Does your party have a cook?

[roguerouge]

In your party, does one PC have at least one rank in profession (cook)? If so, why? If not, why not?

 

[Leatherhead]

No.

It was profession (chef) or sometimes even (short order cook) for us. And I always insisted it should have been a crafting skill in the first place.

 

[Gilladian]

I remember one group where everyone insisted the halfling should do the cooking - until he rolled a 1 on his proficiency check two mornings in a row. The PCs invented "cold porridge" for breakfast in very quick time (Cold porridge is BEER). And the next time they were in town they hired a cook/horse boy to bring along.

 

[Greylock]

No. It's assumed that everyone has some minimum amount of life skills. It also falls under Survival to a degree.

 

[Umbran]

In the last campaign I ran, yes, there was such a person.

The player of the party halfling was using the Tolkienesque "halflings like to eat good food often" trope for his character, and he couldn't stand that nobody else could cook worth a darn.

Aside from the basic ability to keep the party well-nourished, it helped in a couple of diplomatic situations - once he was able to notice that a dessert custard's color was off, such that he prevented a Duke from being poisoned. Another time, he was able to facilitate a negotiation by being able to show a gypsy caravan some impressive hospitality.

 

[RandomCitizenX]

A player in my new 4e game just decided last night he wanted to be an ex-cook and will use a Mordencrag as his weapon(since it was his meat tenderizer)

There was also a 7th Sea game I ran where one of the players was the ships cook who would only take combat skills if they related to cooking in some way (knives and dirty fighting mostly)

 

[billd91]

I've run 2 games and played in a 3rd in which at least one character spent a fair amount of time mastering the art of cooking.
In an OA game I ran, it was a cover identity for a ninja and was a bit of a door opener to the paths of power (or at least to their servant areas).
In the Shackled City campaign I'm running, the half-ogre barbarian is also a cook at one of the local inns. Part of the rivalry between the party and the Stormblades (another party in town made up of noble brats) developed into a cooking contest during the Flood Festival and a dispute over the safety of the meat pies.

So, yeah. Cooking and proficiency in it has come up. A lot.

 

[Ahnehnois]

I gave out background skills (i.e. skill points usable only for craft knowledge, profession, and perform) for my last campaign. The cleric took profession (cook) and with his high wis he was very good at it. When the party stayed at a farmer's house, he and the farmer routinely had "cook-offs".

Later, the party acquired a stronghold and had a staff, including an npc cook.

 

[Aeolius]

The PCs in my game tend to eat a lot of raw fish.

 

[ejja_1]

We eat what we kill

Seriously, roasted wyvern steaks ala fire ball.
My bard does provide nice dinner music though.....