of Faerûn" (2001), artificers were first added as a standalone class in the Eberron campaign setting.They are a major defining feature of a Dragonmarked house, House Cannith, and the common people in the metropolis of Sharn and other cities rely heavily on artificers to maintain the magical infrastructure.