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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 6079300" data-attributes="member: 57383">Under the SRD, a character doesn't need a workshop or workspace. According to the Craft skill writeup, all that's required is a set of Artisan's Tools of the appropriate type. (5 pounds and 5 gp, or 55 gp for masterwork).So, &quot;a portable workshop item&quot; is just a set of Artisan's Tools.That does give rise to some silly results: According to the 3E Rules As Written,&nbsp; a creature can make a masterwork suit of full plate using only a set of&nbsp; tools that amount to a couple of small hammers. Heck, if they can take&nbsp; the -2 penalty for improvised tools and beat that armour out with a few&nbsp; rocks! There's nothing in the rules that requires them to have an&nbsp; anvil, forge, quenching bath, or any of the other stuff an armorsmith&nbsp; would need in real life.The main exceptions in the SRD are an Alchemist's Lab (40 pounds, 500 gp) that grants a +2 circumstance bonus to Craft (alchemy) checks, or the specially equipped workrooms required to create certain Constructs, such as the Shield Guardian (&quot;the shield guardian is animated through an extended magical ritual that&nbsp; requires a specially prepared laboratory or workroom, similar to an&nbsp; alchemist’s laboratory and costing 500 gp to establish&quot;).So, I'd suggest using the &quot;Alchemist's Lab&quot; weight and cost for the kind of portable workshop you're talking about.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 6079300, member: 57383"] Under the SRD, a character doesn't need a workshop or workspace. According to the Craft skill writeup, all that's required is a set of Artisan's Tools of the appropriate type. (5 pounds and 5 gp, or 55 gp for masterwork). So, "a portable workshop item" is just a set of Artisan's Tools. That does give rise to some silly results: According to the 3E Rules As Written, a creature can make a masterwork suit of full plate using only a set of tools that amount to a couple of small hammers. Heck, if they can take the -2 penalty for improvised tools and beat that armour out with a few rocks! There's nothing in the rules that requires them to have an anvil, forge, quenching bath, or any of the other stuff an armorsmith would need in real life. The main exceptions in the SRD are an Alchemist's Lab (40 pounds, 500 gp) that grants a +2 circumstance bonus to Craft (alchemy) checks, or the specially equipped workrooms required to create certain Constructs, such as the Shield Guardian ("the shield guardian is animated through an extended magical ritual that requires a specially prepared laboratory or workroom, similar to an alchemist’s laboratory and costing 500 gp to establish"). So, I'd suggest using the "Alchemist's Lab" weight and cost for the kind of portable workshop you're talking about. [/QUOTE]

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