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Expanded Craft

Source Pathfinder Unchained pg. 51
An understanding of the properties and quality of an object comes part and parcel with the ability to craft it. Some of these checks could take extended periods of time, especially involved tasks like restoring a mural, as determined by the GM.

This entry also includes two useful Craft skills not specifically listed in the Core Rulebook: Craft (blacksmithing) and Craft (musical instruments).

Task	Craft Skill	DC
Determine what culture (e.g., elves, frost giants, etc.) made an item	By item type	15
Identify a famous maker's mark	By item type	10
Identify an obscure maker's mark¹	By item type	20
Identify the creator of an item with no mark¹	By item type	30
Determine the hardness and hit points of an item¹	By item type	20
Determine the items an alchemist makes with substances from his lab¹	Alchemy	15
Etch metal armor plates with decorative designs	Armor or paintings	15
Identify a suit of masterwork armor on sight	Armor	15
Determine what type of environment a basket's material came from	Baskets	10
Determine the specific region a basket's material came from	Baskets	20
Smelt ore and refine the metal	Blacksmithing	15
Create armor spikes or shield spikes without Craft (armor)¹	Blacksmithing	+5
Determine a book's approximate age	Books	10
Identify a composite bow on sight	Bows	10
Identify a masterwork bow on sight	Bows	15
Determine a writer's experience level and handedness¹	Calligraphy	10
Write an invitation that matches appropriate social conventions	Calligraphy	10
Create a makeshift barrel or crate	Carpentry	10
Create a rudimentary raft from found materials	Carpentry or ships	15
Carve fine woodworking	Carpentry or sculptures	15
Create wooden armor or a wooden shield without Craft (armor)	Carpentry	+5
Correctly dye a garment or bolt of cloth	Cloth	10
Mend a sail	Cloth, clothing, or ships	15
Tailor a garment to another size or body shape	Clothing	10
Create temporary cold-weather gear (grants a +2 bonus)	Clothing	20
Create padded armor without Craft (armor)	Clothing	+5
Locate or identify naturally formed glass	Glass	10
Identify the work of famous jewelers	Jewelry	15
Create a fake gemstone¹	Jewelry	Opposed²
Identify the sort of creature from which a piece or leather came¹	Leather	10³
Skin an animal and tan the hide	Leather	15
Create a high-quality item from the hide of a nonstandard creature	Leather	20
Create leather, studded leather, or hide armor without Craft (armor)	Leather	+5
Aid another on a Disable Device check to open a lock¹	Locks	5
Tune a musical instrument	Musical instruments	10
Create paint or other pigments from scratch	Paintings	10
Re-create someone's likeness from memory	Paintings	15
Re-create someone's likeness from an eyewitness account	Paintings	20
Create a temporary or makeshift kiln	Pottery	20
Make a mold of an object or part of a body	Sculptures	10
Alter shoes to a different size or foot shape¹	Shoes	10
Recognize a famous ship and where it likely came from	Ships	10
Identify whether a stone wall is entirely stone or a veneer	Stonemasonry	10
Create a temporary stone support or small rampart with found supplies	Stonemasonry	15
Determine the age of a mechanical trap	Traps	15
Identify a masterwork weapon on sight	Weapons	15

1 A character must be trained in the listed skill to attempt this task.
2 With a successful opposed Perception or Craft (jewelry) check, a character identifies the work as a fake.
3 This DC is for items made from the hides of common animals, such as cattle, and increases by 5 for other types of creatures.

The table below lists which craft skills to use for certain prominent items and adventuring tools. The list omits obvious items—outfits are made with Craft (clothing), keelboats with Craft (ships), and so on. More specific skills can also be used instead of the listed skill, such as using Craft (tattoos) instead of Craft (paintings) for a tattoo.

Item	Craft Skill
Alchemist's lab	Alchemy
Artisan's tools	Blacksmithing or carpentry
Backpack	Clothing or leather
Barding	Armor
Bedroll	Cloth or leather
Caltrops	Weapons
Cart or carriage	Carpentry
Chain	Blacksmithing or traps
Chest	Carpentry or locks
Climber's Kit	Blacksmithing
Disguise Kit	Alchemy or paintings
Flint and steel	Blacksmithing or stonemasonry
Grappling hook	Blacksmithing or weapons
Gunslinger's kit	Alchemy or blacksmithing
Harrow deck	Paintings
Healer's kit	Alchemy or cloth
Hemp rope	Baskets or cloth
Lamp	Blacksmithing or glass
Manacles	Blacksmithing or locks
Masterwork tool	Blacksmithing
Musical instrument	Musical instuments
Saddle	Leather
Scroll case	Carpentry or leather
Signet ring	Jewelry
Silk rope	Cloth
Silver holy symbol	Blacksmithing or sculpture
Skeleton key	Locks
Spell component pouch	Leather
Spyglass	Glass
Tattoo	Paintings
Tent	Cloth or leather
Thieve's tools	Blacksmithing or locks
Waterskin	Leather
Wood holy symbol	Carpentry or sculpture

The following table indicates which Craft skills are typically used to create common worn items. While the normal system for creating magic items doesn’t incorporate Craft skills, such skills could reasonably be used while creating a magic item to make it appear especially ornate.

Worn Item	Craft Skill
Amulet	Jewelry
Belt	Leather or clothing
Bracelet	Blacksmithing or jewelry
Bracer	Armor or leather
Brooch	Jewelry
Cape or cloak	Cloth or clothing
Circlet	Blacksmithing or jewelry
Crown	Blacksmithing or jewelry
Gauntlet	Armor
Girdle	Clothing or leather
Glasses or goggles	Glass
Glove	Clothing or leather
Hat	Clothing or leather
Headband	Cloth or clothing
Helm	Armor
Mask	Clothing or leather
Necklace	Blacksmithing or jewelry
Periapt	Jewelry
Phylactery	Leather or carpentry
Ring	Jewelry
Robe	Clothing
Vestments	Clothing

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