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A tool helps you to do something you couldn't otherwise do, such as craft or repair an item, forge a document, or pick a lock. Your class, race, feats, or other game features can grant you proficiency with one or more tools. Proficiency with a tool lets you add your proficiency bonus to any ability check that uses the tool for its intended purpose. You can still use a tool even if you aren't proficient with it, but may be unable to add your proficiency bonus to checks which use it.
     Tools are not governed by any individual ability score. Use of a musical instrument for example might require an Intelligence check to play in an orderly orchestra, but a Charisma check for an original and impromptu solo performance.
     Tools usually have narrower, more specific applications than skills. Many tools cover niches that are not covered by skills, such as crafting items or maneuvering vehicles. Being proficient with a tool may make you an expert on certain skill checks if your DM employs the Tool Expert variant rule.
     In the following lists, click on an individual tool name to see a more detailed page for that individual tool. These pages also include suggestions for uses of the Tool Expert variant rule.
     The list of tools below is not intended to be exhaustive. Your DM may decide that your legend of Hyrule includes an electric guitar as a musical instrument, that bombsmith's tools can be used to craft firearms, or even that you can become proficient with a mere shovel, among many other possibilities.

Artisan's Tools

Proficiency with an artisan's tool represents training in how to craft appropriate objects with the relevant tools, and repair them if applicable. Without proficiency, any attempts to craft or repair items with the tools are of noticeably lower quality. One of the most lucrative uses of downtime involves crafting items.

Tool	Cost	Weight	Summary	d20
Bombsmith's tools	300 rp	10 lb.	Gear for crafting bombs, cannons, or other items that make use of explosive powder.	1‑2
Brewer's supplies	200 rp	9 lb.	A jug, a siphon, tubing, glassware, and materials for beer, potions, and other drinks.	3
Calligrapher's supplies	100 rp	5 lb.	Ink, parchment, and quills for delicate, beautiful, and precise writing.	4
Carpenter's tools	80 rp	6 lb.	A hammer, nails, a hatchet, a saw, a square, a ruler, an adze, a plane, and a chisel.	5
Cartographer's tools	150 rp	6 lb.	Partment, ink, quills, calipers, a ruler, and a pair of compasses all for map-making.	6
Cobbler's tools	50 rp	5 lb.	A knife, a small hammer, thread, and other gear for making boots and shoes.	7
Cook's utensils	10 rp	8 lb.	A pot, knives, forks, spoons, a ladle, and other utensils for culinary arts.	8-9
Glassworker's tools	300 rp	5 lb.	Tweezers, blocks, a blowpipe, a marver, flint, and steel for glassblowing and shaping.	10
Jeweler's tools	250 rp	2 lb.	Pliers, tweezers, files, a tiny hammer, and a small saw used to work gemstones.	11
Leatherworker's tools	50 rp	5 lb.	Leather scraps, a knife, a mallet, a hole punch, an edge, and thread.	12
Mason's tools	100 rp	8 lb.	A chisel, a hammer, a trowel, a square, and brushes for construction from stone.	13
Painter's supplies	100 rp	5 lb.	Brushes, paints, charcoal, a palette, and canvas for works of art both fine and broad.	14
Potter's tools	50 rp	3 lb.	Calipers, a knife, scrapers, ribs, needles, and other gear for pots and ceramics.	15
Smith's tools	200 rp	8 lb.	Hammers, tongs, rags, a whetstone, and charcoal, all used to shape heated metal.	16‑17
Tinker's tools	500 rp	10 lb.	Various tiny hand tools for fine machine work: glue, tweezers, thread, and more.	18
Weaver's tools	10 rp	5 lb.	Thread, needles, and bits of cloth used to tailor clothing and work fabric.	19
Woodcarver's tools	10 rp	5 lb.	A carving knife, a tiny saw, and other hand tools for finely shaping wood.	20