Timeline for Is Arcana the only profiency in 5e that locks something behind the *skill* profiency system?
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| Mar 24, 2023 at 5:26 | comment | added | Kirt | @DarthPseudonym I suppose it depends on whether you see a scroll as deriving its power from the kind of symbols it has on it (where better Arcana might mean rarer and more abstruse characters) or from the quality of those symbols (where better Calligraphy means better selection of paper, inks and more precise drawings). | |
| Mar 24, 2023 at 1:22 | comment | added | Darth Pseudonym | Crafting an item that is primarily concerned with knowledge would reasonably be based on the related knowledge skill. It's not a tool kit, it's just how much you know about the subject, like writing a treatise on edible mushrooms would reasonably be based on Nature, not calligraphy. | |
| Mar 23, 2023 at 20:40 | comment | added | Kirt | @DarthPseudonym If you want to make a thing, you need to actually be proficient in making things like that, yes. But Arcana as a skill is not about making things - it is about 'recalling lore' per its description. It is odd (when compared with the rest of Xanathar's) that scroll-writing is not limited to those who have tool proficiency in Calligrapher's Tools, but rather to people who are extra-good at remembering stuff. It would be like saying proficiency in Nature would serve for making potions or poisons rather than Herbalism or Poison kit proficiencies. | |
| Mar 23, 2023 at 18:41 | comment | added | Darth Pseudonym | I don't think it's odd, as such. Xanathar's limits scroll-writing to Arcane proficiency, but it also limits crafting to people with tool proficiencies, so it seems like several rules that are all of a kind. If you want to make a thing, you need to be actually proficient in making things like that, not just some guy who's kind of smart and lucky. | |
| Mar 23, 2023 at 17:09 | history | edited | Kirt | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 23, 2023 at 16:53 | history | answered | Kirt | CC BY-SA 4.0 |