Miraculous Toolbelt Uses?

[Celjabba]

Myself, I would just limit it to only one tool at a time, and require the character to have at least one cp in a skill that use that tool.
If that kind of loot is in the game, the player should get to enjoy it.

[Donny Brook]

Originally Posted by Tallor

Could he summon up a Locksmith kit from it for Fine-quality lockpicks?

"It acts as a good-quality (+1 to skill) tool kit for any nonesoteric skill requiring tools."

I'd say yes to 'good' quality.

[Culture20]

Just thought of some attack methods using my restrictive interpretation: *Attempting open heart surgery or anesthesia for same with reduced time. Very likely to fail either intended result.
*Butcher skill should give a meat cleaver, but butcher:long-pig might require an unusual background

[adm]

Originally Posted by Culture20

Just thought of some attack methods using my restrictive interpretation: *Attempting open heart surgery or anesthesia for same with reduced time. Very likely to fail either intended result.
*Butcher skill should give a meat cleaver, but butcher:long-pig might require an unusual background

Butchers don't tend to be species specific until assembly line butchery comes into use. In a preindustrial setting that most fantasy that has this sort of magic item tends to be in, anybody with a farm or huntsman background should be able to butcher.

[evileeyore]

Originally Posted by Celti

Could he summon up a Locksmith kit from it for Fine-quality lockpicks?

People keep quoting the "non-esoteric skills" bit, so...

Esoteric Skills are stuff like Alchemy*, Exorcism*, Hazardous Materials (Magical)*, Esoteric Medicine**, Ritual Magic*, etc...


* However if they need common things like candles, chalk, string, thick leather gloves, etc, I'd be okay with that being in the toolbelt. But these wouldn't count as "Good Tools", but as "Basic Tools".

** It's right there in the name after all...

[Tallor]

Originally Posted by Anaraxes

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If you want to control possible abuse of the magic item, you might take the description literally. It says "a craftsman searching the pouches will always find...", so one thing a GM might do is allow characters only to produce tools for craft skills they actually possess at 12+. You need sufficient familiarity with the tools for the belt to produce them based on your need; it doesn't just create anything you vaguely remember or imagine.

Clever! :D

[Flyndaran]

Originally Posted by Tallor

Clever! :D

That would keep it from being one of those advantages that benefits every party member directly like the oft abused wealth used for kitting out all the Poor PCs.

[starslayer]

Originally Posted by evileeyore

People keep quoting the "non-esoteric skills" bit, so...

Esoteric Skills are stuff like Alchemy*, Exorcism*, Hazardous Materials (Magical)*, Esoteric Medicine**, Ritual Magic*, etc...


* However if they need common things like candles, chalk, string, thick leather gloves, etc, I'd be okay with that being in the toolbelt. But these wouldn't count as "Good Tools", but as "Basic Tools".

** It's right there in the name after all...

I am not seeing these skills producing anything super interesting?

Alchemy - perhaps an alcohol burner with 1oz alcohol? (Potentially better off using cooking)
Exorcism - a holy symbol and a book from the faith in question?
Hazardous materials - a pair of meiotic laced gauntlets, rope, hook, bag and mask?
Ritual magic - chalk, salt, and candles, possibly a tiny ritual knife?

[sir_pudding]

The specific items aren't important, any more than the specific contents of a toolkit or personal/group basics is important. It eliminates the - 5 for improvised tools and gives a +1 instead; just like a good quality toolkit, except that it is universal. It is that simple, there's no need to overthink it.

[Celjabba]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

The specific items aren't important, any more than the specific contents of a toolkit or personal/group basics is important. It eliminates the - 5 for improvised tools and gives a +1 instead; just like a good quality toolkit, except that it is universal. It is that simple, there's no need to overthink it.

It also (partially) eliminate the weight and bulk of a toolkit, and the meed to replace broken tools.