

One needs an anvil to beat the heated metal into submission so that you can shape it into something useful. Now, another important part of being a blacksmith is that you have something to strike your metal against. All our would be smith needs to do is stick his steel in the campfire (hopefully not knocking over the cooking pot) and let it sit there for a bit to warm up. And, according to this site, a regular campfire with good airflow can produce heat up to 2,012° Fahrenheit, so that handles our heating steel hot enough. We will tackle the heat part first.Īccording to wikipedia we only need to get our steel up to 2003° Fahrenheit. We have our tools, which is a good start, but we are missing something to strike the heated metal against… and the intense heat we need. While this isn’t a huge amount to go on, it does give us a decent idea of what we have to work with. With access to your tools and an open flame hot enough to make metal pliable, you can restore 10 hit points to a damaged metal object for each hour of work. You can spot clues and make deductions that others might overlook when an investigation involves armor, weapons, or other metalwork. Your expertise lends you additional insight when examining metal objects, such as weapons.


Smith's tools include hammers, tongs, charcoal, rags, and a whetstone.Īrcana and History. Smith's tools allow you to work metal, beating it to alter its shape, repair damage, or work raw ingots into useful items.Ĭomponents.

Before we get started, let’s see what Xanathar’s Guide to Everything has to say about it…
