Forgery Kit
Name: Forgery Kit
Cost: 15 gp
Weight: 5 lb.
Includes: several different types of ink, a variety of parchments and papers, several quills, seals and sealing wax, gold and silver leaf, and small tools to sculpt melted wax to mimic a seal
Forgery kits allow players to make copies of documents or forge someone’s seal or signature. While calligraphy tools focus on making new documents that look and sound official, forgery kits are for copying existing documents.
Deception. A well-crafted forgery, such as papers proclaiming you to be a noble or a writ that grants you safe passage, can lend credence to a lie.
History. A forgery kit combined with your knowledge of history improves your ability to create fake historical documents or to tell if an old document is authentic.
Investigation. When you examine objects, proficiency with a forgery kit is useful for determining how an object was made and whether it is genuine.
Other Tools. Knowledge of other tools makes your forgeries that much more believable. For example, you could combine proficiency with a forgery kit and proficiency with the Cartographer's Tools to make a fake map.
Quick Fake. As part of a short rest, you can produce a forged document no more than one page in length. As part of a long rest, you can produce a document that is up to four pages long. Your Intelligence check using a forgery kit determines the DC for someone else’s Intelligence (Investigation) check to spot the fake.
Cost: 15 gp
Weight: 5 lb.
Includes: several different types of ink, a variety of parchments and papers, several quills, seals and sealing wax, gold and silver leaf, and small tools to sculpt melted wax to mimic a seal
Forgery kits allow players to make copies of documents or forge someone’s seal or signature. While calligraphy tools focus on making new documents that look and sound official, forgery kits are for copying existing documents.
Forgery Kits Skills and Special Uses
Arcana. A forgery kit can be used in conjunction with the Arcana skill to determine if a magic item is real or fake.Deception. A well-crafted forgery, such as papers proclaiming you to be a noble or a writ that grants you safe passage, can lend credence to a lie.
History. A forgery kit combined with your knowledge of history improves your ability to create fake historical documents or to tell if an old document is authentic.
Investigation. When you examine objects, proficiency with a forgery kit is useful for determining how an object was made and whether it is genuine.
Other Tools. Knowledge of other tools makes your forgeries that much more believable. For example, you could combine proficiency with a forgery kit and proficiency with the Cartographer's Tools to make a fake map.
Quick Fake. As part of a short rest, you can produce a forged document no more than one page in length. As part of a long rest, you can produce a document that is up to four pages long. Your Intelligence check using a forgery kit determines the DC for someone else’s Intelligence (Investigation) check to spot the fake.
When you might use this kit:
- Spotting a fake item or document
- Attempting to copy seals or handwriting as samples to keep for later
- Identifying family seals or crests
- Adding gold or silver leaf to something
Forgery Kit Knowledge
If your player has proficiency in forgery, you can bet they also have knowledge of other shady practices. Forgery is not something anyone knows how to do. If a player has proficiency with a forgery kit, they almost certainly also know:- At least one black market or underground contact
- How to identify authentic vs. falsified documents
- How to obtain handwriting or official documents “off the books”
- A dealer or handler of fake art, documents, or other items
*This represents the average cost of goods. Prices may vary all around the world.
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