> [!infobox|left wikipedia] > # Forgery Kit > ![[forgery kit - zhjake.webp|cover hsmall]] > ##### Stats > | | | > | ---- | ---- | > | **Category** | Other Tools | > | **Weight** | 5 lbs. | > | **Cost** | 15 GP | > | **Tags** | Adventuring Gear | > ##### Tool Use > | | | > | ---- | ---- | > | **Ability** | DEX | > | **Craft** | — | # Description A Forgery Kit is designed to duplicate documents and to make it easier to copy a person's seal or signature. **_Components._** A Forgery Kit includes several different types of ink, a variety of [[parchment]]s and [[paper]]s, several [[Ink Pen|quills]], seals and [[sealing wax]], gold and silver leaf, and small tools to sculpt melted wax to mimic a seal. **_Arcana._** A Forgery Kit can be used in conjunction with the Arcana skill to determine if an artefact is real or fake. **_Deception._** A well-crafted forgery, such as papers proclaiming you to be a noble or a writ that grants you safe passage, can lend credence to a lie. **_History._** A Forgery Kit combined with your knowledge of history improves your ability to create fake historical documents or to tell if an old document is authentic. **_Investigation._** When you examine objects, proficiency with a Forgery Kit is useful for determining how an object was made and whether it is genuine. **_Other Tools._** Knowledge of other tools makes your forgeries that much more believable. For example, you could combine proficiency with a Forgery Kit and proficiency with [[Cartographer's Tools]] to make a fake map. **_Quick Fake._** As part of a Short Rest, you can produce a forged document no more than one page in length. As part of a Long Rest, you can produce a document that is up to four pages long. Your Intelligence check using a Forgery Kit determines the DC for someone else's Intelligence (Investigation) check to spot the fake. # Sample Tasks | Activity | DC | | ----------------------------------------------------- | -- | | Mimic 10 or fewer words of someone else's handwriting | 15 | | Duplicate a wax seal | 20 | # Credit Information taken from the _Player's Handbook (2024)_ and _Xanathar's Guide to Everything (2017)_. Image credit: Forgery Kit – Zhjake \[[link](https://zhjake.tumblr.com/post/643502699172839424/forgery-kit-glassblowers-tools)]