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<blockquote data-quote="Leif" data-source="post: 7528136" data-attributes="member: 48762">THIS IS WHAT I WAS ABLE TO LEARN THROUGH BRIEF INVESTIGATION-The smith's tools in the PH are not useless without a forge, or coal fire to make the metal more pliable, but they will not be as useful as they might be with such a heat source.&nbsp; You could still damage or break chains and things, but making the same items would be much more difficult.&nbsp; Some of the smith's tools are heavy gloves and tongs for handling/manipulating red hot metal.&nbsp; You would have little use for these without a suitable heat source, and a wood fire probably won't be hot enough.&nbsp; I also think an anvil is going to be too heavy for you to want to carry it around constantly.&nbsp; According to Google, an anvil ranges in weight from 75 pounds to 500 pounds or more.&nbsp; Seventy-Five pounds is still a chunk to carry on one's person, but easy enough for a pack animal.&nbsp; You would also need to carry a significant quantity of coal to build a suitable fire.THIS IS HOW I WOULD TEND TO RULE IN THE GAME-I would let you try to do some weapon and armor repair with just the smith's tools and a wood fire, but the DCs are going to be a bit higher than they would be with a coal-fired furnace.&nbsp; And the results would probably not be as professional-looking.&nbsp; If you have different ideas about this, I'm willing to consider them.&nbsp; I'd let you get by with an anvil that weighed 45 or 50 pounds.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Leif, post: 7528136, member: 48762"] THIS IS WHAT I WAS ABLE TO LEARN THROUGH BRIEF INVESTIGATION- The smith's tools in the PH are not useless without a forge, or coal fire to make the metal more pliable, but they will not be as useful as they might be with such a heat source. You could still damage or break chains and things, but making the same items would be much more difficult. Some of the smith's tools are heavy gloves and tongs for handling/manipulating red hot metal. You would have little use for these without a suitable heat source, and a wood fire probably won't be hot enough. I also think an anvil is going to be too heavy for you to want to carry it around constantly. According to Google, an anvil ranges in weight from 75 pounds to 500 pounds or more. Seventy-Five pounds is still a chunk to carry on one's person, but easy enough for a pack animal. You would also need to carry a significant quantity of coal to build a suitable fire. THIS IS HOW I WOULD TEND TO RULE IN THE GAME- I would let you try to do some weapon and armor repair with just the smith's tools and a wood fire, but the DCs are going to be a bit higher than they would be with a coal-fired furnace. And the results would probably not be as professional-looking. If you have different ideas about this, I'm willing to consider them. I'd let you get by with an anvil that weighed 45 or 50 pounds. [/QUOTE]

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