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> # Potter's Tools
> ![[potter's tools - paul weber - crop.webp|cover hsmall]]
> ##### Stats
> | | |
> | ---- | ---- |
> | **Category** | Artisan's Tools |
> | **Weight** | 3 lbs. |
> | **Cost** | 10 GP |
> | **Tags** | Adventuring Gear |
> ##### Tool Use
> | | |
> | ---- | ---- |
> | **Ability** | INT |
> | **Craft** | [[5-Items/Mundane/Jug.md\|Jug]], [[5-Items/Mundane/Lamp.md\|Lamp]] |
# Description
Potter's Tools are used to create a variety of ceramic objects, most typically pots and similar vessels.
**_Components._** Potter's Tools include potter's needles, ribs, scrapers, a knife, and callipers.
**_History._** Your expertise aids you in identifying ceramic objects, including when they were created and their likely place or culture of origin.
**_Investigation, Perception._** You gain additional insight when inspecting ceramics, uncovering clues others would overlook by spotting minor irregularities.
**_Reconstruction._** By examining pottery shards, you can determine an object's original, intact form and its likely purpose.
# Sample Tasks and Craftable Gear
| Activity | DC |
| ----------------------------------------- | --- |
| Determine what a ceramic vessel once held | 15 |
| Create a serviceable pot | 15 |
| Find a weak point in a ceramic object | 20 |
%% DATAVIEW_PUBLISHER: start
```dataview
TABLE WITHOUT ID file.link AS "Items", itemCategory AS "Category", join(list(weight, " lbs."), "") AS "Weight", join(list(cost, " gp"), "") AS "Cost"
FROM "5-Items"
WHERE any(contains(this.craftableItem, file.link))
WHERE publish = true
```
%%
| Items | Category | Weight | Cost |
| --------------------------------- | ---------------- | ------ | ------- |
| [[5-Items/Mundane/Jug.md\|Jug]] | Adventuring Gear | 4 lbs. | 0.02 gp |
| [[5-Items/Mundane/Lamp.md\|Lamp]] | Adventuring Gear | 1 lbs. | 0.5 gp |
%% DATAVIEW_PUBLISHER: end %%
# Credit
Information taken from the _Player's Handbook (2024)_ and _Xanathar's Guide to Everything (2017)_.
Image credit: Potter's Tools – Paul Weber \[[Facebook link](https://www.facebook.com/groups/dmweber)]