- Potter’s tools are used to create a variety of ceramic objects, most typically pots and similar vessels. - **Components.** Potter’s tools include potter’s needles, ribs, scrapers, a knife, and calipers. - **[History](https://www.dndbeyond.com/compendium/rules/basic-rules/using-ability-scores#History).** Your expertise aids you in identifying ceramic objects, including when they were created and their likely place or culture of origin. - **[Investigation](https://www.dndbeyond.com/compendium/rules/basic-rules/using-ability-scores#Investigation), [Perception](https://www.dndbeyond.com/compendium/rules/basic-rules/using-ability-scores#Perception).** You gain additional insight when inspecting ceramics, uncovering clues others would overlook by spotting minor irregularities. - **Reconstruction.** By examining pottery shards, you can determine an object’s original, intact form and its likely purpose. - {{[[table]]}} - **Activity** - **DC** - Determine what a vessel once held - 10 - Create a serviceable pot - 15 - Find a weak point in a ceramic object - 20