Few professions demand more patience than shaping iron beneath the hammer. You learned to work beside the heat of the forge, turning raw metal into the tools, hardware, weapons, and everyday necessities that keep settlements alive. Every finished piece reflects careful planning, practiced technique, and countless hours spent mastering your craft.
Those same habits serve you well as an adventurer. You recognize quality workmanship, understand how equipment fails, and appreciate the value of tools that are properly maintained. Whether repairing damaged gear, judging the strength of a forged weapon, or examining ancient metalwork, your experience allows you to see details others overlook.
- Ability Scores:
Choose Strength, Constitution, or Intelligence. Working a forge demands physical endurance, careful precision, and an understanding of how different metals respond to heat, pressure, and time.
- Feat: Skilled. Years of work at the anvil required more than swinging a hammer. Measuring, shaping, repairing, and maintaining countless tools have given you practical knowledge that extends well beyond the forge itself.
- Skill Proficiencies: Gain proficiency in Athletics and Investigation. Long hours of physical labor have strengthened your body, while careful craftsmanship has taught you to inspect equipment, recognize quality workmanship, and identify weaknesses before they become failures.
- Tool Proficiencies: You have proficiency with Smith's Tools. You know how to shape, repair, and maintain metal equipment using the techniques of the forge. Whether sharpening blades, repairing damaged armor, replacing broken fittings, or forging simple tools, your experience allows you to keep metal equipment in reliable working condition.
- Equipment: Choose A or B: (A) Spear, Shortbow, 20 Arrows, Gaming Set (same as above), Smith's Tools, Quiver, Traveler’s Clothes, 14 GP; or (B) 50 GP
| d8 | Specialty |
|---|---|
| 1 | Horseshoes |
| 2 | Farming tools |
| 3 | Weapons |
| 4 | Armor repairs |
| 5 | Household hardware |
| 6 | Locks and keys |
| 7 | Fine metalwork |
| 8 | Architectural ironwork |
You gain proficiency in any combination of three skills or tools of your choice.
Suggested Characteristics
Blacksmiths respect quality work and appreciate tools built to last. They often notice flaws long before others do.
Contacts
Guild smiths, forge masters, ore merchants.
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