Leatherworker's Tools

Name: Leatherworker's Tools
Cost: 5gp
Weight: 5 lb.
Includes: a knife, a small mallet, an edger, a hole punch, thread, and leather scraps

“Leatherworker” is an extremely broad term for anyone who works with leather. In a fantasy setting, this could mean a lot of things, and you will want to clarify with your player exactly what area of leatherworking they are trained in. A leatherworker could include making: saddles, leather armor, gloves, chaps, backpacks or saddlebags, book bindings, belts, component pouches, furniture, clothing, and engraved leather items.

Leatherworker’s Tools Skills and Special Uses

Arcana. Your expertise in working with leather grants you added insight when you inspect magic items crafted from leather, such as boots and some cloaks.

Investigation. You gain added insight when studying leather items or clues related to them, as you draw on your knowledge of leather to pick out details that others would overlook.

Identify Hides. When looking at a hide or a leather item, you can determine the source of the leather and any special techniques used to treat it. For example, you can spot the difference between leather crafted using dwarven methods and leather crafted using halfling methods.

When you might use these tools:

Appraising the value of leather items
Crafting leather items or tanning leather while out on the road
Investigating leather items for clues
Determining the origins of leather goods

Leatherworker’s Knowledge

Because the techniques used in creating leather items are roughly the same, leatherworkers have a large base of knowledge in their field. If an item is made of leather, any leatherworker should know quite a bit about it, even if they have never made the item themselves. You can expect leatherworkers to have a knowledge of:

Leather tanning methods, as often times tanning and leatherworking go hand-in-hand
A contact list of hunters and farmers who would’ve provided them with animal skins
Ability to spot leather craftsmanship from other cultures
How to judge the quality of a leather item
At least a small well of knowledge of arcane ruins that can be engraved on leather and what they do

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

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