Craft(alcohol)?

[IQuarent]

I want my character to be skilled at crafting and mixing drinks. Would this fall under profession(cook)? Or would it be something else? Does craft(alcohol) exist?

[MrSin]

Really you can write in anything in those slots. There are a list of examples when they're brought up in the CRB. Profession brewer, bartender, innkeeper, whatever. It doesn't really matter.

[Gnoll Bard]

"Brewer" is one of the examples listed under the Profession skill, but since Professions are usually jobs that don't involve making a finished product from raw materials I don't think it would be unreasonable to have Craft (Beer) or Craft (Wine) or Craft (Liquor), or some such. Alchemy is a craft, after all.

[BillyGoat]

I would allow a player who has taken Profession(Brewer) to craft alcoholic beverages.

I'd also allow a player who has taken Craft(alchemy) to craft alcoholic beverages.

First and foremost because I think the smart-move would be to roll craft entirely into profession for simplicity & consistency.

Secondly, because these skills are already too under-utilized. Making people spread out further is absurd.

As for the argument that professions don't usually involve making a finished product from raw materials:

1. Baker
2. Brewer
3. Cook
4. Miller
5. Tanner

Given their historical practice, you can reasonably add to that the following jobs that (today) don't craft a finished product:

a. Architect
b. Engineer
c. Sailor

[Thomas Long 175]

Profession: Quest Dispenser

[IQuarent]

I would prefer it to be a craft, as the character that it's for has a low wisdom... Also, I don't want brewing or bar tending to be his job, I just want him to be good at it. Craft seems to imply that he became good at making alcohol through personal tastes and experimentation.

[Jeraa]

Craft(Brewer) and Craft(wine), as well as any other craft(alcohol) skills, would cover the actual making of the stuff.

Profession(whatever) would cover running a business doing that.

[IQuarent]

I think I'll go with Craft(Brewer), thanks.

[MrSin]

Crafting brewers sounds much more productive than producing alchohol. I wonder how much a brewer is worth?

[Azaelas Fayth]

Craft(Beverage)

[Nightskies]

I'd advise as many of the above suggested, but...

You can be 'good' at something like cooking or stitching without having a skill like Craft (Brew) or Profession (Cook). Example: Jerry can make some great salad from scratch, and Larry makes satisfying ale. But Jerry can't make a pasta, and Larry can't produce anything but his Simple Brew Ale. That's strictly in a roleplay sense. The point is that you can legitimately claim to be good at something without having a statblock skill to back it up.

By the same extension, can someone make a decent quarterstaff but not a crossbow? Actually, yes... craft can be done untrained, and given enough time and resources, you too can make a good quarterstaff.