D&D 5E Carpenter's vs. Woodcarver's

[Saeviomagy]

The difference is simply in the spelling.

The authors probably only included both on the list to pad word count. I have no doubt that they put no thought into the actual entries, any more than they really put thought into the tool proficiency system itself.

 

[Caliban]

Another way of looking at it -

Carpenter's tools are for sticking bits of wood together to make something new.

Woodcarver's tools are for removing bits of wood to reveal something inside.

 

[Saeviomagy]

Another way of looking at it -

Carpenter's tools are for sticking bits of wood together to make something new.

Woodcarver's tools are for removing bits of wood to reveal something inside.

But why bother with that level of detail in a world where the difference between 1600 hours of one-on-one training with a master and no training at all is that you fail 10% less often?

 

[Caliban]

But why bother with that level of detail in a world where the difference between 1600 hours of one-on-one training with a master and no training at all is that you fail 10% less often?

What level of detail? It's just a list of possible tool kits with no descriptions for most of them.

My complaint is that there is no bowyer/fletcher kit. I want my archer to be able to make arrows in the field.

 

[Tony Vargas]

My complaint is that there is no bowyer/fletcher kit. I want my archer to be able to make arrows in the field.

What a glaring omission - 1e had that, on the Secondary Skills table.

 

[Saeviomagy]

What level of detail? It's just a list of possible tool kits with no descriptions for most of them.

My complaint is that there is no bowyer/fletcher kit. I want my archer to be able to make arrows in the field.

That level of detail - just say that a woodcarving/carpentry kit is sufficient. Otherwise the character has spent 1600 hours learning a skill, and somehow didn't learn the things he actually wanted to do...

Now sure, maybe there is some niche where the thing a player wants to do is so obscure, it probably shouldn't be covered by a toolkit, but that is going to be the exception by a long shot.