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 ==Strategy==
-Artificers begin with worse equipment and skills than other backgrounds, but have a number of good emergency tools to compensate. In the very early game, it is one of the strongest backgrounds, as the wands can bail you out from many terrible situations. However, you won't have enough charges to kill ''everything'' with a wand. In addition, the worse skills can make it more difficult to [[Early Game Character Building|develop]] past the very early game.
+Artificers begin with worse equipment and skills than other backgrounds, but have a number of good emergency tools to compensate. In the very early game, it is one of the strongest backgrounds, as the wands can bail you out from many terrible situations. However, you won't have enough charges to kill ''everything'' with a wand. In addition, because the player doesn't start invested in a "permanent" offensive skill, it can be more difficult to [[Early Game Character Building|develop]] past the very early game.
 Each wand has a number of uses:

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 Each wand has a number of uses:
-*The wand of flame deals moderate damage, at least for the early Dungeon, from a distance. Use it to soften up a dangerous threat that isn't dangerous enough to warrant another wand. Or use it to deal a bit of extra damage.
+*The wand of flame deals moderate damage (high for D:1-2) from a distance. Use it to soften up a dangerous threat that isn't dangerous enough to warrant another wand. Or use it to deal a bit of extra damage.
 **When used over [[water]], a wand of flame will create damaging [[steam]] clouds. This deals significantly more damage, and can block [[line of sight]] in the right layout.
-*The wand of charming has a chance to convert a monster into an ally (for a short time). You can turn groups, like [[orc]] bands or [[killer bee]] packs, against each other. You can also use it to run away - charm a monster, then '''[[t]]'''ell it to '''r'''etreat.
+*The wand of charming has a chance to convert a monster into an ally (for a short time). You can turn groups, like [[orc]] bands or [[killer bee]] packs, against each other. You can also use it to escape from a monster - charm a monster, then '''[[t]]'''ell it to '''r'''etreat.
-*The wand of iceblast deals huge damage for the early game. A base Artificer deals 3d9 damage with iceblast - that's enough to one-shot [[orc priest]]s, [[Sigmund]], and other [[out-of-depth]] threats. Plus, iceblast damages in a 3x3 area and never misses.
+*The wand of iceblast deals huge damage relative to the early game. A base Artificer deals 3d9 damage with iceblast - that's enough to one-shot [[orc priest]]s, [[Sigmund]], and other [[out-of-depth]] threats. Plus, iceblast damages in a 3x3 area and never misses.
 Artificers can choose many paths to pursue through the game; pretty much whatever you choose, your evocations will be a useful supplement to your main skills.

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 {{flavour|  Artificers have built, bought or burgled an assortment of magic wands to help them through the early Dungeon. Wands have a limited number of uses, though, so they'll want to upgrade from their club ASAP.}}
 An '''Artificer''' is an [[Evocations]] specialist. [[Wands]] are their tool of choice, and they bring a few with them to the [[Dungeon]].
 ==Preferred Species==
-[[Meteoran]], [[Kobold]], [[Spriggan]], [[Draconian]], and [[Demonspawn]] are the recommended species if you pick an Artificer Background.
+[[Kobold]], [[Spriggan]], [[Draconian]], and [[Demonspawn]] are the recommended species if you pick an Artificer Background.
 ==Starting Equipment==

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 ==Strategy==
-Artificers begin with worse gear and skills than other backgrounds... but have a number of good emergency tools to compensate. It is one of the strongest backgrounds in the very early game, as wands can bail you out from many terrible situations. However, you won't have enough charges to kill ''everything'' with a wand. Also, the worse skills can make it more difficult to [[Early Game Character Building|develop]] past the very early game.
+Artificers begin with worse equipment and skills than other backgrounds, but have a number of good emergency tools to compensate. In the very early game, it is one of the strongest backgrounds, as the wands can bail you out from many terrible situations. However, you won't have enough charges to kill ''everything'' with a wand. In addition, the worse skills can make it more difficult to [[Early Game Character Building|develop]] past the very early game.
 Each wand has a number of uses:

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 ==Strategy==
-Artificers begin with worse gear and skills than other backgrounds... but have a number of good emergency tools to compensate. It is one of the strongest backgrounds in the very early game, as wands can bail you out from many terrible situations. However, you won't have enough charges to kill ''everything'' with a wand. Because of these facts, it can be more difficult to [[Early Game Character Building|develop]] an Artificer.
+Artificers begin with worse gear and skills than other backgrounds... but have a number of good emergency tools to compensate. It is one of the strongest backgrounds in the very early game, as wands can bail you out from many terrible situations. However, you won't have enough charges to kill ''everything'' with a wand. Also, the worse skills can make it more difficult to [[Early Game Character Building|develop]] past the very early game.
 Each wand has a number of uses:

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 Artificers can choose many paths to pursue through the game; pretty much whatever you choose, your evocations will be a useful supplement to your main skills.
-Artificer is a particularly good background for species that start off weak, but become strong later. Examples include [[Demonspawn]], [[Baracahi]], and [[Naga]].
+Artificer is a particularly good background for species that start off weak, but become strong later. Examples include [[Demonspawn]], [[Barachi]], and [[Naga]].
 ==History==

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 *[[Wand of iceblast]] (5 charges)
-Even if a wand [[alternate items|would be replaced by another wand]], Artificer wands will always remain the same.
+Even if a wand [[alternate items|would be replaced by another wand]], Artificer's wands will always remain the same.
 ==Starting Skills and Stats==
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 ==Strategy==
-Artificer is a versatile background. It is important to both be liberal with your wand charges and save them where possible. You should use your weapon to kill easy enemies and use wands against tough opponents.
+Artificer start with worse gear and skills than other backgrounds, but begin with powerful emergency tools to compensate. It is one of the strongest backgrounds for the early game, since the wands can bail you out of many terrible situations. However, you don't have nearly enough charges to kill ''everything'' with a wand. Thus, it can be more difficult to [[Early Game Character Building|develop]] your character.
-Your charming wand is useful for dealing with groups (such as [[orc]] bands or swarms of [[killer bee]]s) early on. Your flame wand is useful for reliably (albeit slowly) killing enemies from range, particularly if they're standing in or near [[water]], but 15 charges won't last long. Iceblast is an incredibly strong wand simply for the fact that it never misses.
+Each wand has a number of uses:
-Artificers can choose many paths to pursue through the game; pretty much whatever path you choose, your evocations will be a useful supplement to your main skills.
+Artificers can choose many paths to pursue through the game; pretty much whatever you choose, your evocations will be a useful supplement to your main skills.
-[[Demonspawn]] in particular may like Artificer, as wands can carry you until at least 2 or 3 mutations have developed, allowing you to choose a build that suits your mutations.
+Artificer is a particularly good background for species that start off weak, but become strong later. Examples include [[Demonspawn]], [[Baracahi]], and [[Naga]].
 ==History==