May 28, 2015 · Many of the kits and tools described in the PHB (p. 154) state something like: Proficiency with this kit lets you add your proficiency bonus to any ability check you make to create [visual disgu...

Apr 19, 2020 · A forgery kit has different types of pens and paper. A painter's or calligrapher's kit only contains one kind of paper and pen. If formal and informal papers use different paper and pens, you would need the forgery kit or multiple different sets of the calligrapher's or painter's kit..

Oct 9, 2024 · My players have gotten a special boon. A magical family has offered to magically enhance an item of their choice. Interestingly, they choose the rogue's forgery kit, with a focus on "accuracy". This is not a by the book item, its meant to be a special custom unique item, something special for the players for their efforts.

Apr 19, 2020 · Nothing is going to get away from that. The best you can do is treat "Forgery Kit" as the equivalent of a "Martial Weapon Proficiency", and "calligrapher's supplies" as a "Simple Weapon Proficiency". The forgery kit is just better than the calligrapher's supplies. It's 1d8 vs 1d6 or whatever. Anything the calligrapher can do, the forger can do.

Jan 21, 2022 · Proficiency with this kit lets you add your proficiency bonus to any ability checks you make to create a physical forgery of a document. But the text for the Alchemist's Supplies is much more vague: These special tools include the items needed to pursue a craft or trade.

Oct 28, 2021 · The proficiency with the forgery kit helps to forge good documents, but it's not required at all. In that case, I would instruct the player like you did, but I would say that they'll need to buy a forgery kit, and follow the mechanic from Xanathar's Guide to Everything (p.81), I would ask them to make the Quick Fake: Quick Fake. As a part of a ...

Apr 20, 2020 · Right, but is incredibly close good enough to fool a serious examination? Getting close is usually only good in the forgery world for scamming the unaware, where someone thinks that similarity is proof. Again, the cost of undetected forgery is …

Oct 31, 2023 · \$\begingroup\$ Wisdom (Insight) would also be reasonable when you're directly interacting with someone socially and your ability to carry the disguise depends on your ability to convincingly act out the role you've adopted, not merely look the part; it's just a variation on the normal function of detecting people lying to you (because you are lying every moment you speak to …

Apr 19, 2020 · But they wouldn't be likely to specifically carry a selection of each grade and size of paper commonly used in official documents, either There's no such...

Apr 19, 2020 · Basically a forger is just a high-value scribe with specialized experience. There's nothing a calligrapher can do that he can't. If a character could choose, he should always choose forgery kit proficiency because he has all the skills possible to do calligraphy (it's literally impossible to do his job otherwise).