Carpenter's Tools

Name: Carpenter's Tools
Cost: 8 gp
Weight: 6 lb.
Includes: a saw, a hammer, nails, a hatchet, a square, a ruler, an adze, a plane, and a chisel

A carpenter works with wood to create furniture, structures, or tools. A carpenter’s skills are in high demand no matter the size of a city or village, and having one in your group just might save your party! Most carpenters specialize in one area, so you might ask your player what area of carpentry their character specializes in:

fine furniture
cabinetry
structures (read support beams and decorations for buildings)
tools
small items

Carpenter’s Tools Skills and Special Uses

History. This tool proficiency aids you in identifying the use and the origin of wooden buildings and other large wooden objects.

Investigation. You gain additional insight when inspecting areas within wooden structures because you know tricks of construction that can conceal areas from discovery.

Perception. You can spot irregularities in wooden walls or floors, making it easier to find trap doors and secret passages.

Stealth. You can quickly assess the weak spots on a wooden floor, making it easier to avoid the places that creak and groan when they’re stepped on.

Fortify. With 1 minute of work and raw materials, you can make a door or window harder to force open. Increase the DC needed to open it by 5.

Temporary Shelter. As part of a long rest, you can construct a lean-to or a similar shelter to keep your group dry and in the shade for the duration of the rest. Because it was fashioned quickly from whatever wood was available, the shelter collapses 1d3 days after being assembled.

When you might use these tools:

Fixing a wooden object, (e.g. wagon wheel)
Attempting to open a wooden box without opening the lock
Rigging a door/window or box with a booby-trap or to make it harder to open (add 5 to the door/window’s AC)
Checking a piece of furniture for false backs or hidden drawers or while looking for traps on a door, chest, or other wooden objects
Building a temporary structure for the group while traveling

Carpenter’s Knowledge

Because of their training and apprenticeship, carpenters have a natural knowledge of:
Wood types and their uses. A skilled carpenter can identify nearly every variety of trees used for lumber.
Well built vs. cheap furniture and items
The structural integrity of buildings as well as the ability to read blueprints (which is harder than you might think!)
Identify false bottoms in drawers, as well as find hidden buttons, drawers or mechanisms, and even traps!

*This represents the average cost of goods. Prices may vary all around the world.

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Carpenter's Tools