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Tagged with proficiency equipment
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What are the tool proficiencies for the Urban Bounty Hunter background?
I'm fairly proficient in English, but struggle to figure out what the intended tool proficiency selection is in the "Urban Bounty Hunter" background out of the Sword Coast Adventure's Guide (...
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Does proficiency with a Poisoner's Kit protect you from exposure while Harvesting Poison?
The Dungeon Master's Guide (p. 258) describes a risk if you badly fail to harvest poison from a creature:
A character can … attempt to harvest poison from a poisonous creature … The creature must be ...
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Is there a way to temporarily gain tool proficiencies?
Is it possible for my character to gain proficiency with a tool temporarily?
I'm playing an Artificer, so I can create the tools I need using The Right Tool for the Job, but that doesn't give ...
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Can a tortle become proficient with thieves’ tools if they have large fingers and long claws?
I'm a new DM and I'm helping two members of my party create their first characters. One wants to be a tortle druid.
Their chosen background is Far Traveler but they also want to be proficient with ...
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Can you get the benefits from tool proficiency to make ability checks, even if you don't have/own the tool?
I'm sorry if this has been covered elsewhere, but all the related questions I found asked the opposite scenario (using the tool you own without having proficiency), and the PHB is pretty poor in ...
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What proficiencies do you need to craft Serpent Scale Armor?
What proficiencies do you need to craft Serpent Scale Armor?
My DM said I need both Smith's Tools and Leatherworker's Tools because there's both metal and serpent scales needed to craft it.
If it's ...
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When you are granted a tool proficiency, which type of tools can you choose?
At various places in the books it is mentioned that you gain proficiency in:
a type of tool (eg. Skilled feat; p.170 PHB) and
a type of artisan's tool (eg. Folk Hero background; p.131 PHB)
Which ...
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Are you able to apply your tool proficiency bonus when there is an overlap with a skill but you are not proficient in that skill?
So for DnD 5e, XGtE expanded/clarified the use of Tool Proficiencies and very specifically talks about when skill and tool proficiencies overlap and what to do in those situations (advantage or added ...
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How do tinker's tools interact with the ability to disarm traps?
Similar to this question, I am curious about what tinker's tools can do, and how it interacts specifically with thieves' tools.
In Xanathar's Guide to Everything (p. 84), there is this image, of ...
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Is there a way of having Expertise with the Poisoner's Kit?
Is there any way to attain Expertise (i.e. a doubled proficiency bonus) with a Poisoner's Kit?
My character is a Rogue, so I have the proficiency already, but I want to have Expertise with this tool ...
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Can you create poisons/effects with a Herbalism Kit proficiency?
I am curious as to how far herbalism kits can be pushed.
In the PHB (p. 153), it says about the herbalism kit:
This kit contains a variety of instruments such as clippers, mortar
and pestle, ...
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What is the maximum number of tool proficiencies a character can gain?
For the purposes of this question, we're going to ignore the rules, found in either the Player's Handbook (pg. 187) or Xanathar's Guide to Everything (pg. 134), that allow a character to learn a tool ...
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Is there a difference between types of musical instruments and actual musical instruments?
This question comes from me creating my bard character.
Under my tool proficiencies, I have "one type of musical instrument" and "any three musical instruments" does this mean I can be proficient in ...
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Disguise Kit: do I need proficiency to use it?
I have a disguise kit from my bard's initial equipment (Entertainer's Pack). Do I need proficiency in such kit to be able to use it, or would proficiency simply increase my chance of having success ...
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Does the bard's Jack of All Trades feature make them proficient with thieves’ tools?
The PHB and basic rules describe the bard's Jack of All Trades feature as follows:
[...] you can add half your proficiency bonus, rounded down, to any ability check you make that doesn’t already ...
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