D&D 5E Carpenter's vs. Woodcarver's

[Yunru]

What's the difference between these two tools?

 

[TallIan]

A carpenter makes buildings, boats and bridges. So his tools will be hammers, saws, planes etc. A woodcarver decorates wood so will be more focused on scrapers and chissles. There will be a lot of cross over though.

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[GlassJaw]

The crossover will be with things like furniture and decorative objects (like statues for example).

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[rgoodbb]

(Also, you don't need apostrophes in your subject.)

I would have thought it perfectly clear that both sets of tools are invisible!

 

[Jester David]

A carpenter makes a wooden chair.
A woodcarver decorates a wooden chair.

 

[TheCosmicKid]

As others have explained, there is a difference. In the context of D&D, though, I wouldn't sweat it: if a character with Carpenter's Tools proficiency wants to do some decorative carving, I'm not gonna say, "No, you can't, you need Woodcarver's Tools proficiency for that."

 

[Caliban]

A woodcarver makes wands and staves. A carpenter builds or repairs a house or furniture.

 

[Eis]

A woodcarver makes wands and staves. A carpenter builds or repairs a house or furniture.

a woodcarver makes wands and staves.....a carpenter makes stands....and waves! Hi Mr. Carpenter!

 

[TallIan]

As others have explained, there is a difference. In the context of D&D, though, I wouldn't sweat it: if a character with Carpenter's Tools proficiency wants to do some decorative carving, I'm not gonna say, "No, you can't, you need Woodcarver's Tools proficiency for that."

I'd like to revise my answer after some thought.

As I said, a carpenter builds buildings, bridges and boats - not furniture as some say, that is a cabinet maker. A wood carver decorates and carves wood - figurines and reliefes. Though I think that the difference between carpineter and cabinet maker isn't a concern in D&D, the two are definitely close enough for D&D mechanics to treat them the same.

I thought there would be some overlap in tools but not really. A carpenter has saws chissles, mallets. A wood carver has a knife and very different chissles (smaller and pointier). Any overlap is purely in the language.

Building a house with woodcarvers tools would be near impossible. Think building a house with a Swiss army knife. Similarly using carpenters tools to carve wood would be like trying to cut you toenails with a pair of sheep sheers.

 

[pukunui]

Here is a woodcarver* at work:

*Not a witch. Too many unsatisfied customers.