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Tool Proficiencies
Having proficiency in a tool typically means you have special or professional knowledge surrounding the tool and it's field of use, regardless of if you actually have the tool or not. This can give certain benefits or an edge in situations such as:
- Adding your proficiency mod to skill check rolls that relate to your specific knowledge
- Crafting items themselves instead of having to buy them
- Finding creative solutions to problems
- Playing your character in a more believable way, knowing that you have training in a certain field
Crafting
Anyone may attempt to craft with any tool. Crafting with a tool you are not proficient in grants you disadvantage in its use. A character can spend 2 hours of a Long Rest crafting. To craft:
- Choose the corresponding tool in your inventory to craft with
- Choose a project to craft from the tool crafting list or specify a custom item
- Pay the material costs or ensure you have enough materials to start
- Roll on the crafting table in the "activities" tab of your character sheet
Foraging
- A player can choose to search their current area for materials during sufficient downtime or travel. To do so, the player states the material they are searching for. Depending on material, a crafting tool may be required.
- Typically, there will be a check with the tool used to aid in the search or collection of the material. The DM will then determine the amount of items found. Depending on the area, certain materials might not be available or less common.
- A player may also break down an item into half its value worth of material components.
- Foraging is optional, but a good way to lower crafting material costs.