User:Guy/Splat/Tools

A tool helps you to do something you couldn't otherwise do, such as craft or repair an item, forge a document, or pick a lock. Your class, lineage, or perk can grant you proficiency with one or more tools. Proficiency with a tool lets you add your proficiency bonus to any ability check that uses the tool for its intended purpose. You can still use a tool even if you aren't proficient with it, but are unable to add your proficiency bonus to checks which use it. and may be unable to use the tool for advanced tasks—such as using an artisan's tool to craft an item from raw materials.
 Most tools are not governed by any individual ability score. Use of a musical instrument for example might require an Intelligence check to play in an orderly orchestra, but a Charisma check for an original and impromptu solo performance.
 Tools usually have narrower, more specific applications than skills. Many tools cover niches that are not covered by skills, such as crafting items or maneuvering vehicles. Being proficient with an applicable tool and and an applicable skill may grant you advantage on the relevant ability check, if your narrator deems it appropriate.
 The list of tools below is not intended to be exhaustive. Your narrator might craft a world that includes an electric guitar as a musical instrument, or one in which 'gunsmith tools' can be used to craft firearms, among many other possibilities.

Artisan Tools

A set of artisan tools includes the items you need to pursue a specific trade. Proficiency with these tools lets you use them to craft or pursue freelance work during downtime. Proficiency also adds your proficiency bonus to any ability checks made for using the tools for their intended purpose, for any check made in the pursuit of the associated trade, and to Intelligence checks made to recall knowledge associated with this trade. Each set of artisan tools requires a separate proficiency.

name	gp cost	kg weight	summary
Alchemist's Tools	50	5	Craft chemical goods such as acid, glue, perfume, poisons, and salves.
Beastworker's Tools	20	7	Craft goods from raw beast parts such as hide, ivory, chitin, or scales. Extract goods from beasts, such as oil from whales or honey from beehives.
Brewer's Tools	20	5	Purify water, brew potions, and produce beer or other drinks.
Carpenter's Tools	30	7	Work wood, fell trees, construct wooden structures, and carve wooden objects or sculptures.
Cook's Tools	5	7	Craft delicious and nutritious meals.
Gardener's Tools	20	7	Cultivate, sow, maintain, and harvest plants.
Gemwright's Tools	50	7	Locate, appraise, and refine gemstones, fossils, and precious metals. Shape glass and craft jewelry.
Mason's Tools	10	7	Craft structures and sculptures from stone, including walls and buildings built from bricks.
Painter's Tools	50	5	Create artwork, diagrams, or calligraphy on parchment or another flat surface.
Smith's Tools	20	5	Work metal or ceramics, ranging from swords to pottery.
Tinker's Tools	50	5	Fashion and repair fine or intricate machines, such as music boxes, compasses, clocks, and mechanical traps.
Weaver's Tools	1	3	Create cloth and other textiles, tailor and repair clothing, and weave other goods such as baskets.

Game Sets

A game set includes the items you need to play a well-known recreational game. Proficiency with a game set adds your proficiency bonus to ability checks made to play the game, to recall lore in relation to the game, and to detect cheating. Some games, like death dice, are decided only by luck and thus proficiency with them doesn't increase your chance of winning. Each set requires a separate proficiency.

name	gp cost	kg weight	summary
Board Battle	2	1	A wooden board and 24 tokens designed for a game of strategy. A match has 2 to 4 players, lasts an hour, and is decided with a Intelligence (board battle) contest.
Death Dice	0.1	0.01	A set of three six-sided dice shaped from animal bones. Rolling the set takes only an action, and there's no skill involved.
Poker Cards	0.5	0.5	A set of 52 playing cards. A full game typically has 3 to 8 players, lasts 10 minutes, and is decided with a Charisma (poker cards) contest.
Tarot Cards	2	0.5	A set of 78 cards in a small tin box. The most common use involves drawing cards at random and drawing spiritual interpretation from those drawn.
Tin Tops	1	0.6	A game of tin tops typically involves 2 or 3 players, lasts 1 minute, and is decided with a Dexterity (tin tops) contest.

Musical Instruments

name	gp cost	kg weight	summary

Specialist Tools

A set of specialist tools includes the items you need to undertake specialized work, such as forging an official document or navigating at sea. Have proficiency in a set of specialist tools makes you more effective at using them, as detailed in each set's description. Each set of specialist tools requires a separate proficiency.

name	gp cost	kg weight	summary
Cosmetic Tools	25	3	Create disguises, or flattering make-up, or intimidating warpaint.
Forgery Tools	25	2	Create official-looking documents, or forgeries of them.
Navigation Tools	50	3	Navigate by the stars to avoid becoming lost, especially at sea. Create maps and nautical charts.