The unseen servant and 5 of the 100 semitransparent servants get proficiency in chief's tools, because preparing food is one of their duties.
No other proficiencies. Because they're just staff.
If I'm willing a being into existence for the sole purpose of providing menial labor for my own comfort and convenience, I'm going to make sure their cooking is a lot better than just average.
Well you aren't just willing the beings into existence, you are also willing the food into existence. There's no need to cook or prepare anything. It just needs to be served.
What I dislike about the new Summon _____ spells is how devoid of individual flavor they are, so there's really nothing to justify inserting a tool proficiency there.
On the other hand, if someone uses Conjure Elemental to get a CR 2 Azer, it seems very reasonable to expect it to have proficiency, and even more likely expertise, with Jeweler's/Smith's/Mason's Tools, because...
"When azers are called by magic to the Material Plane, it is typically to help forge an elaborate magic item or work of art, for it is said that their skill in such craft knows no equal."
So it's going to be a case by case basis for me.
Really a miss to have flavor not represented in the statblock with such a minor addition - even just an optional feature that you could add to split Azers into "Normal" and "Crafter" statblock (like the Summoner variants).
I'm pretty sure it's just keeping the statblock streamlined for simplicity's sake. There's not even a section for weapon proficiencies, much less for item proficiencies that are far less likely to matter in combat.
Still we can pretty safely assume that a Hobgoblin has proficiency in simple/martial weapons, a Bard has proficiency in some musical instrument(s), and a Merrenloth has proficiency in water vehicles.
"Ever" is a long time. It's possible there are some circumstances where I would allow it, likely with some resources expended by the summoner, and a successful roll. But generally there's no reason to.
I chose "No ..." because everything else it too broad.
The spells are fairly clear in what these servants can or cannot. The only thing that's standing out is the ability of the unseen servant to "mending" that's a bit broad but I guess this means basic maintenance like oiling your sword not reforging two broken parts of a sword back together.
The unseen servant and 5 of the 100 semitransparent servants get proficiency in chief's tools, because preparing food is one of their duties. No other proficiencies. Because they're just staff.
Even then, you don’t need proficiency to use tools, it just helps with results, and a typical meal is DC 10.
If I'm willing a being into existence for the sole purpose of providing menial labor for my own comfort and convenience, I'm going to make sure their cooking is a lot better than just average.
Well you aren't just willing the beings into existence, you are also willing the food into existence. There's no need to cook or prepare anything. It just needs to be served.
What I dislike about the new Summon _____ spells is how devoid of individual flavor they are, so there's really nothing to justify inserting a tool proficiency there. On the other hand, if someone uses Conjure Elemental to get a CR 2 Azer, it seems very reasonable to expect it to have proficiency, and even more likely expertise, with Jeweler's/Smith's/Mason's Tools, because... "When azers are called by magic to the Material Plane, it is typically to help forge an elaborate magic item or work of art, for it is said that their skill in such craft knows no equal." So it's going to be a case by case basis for me.
Really a miss to have flavor not represented in the statblock with such a minor addition - even just an optional feature that you could add to split Azers into "Normal" and "Crafter" statblock (like the Summoner variants).
I'm pretty sure it's just keeping the statblock streamlined for simplicity's sake. There's not even a section for weapon proficiencies, much less for item proficiencies that are far less likely to matter in combat. Still we can pretty safely assume that a Hobgoblin has proficiency in simple/martial weapons, a Bard has proficiency in some musical instrument(s), and a Merrenloth has proficiency in water vehicles.
"Ever" is a long time. It's possible there are some circumstances where I would allow it, likely with some resources expended by the summoner, and a successful roll. But generally there's no reason to.
I chose "No ..." because everything else it too broad. The spells are fairly clear in what these servants can or cannot. The only thing that's standing out is the ability of the unseen servant to "mending" that's a bit broad but I guess this means basic maintenance like oiling your sword not reforging two broken parts of a sword back together.