====== Artificers in Waterdeep ======

Artificers are pretty new in [[sted:waterdeep|Waterdeep]]. 

The specialized training of the artificer originated in [[sted:lantan|Lantan]] and spread through the Church of [[gud:gond|Gond]]. The teachings have also become widespread among certain sects of [[gud:oghma|Oghma]] and [[gud:deneir|Deneir]], especially the Archivist tradition. Conservative followers of [[gud:mystra|Mystra]] disapprove of the cavalier use of magic and, especially, the idea of technology and magic together. Invention is troubling altogether, and should be slowed or stopped; mixing technology with the Art of the Weave can only end in disaster. The idea of an artificial mind or something like a [[pc:gearhart|warforged]] is almost sacrilegious. Expect some resistance from some factions of the [[guild:watchful|Watchful Order]] (Waterdeep's magical police/guild) and the [[faction:harpers|Harpers]] (freedom fighters who oppose tyranny and magical "weapons of mass destruction").

In [[sted:waterdeep|Waterdeep]] there is tension currently between the practitioners of magic and technology. In the middle of the current century (in 1445) Timehands, a golemwork clock, was completed and installed in the tallest tower of [[sted:lordspalace|Lord's Palace]], much to the dismay of the older wizards who furiously fought the construction of the gaudy thing (imagine commoners having access to accurate chrono-divination for free!). Over the last decades, the recently deposed [[npc:dagultneverember|Lord Neverember]] completely ended the centuries-long traditional blockade on technological imports. As a result, the city has exploded (sometimes literally) in the last decades with new technological wonders.

When [[npc:dagultneverember|Neverember]] was deposed by the current [[wd:lords#open_lord|Open Lord]], [[npc:laeral|Lady Silverhand]], the city attempted to return to its traditional moratorium on technology, but found the mechanical cat was out of the bag. A part of the [[wd:wards#dock_ward|Dock Ward]] nicknamed "[[sted:tarnish|The Tarnish]]" has seen the emergence of factories, and is now polluted with smoke. Recently new inventions like firearms and even mechanical men called [[monster:nimblewright|Nimblewrights]] have been seen in the city. The [[wd:lords#open_lord|Open Lord]] and the [[guild:watchful|Watchful Order]] are attempting to reduce the flow of technology into the city, and push back against the dangerous melding of magic and tech, but it appears to be a losing battle.

Artificers are considered unregulated mages (like warlocks), and watched with suspicion by the Watchful Order. The current [[wd:lords#open_lord|Open Lord]] is a known skeptic of artificer magic, though she has not moved against the few known artificers who practice in the city. [[npc:blackstaff|The Blackstaff]] doesn't seem to have an opinion one way or the other, and has voiced her opinion that it's all just semantics.

Though artificer training is officially not sanctioned in [[sted:waterdeep|Waterdeep]] (like all unregulated magic), it is still available through various work-arounds in the city.

[[sted:houseofinspiredhands|The House of Inspired Hands]], the Temple of [[gud:gond|Gond]], asserts artificer rites and rituals as part of their religious tradition. They have a small religious school in the temple dedicated to preserving the way of the Artificer.

The [[sted:lantan|Lantan]] Embassy likewise claims sovereignty over their technological advancement in their consular offices, and private tutors can be hired to teach the arts of the artificer.

[[guild:clockworks|The Academy of Clockworks, Contraptions, Concoctions & Contrivances]] is an underground laboratory and engineering school given to frequent disasters, currently located in the Warrens. [[guild:clockworks|The Academy]] was created by gnomes beneath the factories of [[sted:jungle|The Jungle]] in the [[sted:tarnish|Tarnish neighborhood]], before tremors made the Warrens dangerous and unlivable. 

There is also rumored to be an academy of forbidden magic in [[sted:undermountain|Undermountain]]. [[guild:dweomercore|The Dweomercore Dark Arts Academy]] is said to be run by the [[npc:halaster|Mad Mage Halaster Blackcloak]] and his appointed Heirs, deep in the dungeon. Those in search of forbidden tomes and rituals are known to make their way to [[guild:dweomercore|Dweomercore]].

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