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 race, class, background, or feats give you proficiency with certain tools. Proficiency with a tool allows you to add your proficiency bonus to any ability check you make using that tool. Tool use is not tied to a single ability, since proficiency with a tool represents broader knowledge of its use. For example, the DM might ask you to make a Dexterity check to carve a fine detail with your woodcarver's tools, or a Strength check to make something out of particularly hard wood.
Tool set | Cost | Uses |
Alchemist's supplies |
50 gp |
50 |
Brewer's supplies |
20 gp |
Unlimited |
Calligrapher's supplies |
10 gp |
50 |
Carpenter's tools |
8 gp |
Unlimited |
Cartographer's tools |
15 gp |
50 |
Cobbler's tools |
5 gp |
Unlimited |
Cook's utensils |
1 gp |
Unlimited |
Glassblower's tools |
30 gp |
Unlimited |
Jeweler's tools |
25 gp |
Unlimited |
Leatherworker's tools |
5 gp |
Unlimited |
Mason's tools |
10 gp |
Unlimited |
Painter's supplies |
10 gp |
20 |
Potter's tools |
10 gp |
15 |
Smith's tools |
20 gp |
Unlimited |
Tinker's tools |
50 gp |
50 |
Weaver's tools |
1 gp |
Unlimited |
Woodcarver's tools |
1 gp |
Unlimited |
Disguise kit |
25 gp |
10 |
Forgery kit |
15 gp |
10 |
Herbalism kit |
5 gp |
Unlimited |
Navigator's tools |
25 gp |
Unlimited |
Poisoner's kit |
50 gp |
20 |
Thieves' tools |
25 gp |
5 |
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