Calimir's hide grip quest given by Calimir, should not require craft to harvest the pelts needed. They are a slightly rare drop, but do not count towards the amount he asks for. This is a tech kit (not craftable kit) therefore any ADV player should be able to finish the first part of this quest. As it stands right now, to get the tech kit from the NPC, you must be able to use a tool to gather the pelts instead of looting them. Since this is not the craftable tech, it should not require any use of tools. Please check into this and let me know what the deal is here. Right now a pure adventurer can not complete this quest.
We know the craftable version is completely different for meeting it's requirements. So skill is needed to be able to make them.