[D&D 3.0-3.5] Is there a class for this?

Herr Caesar

So there's this character I want to make. It'd be a crafter based class who makes weapons and various doohickeys that resemble magic spells. So instead of learning to cast fireball, he would instead construct a flamethrower. I was directed the Artificer class from Eberron, but they temporarily imbue items with magical powers instead of building the item from scratch; which isn't quite what I'm looking for. So if there's a class that vaguely sounds like what I'm looking for in 3.0 or 3.5 D&D I would be much obliged if you informed me.

DevoutlyApathetic

......Artificers get all the craft magic item feats. You could do it, hell with the 1st level infusion that lets you make a one charge wand does that with a bit of reflavoring.

Otherwise, no. You're going to be stuck re"flavoring" an existing class and Artificer is still your best choice for that.

CelerityNova

+1 for Artificer. You'll need refluffing, but not that much.

Herr Caesar

I'll look into it with DM today. Thank you very much.

CelerityNova

Well, it is worth noting that while the Artificer is in the Eberron Campaign Setting book, there is absolutely nothing actually tying it to that setting exclusively. Ok, they make lots of magic stuff. There are plenty of worlds where there would be a market for such talent. And that's without counting the adventurers that make or break economies by killing things, taking their stuff, and then buying other stuff. Many of them already have people making stuff, and even specializing in doing so. So a bunch of Wizards and Clerics get replaced with Artificers. That's cool.