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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ElectricDragon" data-source="post: 7182286" data-attributes="member: 10778">Eric,Kerrik has taken care of our merchant problem. He acquired 6 copies of the pages plus the original still in the merchant's safe (I did not ask how he got the safe open, he has no lock-picking skills). He also got a list of buyers of copies, but thinks it unwise to deal with so many so permanently. I took the liberty of dispatching Kaleb to re-acquire all copies. He will take care of his own expenses; needing only the agreed-upon price for each page. The merchant also had these two pages in his safe, though he claimed to my agents not to have any more. I am glad we dealt with him permanently.AmbroseMagic of the KitchenNecessary kitchen utensils I have found locally or imported on consignment to a local merchant. I have found a use for all of the mundane and masterwork items. I am still looking for several of the "purported" magic items for the kitchen, but the descriptions are from a reliable source.MundaneWith a bit of searching, I found the necessary cooking apparatuses in the capitol market; though several had to be imported from afar, notably the gnomish machines (the prices for these include the transportation costs).Cauldron, Hearth: Hearth Cauldrons are large iron pots often used for preparing large quantities of food or other items such as a witches brew. Hearth Cauldrons are heavy and often left on large metal movable brackets that allow for easy movement of the cauldron over fires. Some cauldrons are often masterfully decorated by whitesmiths to create more lustrous and beautiful cauldrons. Market Price: 80-120 gp; Wt. 50 lb.; Holds: 5 gallonsCauldron, Travelling: The traveling cauldron is a small version of the hearth cauldron and it is often decorated by whitesmiths to make them more interesting and appealing to the would-be purchaser. These cauldrons are portable and thinner than the regular cauldron, allowing for easier transportation. Market Price: 25 gp; Wt. 2 lb.; Holds: 1/2 gallonIron Handmil: A gnomish contraption consisting of gears and a central grinding chamber where grains, peppercorns, spices, and/or nuts can be finely ground. The mil must be securely fastened to a table or other piece of heavy furniture. Market Price: 300 gp; Wt. 25 lb.; Holds: 1/2 gallon liquid or dry.Jug, Clay: Simple pottery for common use. Can hold any liquid and comes with a cork or wood stopper. Market Price: 3 cp; Wt. 9 lb.; Holds: 1 gallon.Kettle, Large: Another name for traveling cauldron.Kettle, Small: An even smaller version of the cauldron, useful for sauces, or soups/stews for smaller banquets. Market Price: 15 gp; Wt. 1 lb.; Holds: 1 quart.Mug: A fired clay, steel, horn, or wooden cup with a handle. Market Price: 7 cp (wooden), 2 sp (fired clay), 6 sp (horn), 1 gp (steel); Wt. (empty) 1/2 lb. (wooden or clay), 1 lb. (steel or horn) (+1 lb. full); Holds: 10 ounces.Olive Press: Another gnomish invention that squeezes olives to produce oil used for cooking certain meals. This is no small contraption: it takes up a 5-foot square space. A crank on the side operates the machine and squeezes the olives to produce oil out a spigot that can be caught in a bowl or bucket.Cook's Note: Can be adapted to peanuts, sesame seeds, or mustard seeds for other intriguing oils. Market Price: 350 gp; Wt. 500 lb.; Holds: up to 50 lbs. of goods.Spice Rack: A wooden shelf that holds 4 to eight bottles that can be filled with various commonly used spices. Usually hung on a wall in the kitchen. Alchemists also buy these but for more esoteric (and mostly inedible) ingredients. Market Price: 7 sp; Wt. 2 lb.; Holds: 1 ounce each of up to 8 spices. Spices sold separately.Wine Press: A gnomish contraption consisting of a large wooden box with a hinged lid. On one side is a crank. Once the hopper (the box) if full of grapes and the lid closed; the crank turns out grape juice that can be fermented to turn it into wine. I am afraid the process is confusing to me like all powerful magics. Market Price: 200 gp; Wt. 15 lbs.; Holds: Up to 5 lbs. of grapes at a time.MasterworkCircumstance bonuses for the Craft (cooking) skill may stack if they apply to different parts of the meal preparation process.Cook's Knife and Fork Set:A masterwork version of normal cooking tools. Provides a +2 circumstance bonus to Craft (cooking) checks while using these implements. The set includes 2 large skewering forks and 5 quality knives (paring knife, chef's knife, boning knife, fillet knife, and cleaver). Market Price: 60 gp; Wt. 5 lb. Note: For combat: Chef's knife is equivalent to a knife; paring, boning, and fillet knives are equivalent to Small knives; cleaver is equivalent to a light mace but is slashing instead of bludgeoning; the two skewering forks are equivalent to a Small siangham. All are considered simple weapons, but the masterwork quality does not translate to a combat bonus.Mortar and Pestle:An item usually reserved for alchemists and apothecaries, I have found usage in meal preparation for grinding and mixing ingredients. Provides a +2 circumstance bonus to Craft (alchemy), Craft (apothecary), and Craft (cooking) checks when used to grind or mix ingredients. Market Price: 53 gp; Wt. 1 1/2 lb.Scale, Cook's:For accurate measuring of spices and herbs: weights are available for both solid and liquid measurements. Only for the common measurements used in the capitol. Elvish or Dwarven versions may be available