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#1 ShadoWWW Sep 12, 2014 2:16:10	Why there is not proficiency with fishing tackle as proficiency with tools? I wonder why there is just the small paragraph of information about a fishing tackle - what it is, and not how to use it and its benefits. I could see house rule like this:   For every hour of fishing with fishing tackle roll d20: 1-5 nothing 6-10 you cought a ticket. Roll d100 on the Trinkets table to gain a trinket. 11-15 you cought a fish, meal equal to one pound of food 16-19 you cought few fishes or one great fish, meal equal to five pounds of food 20 you cought a gold fish, it casts bless spell on you if you let it go.
#2 Shiroiken Sep 12, 2014 3:32:23	There is no proficiency, as fishing would probably fit under the Survival skill, and they didn't want overlap between skill and tool proficiencies. I would rule that without the Fishing Tackle you have disadvantage on your Survival check.
#3 frothsof Sep 12, 2014 3:40:50	Fishing, hunting, and foraging are covered well enough by the survival skill imo
#4 Brock_Landers Sep 12, 2014 5:36:28	What about the Tally-Whacker proficiency?
#5 MechaPilot Sep 12, 2014 13:51:57	Brock_Landers wrote:
#6 CCS Sep 12, 2014 14:03:30	Just wait until the DMG comes out.
#7 BW0222 Sep 12, 2014 14:09:42	Mundane tasks in 5E do not require skill checks or rolls. Anyone can use fishing tackle, same as a hammer, torch, or chalk. Just put a line in the water and the DM can make a ruling based on how long and what fish might be available.   If someone needs to do something extra-ordinary with mundane equipment, then there are existing skills which cover this. If someone needs to spear fish, catch a specific fish, or catch a large number of fish to feed a party... that would sound like a wisdom (survival) check. Same as if someone needed to use to tie two frayed ropes together that might be a dexterity or intelligence check -- with say the sailor background getting an advantage.
#8 TiaNadiezja Sep 12, 2014 15:17:07	If you want to be the best at fishing, trade a tool proficiency from your background for Fishing Tackle or spend 250 GP anf 250 downtime days to learn it. The skill and proficiency lists neither are nor are intended to be exhaustive.   My setting has gunpowder. One of the characters in it is training Artillery proficiency.
#9 Rastapopoulos Sep 12, 2014 22:02:33	ShadoWWW wrote:
#10 Mecheon Sep 13, 2014 1:36:05	Maximum skill fishing lets you catch the Hylian Loach, clearly   Unless you're a dirty cheater who uses the Sinking Lure   Caught it as Child Link. Without the sinking lure. It took 5 minutes of solid reeling     But yeah, there really isn't any reason for it to be a proficiency. Plus this way the GM can make it more exciting. Such as the old classic "Oh great, you caught a horrible monkey-fish. Do you eat its divinely cursed flesh and gain immortality?"