Olgar Shiverstone said:
Sounds more like a skill check than a spell to me. YMMV.
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Sounds more like a skill check than a spell to me. YMMV.
geosapient
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geosapient
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Just thinking, you could do Bard / Ranger. They both have good skill points. One gives you the personability of a chef (aka Chef Gordon Ramsey) while the other gives you the knowledge and know-how of the plant and animal kingdoms.
I believe that there is a PrC in the Complete Adventurer that gives you bonuses to skills and allows you to convey bonuses to others while they try their hand at the craft.
I want to say Virtuoso but the picture in my mind for that one doesn't match my picture for the actual class. The PrC that I'm thinking of has a person doing a 1-handed handstand on a tree trunk.
I believe that there is a PrC in the Complete Adventurer that gives you bonuses to skills and allows you to convey bonuses to others while they try their hand at the craft.
I want to say Virtuoso but the picture in my mind for that one doesn't match my picture for the actual class. The PrC that I'm thinking of has a person doing a 1-handed handstand on a tree trunk.
Korak
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I think you'll want at least some multiclassing leading to Ardent Dilettante. Your cook could definitely be a member of the Society of Sensation. The multiclass splash here and there will also help keep you from feeling like your class label stereotypes your character.
Human, Bard 2/Ranger 4/Ardent Dilettante X/ Exemplar 1 somewhere after level 10
The exemplar level is totally optional, progress your bard or your ranger casting, whichever... this character isn't about combat power anyway.
Maybe your performance skills suffered from lack of practice? The perform based skills and abilities aren't all a bard gets. Think more of the bard's lore and the wide skill set. Bards are the cultured and traveled men and women of D&D. Of course, you want to travel far and wide to find the best critters to cook. How better to learn about, track, and kill them then by studying the ways of the ranger. Lastly, what to do with all these delicious discoveries? You must bring them back to civilization and share them with your other snobby friends in the Society of Sensation.
How's that?
Human, Bard 2/Ranger 4/Ardent Dilettante X/ Exemplar 1 somewhere after level 10
The exemplar level is totally optional, progress your bard or your ranger casting, whichever... this character isn't about combat power anyway.
Maybe your performance skills suffered from lack of practice? The perform based skills and abilities aren't all a bard gets. Think more of the bard's lore and the wide skill set. Bards are the cultured and traveled men and women of D&D. Of course, you want to travel far and wide to find the best critters to cook. How better to learn about, track, and kill them then by studying the ways of the ranger. Lastly, what to do with all these delicious discoveries? You must bring them back to civilization and share them with your other snobby friends in the Society of Sensation.
How's that?
I watch a lot of Food Network, and I'm no slouch in the kitchen either. I'm posting this in a break from making a Beer basted Prime Rib roast with rosemary garlic potatoes for my family and guests...
Don't get involved in optimizing the PC's combat effectiveness- immerse yourself in the roleplay of the PC and what you need to fully realize it.
Bard is really key- its a creative class by nature, and that is essential to the position of "chef." Combining it with Ranger makes him perfect for retrieving his own comestibles.
For the "performance" aspects of bardic spellcasting, see if you can convince your DM to let you do some kind of oratory..."You win this battle, I'll cook you a meal so good..." or perhaps a sprinkling of herbs and spices.
Brew Potion would be a good Feat for this concept. Your greatest recipes distilled into the form of mystical bevereges...
Emphasize the use of short, edged weapons. I've seen Japanese chefs with blades up to 20" in length...essentially masterwork short or broadswords, and cleavers work a lot like small, short axes...and yes, they can be thrown with accuracy. For an adventuring chef, proficiency in Net might also make sense, as would spear. If you really want, you could even take something like Exotic Weapon: Iron Skillet.
Take skill levels in herbalism, Profession, and craft. The Ranger wilderness survival skills will also help you find food in general...and your Bardic side will let you refine your finds into kingly meals.
Don't get involved in optimizing the PC's combat effectiveness- immerse yourself in the roleplay of the PC and what you need to fully realize it.
Bard is really key- its a creative class by nature, and that is essential to the position of "chef." Combining it with Ranger makes him perfect for retrieving his own comestibles.
For the "performance" aspects of bardic spellcasting, see if you can convince your DM to let you do some kind of oratory..."You win this battle, I'll cook you a meal so good..." or perhaps a sprinkling of herbs and spices.
Brew Potion would be a good Feat for this concept. Your greatest recipes distilled into the form of mystical bevereges...
Emphasize the use of short, edged weapons. I've seen Japanese chefs with blades up to 20" in length...essentially masterwork short or broadswords, and cleavers work a lot like small, short axes...and yes, they can be thrown with accuracy. For an adventuring chef, proficiency in Net might also make sense, as would spear. If you really want, you could even take something like Exotic Weapon: Iron Skillet.
Take skill levels in herbalism, Profession, and craft. The Ranger wilderness survival skills will also help you find food in general...and your Bardic side will let you refine your finds into kingly meals.
Sound of Azure
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Some great commentary and suggestions above!
I had a halfling wizard PC once who had many ranks in Craft (Alchemy) and Profession (Cook), as well as a modified Brew Potion feat (using food instead), thus having both alchemical and magical foods being made for the party. I can see the idea working well for a bard or beguiler as well. You could also take the Spell Thematics feat (if it's still around. I'm not sure, to be honest.) to add a food theme to spells.
Having the baker's stamp on her mince pies be explosive runes certainly added some spice to encounters ^^.
I had a halfling wizard PC once who had many ranks in Craft (Alchemy) and Profession (Cook), as well as a modified Brew Potion feat (using food instead), thus having both alchemical and magical foods being made for the party. I can see the idea working well for a bard or beguiler as well. You could also take the Spell Thematics feat (if it's still around. I'm not sure, to be honest.) to add a food theme to spells.
Having the baker's stamp on her mince pies be explosive runes certainly added some spice to encounters ^^.
taliesin15
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considering the fact that many of us chefs in the real world sing opera, hiphop, disco and rock while cooking, it seems realistic enough. However, if you were to hear me sing, you might still find that aspect "largely unappealing."szilard said:
Seffbasilisk
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Rogue/Barbarian.
You ARE going to want to use survival as a class skill.
And Sneak attack with a power-attack with a frying pan while in a rage...
Focus stats: Con, Int, Dex.
Middling stats: Wis, Str
Dump Stat: Cha
You ARE going to want to use survival as a class skill.
And Sneak attack with a power-attack with a frying pan while in a rage...
Focus stats: Con, Int, Dex.
Middling stats: Wis, Str
Dump Stat: Cha
Storyteller01
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Mongoose Publishing has two 5 level PrC's you can look at. The halflings have one that effectively turns his kitchen into a death zone. Sneak attack, ability to attack from any angle (knows how to hit the shelf so the knife rack falls on you), etc.
The gnome has one that gives magical effects to the food.
One of these (I believe the gnome, but don't quote me) has a 5th level ability that casts commune on the eater. Imagine the rp opportunities for that!
'It was so good, I saw GOD!!'
The gnome has one that gives magical effects to the food.
One of these (I believe the gnome, but don't quote me) has a 5th level ability that casts commune on the eater. Imagine the rp opportunities for that!
'It was so good, I saw GOD!!'
Aeson
I am the mysterious professor.
Will there be creature you won't try to cook and eat? If you encounter a goblin will you deep fry it's leg? What about Otyugh? I'm not trying to make fun of the idea. I like it actually and might steal it for myself. I'm just curious if you would have limits to what you would experiment with.
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