Carpentry

Default: IQ-4
Carpentry (IQ/Easy) is the skill to build things out of wood.Basic Set: Characters, p.183 A successful roll lets you do one hour's worth of competent carpentry--a failed roll means the work was poor. A GM might require DX-based Carpentry rolls for certain types of fine work.
* Modifiers: Besides equipment modifiers, you can also get a +5 if being supervised or assisted by someone with this skill at 15 or better.
* Shape Plant can give a woodworker +2 to Carpentry (and Artist (Woodworking) ), or allow them to work without tools at only -1 to skill.
== Talents ==
* The Artificer talent helps with Carpentry, as well as many other crafting skills!
== Defaults ==
* Carpentry-3 is a fairly common default. 
** For Artist (Woodworking),Basic Set: Characters, p.179 
** For using Armoury when making TL1-4 weapons out of wood, such as knobbed clubs and batons,Low-Tech, p.10 or bows!Low-Tech Companion 3, p.25
** For Professional Skill (Forester) for preparing materials, such as turning logs into squared-off boards and planks.Low-Tech Companion 3, p.23
==Kromm Quotes==
Sean Punch has commented on SKILL in the following posts to the SJG GURPS Forums:
* On the oddity of the supervision/teamwork bonus 
* On using it to search a room 
== Equipment ==
=== Tool Kits ===
* A Carpentry portable toolkit (circa TL1) costs $300, and is 20 lbs.Basic Set: Characters, p.289
=== Low-Tech Tools ===
Low Tech p.29 has several low-tech tools for carpentry.Low Tech, p.29
Tool 	Description
Adze 	A hatchet-like tool with a horizontal blade, used for removing chunks of wood.
Bow Drill 	This drill uses a bow shape with string wrapped around the drill shaft. Similar designs were used as firebows, starting fires through friction on the "drill bit" end.
Pump Drill 	A hand-powered drill using a simple pumping motion and string. Good for putting small holes in things, for pegs and such.
Lathe 	
Saw 	
Square 	
Auger 	
Brace and Bit	
=== High-Tech Tools ===
Almost any mechanical tool from lower TLs has a "power tool" equivalent, usually several. Table saws, bandsaws, lathes, sanders, drills and routers, etcetera, as well as pneumatic nailguns.High-Tech, p.27-28 Higher-tech metals also make tools last longer and stay sharper, and TL8+ tools may have electronic- and laser-leveling systems.
=== Ultra-Tech Tools ===
Ultra-tech tools keep getting lighter, more precise, and more energy-efficient!
* TL9: $1,000, 10 lbs., 3C/3 hr. LC4. 
* TL10: $700, 7 lbs., 2C/7 hr. LC4. 
* TL11: $500, 5 lbs., 2C/20 hr. LC4. 
* TL12: $300, 3 lbs., C/30 hr. LC4.
== Legendary Skill ==
As part of a fanon "legendary skill" concept--wherein high skill can cause magical effects--legendarily high skill in Carpentry can produce ships that move faster than the wind, or Sapient Pearwood chestssee Sapient Pearwood, GURPS Discworld, p.129 with working, walking legs...
==See Also==
* List of Skills
* Maintenance
== References ==
Category:Skills