- "This item encompasses a wide range of game pieces, including dice and decks of cards (for games such as Three-Dragon Ante). A few common examples appear on the Tools table, but other kinds of gaming sets exist. If you are proficient with a gaming set, you can add your proficiency bonus to ability checks you make to play a game with that set. Each type of gaming set requires a separate proficiency." - Proficiency with a gaming set applies to one type of game, such as Three-Dragon Ante or games of chance that use dice. - **Components.** A gaming set has all the pieces needed to play a specific game or type of game, such as a complete deck of cards or a board and tokens. - **[History](https://www.dndbeyond.com/compendium/rules/basic-rules/using-ability-scores#History).** Your mastery of a game includes knowledge of its history, as well as of important events it was connected to or prominent historical figures involved with it. - **[Insight](https://www.dndbeyond.com/compendium/rules/basic-rules/using-ability-scores#Insight).** Playing games with someone is a good way to gain understanding of their personality, granting you a better ability to discern their lies from their truths and read their mood. - **[Sleight of Hand](https://www.dndbeyond.com/compendium/rules/basic-rules/using-ability-scores#SleightofHand).** [Sleight of Hand](https://www.dndbeyond.com/compendium/rules/basic-rules/using-ability-scores#SleightofHand) is a useful skill for cheating at a game, as it allows you to swap pieces, palm cards, or alter a die roll. Alternatively, engrossing a target in a game by manipulating the components with dexterous movements is a great distraction for a pickpocketing attempt. - {{[[table]]}} - **Activity** - **DC** - Catch a player cheating - 15 - Gain insight into an opponent’s personality - 15