Ability: Dexterity
A forgery kit is designed to duplicate documents and to make it easier to copy a person's seal or signature.
Arcana. Your knowledge of forgery can be used in conjunction with the Arcana skill to determine if a magic item is real or fake.
Deception. If you have created a well-crafted forgery, such as papers proclaiming you to be a noble or a writ that grants you safe passage, it will be easier to lie undetected.
History. Proficiency in forgery combined with your knowledge of history improves your ability to tell if an old document is authentic.
Investigation. When you examine objects, proficiency in forgery 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 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.
| Activity | DC |
|---|---|
| Mimic handwriting (10 or fewer words)* | 15 |
| Duplicate a wax seal* | 20 |
*requires applicable toolkit in inventory (see link below)