| concerned-citizen |
OK.
I've got a potentially dumb question.
Artisan's Tools: These special tools include the items needed to pursue any craft. Without them, you have to use improvised tools (-2 penalty on Craft checks), if you can do the job at all.
My question is based on something I heard about that happened in a game. One of the players wanted to make use of his character's Craft skill [I think it was Craft (armour)] and had a set of artisan's tools. The DM objected because the character did not have an anvil but wanted to fix buckler (assuming I am remembering the situation correctly...).
According to the description of the skill and the artisan's tools, a separate anvil would not be required.
What am I missing?
| Jofarin |
Nothing. The DM probably doesn't know that bench anvils can go as low as 5 lbs and still be usable. The forge would be a little bit more problematic I think, but could still be in this weight category. An armourcrafters artisan's tools should have a lot more weight than the 5lbs stated in the rules, but for gods sake, just go with it or house rule it.