Tool

Varies

Crafting jewelry requires that you have access to materials you wish to make your jewelry out of. While most jewelry doesn't require a massive quantity of materials, some unique pieces may require you to scavenge for the legendary skymetals, like noqual, or gather bones from an ancient dragon all to create a single ring.

When crafting jewelry, you must succeed on a Dexterity (Jeweler's Tools) check, and you can add your proficiency bonus if applicable.

 

Crafting Jewelry

Jewelry crafting is a long process that requires precise movements and purposeful decisions. To create a piece of jewelry, you must spend at least 8 hours, or more depending on the size of the piece, on crafting it. A simple wooden ring may only take you 8 hours to create, while a crown fitted with jewels and fit for a king may require you to take several weeks to craft. Most simple projects that weigh one pound or less requires 8 hours of uninterrupted work. The more elaborate the designs the longer it takes to complete a piece of work, per the DM's discretion - examples given below.   Jewelry can be defined into 2 broad categories, size and complexity.  

Size

The size of your project effects the length of time to craft a piece of jewelry. There are three categories for the size of your project: Small, Medium or Large.

• Small projects require at least 4 hours to create plus the amount of time it requires for the complexity of the project. A small project could be a ring, a pendant or anything that can fit easily in a medium sized creature's palm.

• Medium projects require at least 12 hours to create plus the amount of time it requires for the complexity of the project. A medium project could be a headband, a necklace, or anything that can easily fit around medium sized creature's head or around an arm.

• Large projects require at least 28 hours to create plus the amount of time it requires for the complexity of the project. A large project could be a crown for a giant, a long necklace or anything that could fit on a giant or is oversized. All times represent the minimum time to craft an item of its size, and at the DM's discretion may take longer.

 

Gems & Beads

When creating jewelry, you may wish to add in gems or beads to increase the beauty of your creations. This increases your material cost based on the quality and quantity of gems and beads you wish to add.

• A project can never be Simple if you are including gems or beads, and depending on the quantity you are adding it may make the project Intricate.

• Typically, beads will only be 1 cp per wooden bead or 1 sp per glass bead, pearls can range in price from 1 gp to 100 gp

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Fabricate Spell

The Fabricate spell can help you create your pieces of jewelry, though you must be proficient with Jeweler's Tools in order to use the spell. When you cast the spell, you can only affect one type of material per casting of the spell and can be used to create golden rings, silver earrings or other projects with a single source of material.   If you wish to add beads or gems to your projects, you must put those in and depending on the quantity of gems may only require an hour to multiple days of work, per the DM's discretion. When adding in gems or beads, you must make a check for every 8 hours of work against the DC of the project.  

Restoring Old Jewelry

During your adventures you may find tarnished jewelry or jewelry missing gems, beads or other decorations. You must determine how much needs to be repaired, no check required, and it will take you up to half the time it would normally take to create the jewelry depending on the condition of the jewelry. If the item is missing gems or jewels, you must provide gems to fill in those empty slots, and if there is missing silver inlays, you must be able to procure the required silver.

Creating projects, polishing gems and restoring tarnished jewelry are important parts of a jeweler and require exact motions and precision. Your creations turn drab metals into beautiful pieces of art.
Jeweler's tools consist of a small saw and hammer, files, pliers, and tweezers. Depending on the project, you may need a small cauldron, tongs, molds and more, not included in the stock Jeweler's Tools.
(See GM Binder https://www.gmbinder.com/share/-Lrfe8SOOAkjrBGCrjI4)

Cost: 25gp
Weight: 2lbs