closer to their lands. The island nations have nothing like this. Provides a +2 circumstance bonus to Craft (cooking) checks if used for quality measurements. Market Price: 15 gp; Wt. 5 lb.Cook's Note: Personally, I just decide on the spicing at the moment, the amounts listed in recipes are just general guidelines; sometimes you have to feel the meal's need for more or less as a proper cook.Soaking Bowl: A darkwood bowl about 2 feet wide and 1 foot deep that gives a +2 circumstance bonus to the Craft (apothecary) or Craft (alchemy) check to create any substance mixed in the bowl. Market Price: 52 gp; Wt. 2-1/2 lb.MagicalI have found only a few magic items that aid in the cooking or preparing of food. Below, I delineate each one.Apprentice's Spice Rack:This small shelf contains 5 small bottles securely. Upon speaking a command word, one bottle sparkles and fills with the appropriate spice or combination of spices to enhance the flavor of the proposed meal. Once it sparkles, the bottle can be easily removed. The bottle will continue to sparkle for 10 minutes or until the spices it contains are used, whichever comes first. The bottle must be returned to the spice rack in order to recharge. Each bottle can be used only once per day. The spice rack has 5 charges, 1 for each bottle. Only one charge re-grows per week as long as at least one bottle remains in the rack. While in the rack, the bottles are immune to crushing, bludgeoning, and falling damage. Forcibly removing a non-sparkling bottle will destroy the spice rack. Using one of these bottles on a meal provides the cook with a +2 competence bonus to the Craft (cooking) skill. Meals enhanced by this effect allow those eating the meal to recover hp as if they had rested for one day.Faint conjuration; Cl 3rd; Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, spice; Market Price: 1,953 gp.Cauldron of Cooking:This is a traveling cauldron, decorated by whitesmiths with hunting scenes. This cauldron is even lighter than normal. Anyone cooking a meal using this cauldron gains a +2 circumstance bonus to their Craft (cooking) check and a +2 competence bonus to the same skill. Furthermore, the cook gains a +4 competence bonus on Diplomacy checks made against anyone that ate the meal for up to one hour after the meal is eaten.Faint transmutation; CL 4th; Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, fox's cunning, eagle's splendor; Market Price: 1,875 gp.Chef's Cutlery:This is an enchanted set of cutlery useful for cooking. The set of cutlery includes 7 knives of various types. Not only does the cook receive a +2 circumstance bonus to his Craft (cooking) check, but also he receives a further competence bonus according to the strength of the set of items. +2, +4, +6, +8, or +10. Further, two of the knives can be used as +1 magic weapons: the Chef's Knife (use dagger) and the Cleaver (use light mace with slashing instead of bludgeoning) no matter the strength of the enchantment. Both are considered simple weapons.Faint to Moderate enchantment; CL (2 times the competence bonus); Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, magic weapon; Market Price: 3,005 gp (+2), 4,205 gp (+4), 6,205 gp (+6), 9,005 gp (+8), 12,605 gp (+10)Chef's Spice Rack:As apprentice's spice rack but this one holds 15 bottles, has 15 charges, and charges grow back at the rate of 3 per day.Moderate conjuration; CL 7th; Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, spice; Market Price: 10,953 gp.Cook's Spice Rack:As apprentice's spice rack but this one holds 10 bottles, has 10 charges, and charges grow back at the rate of 1 per day.Faint conjuration; CL 5th; Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, spice; Market Price: 5,453 gpSeason-All: A light-brown powder that correctly spices foods with the proper taste (according to the person that uses it). Comes in small parchment packets, each enough to make one meal tasty (one packet can work on a meal for up to 12 persons). Usually 2-12 packets are found together. Does not affect magically putrefied food, but makes otherwise inedible food taste good without removing the reason for the bad taste.Faint transmutation; CL 3rd; Prerequisites: Brew Potion, spice or Craft (alchemy) DC 15, spice; Market Price 75 gp per packet.Sustaining Spoon: This unremarkable eating utensil is typically fashioned from horn. If the spoon is placed in an empty container the vessel fills with a thick, pasty gruel. Although this substance has a flavor similar to that of warm, wet cardboard, it is highly nourishing and contains everything necessary to sustain any herbivorous, omnivorous, or carnivorous creature. The spoon can produce sufficient gruel each day to feed up to four humans.Faint conjuration; CL 5th; Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, create food and water; Market Price 5,400 gp.Unguent of Timelessness: When applied to any matter that was once alive this ointment allows that substance to resist the passage of time. Each year of actual time affects the substance as if only a day had passed. The coated object gains a +1 resistance bonus on all saving throws. The unguent never wears off, although it can be magically removed (by dispelling the effect, for instance). One flask contains enough material to coat eight Medium or smaller objects. A Large object counts as two Medium objects, and a Huge object counts as two Large objects.Faint transmutation; CL 3rd; Prerequisite: Craft Wondrous Item; Market Price 150 gp.Cook's Note: According to Ambrose, this ointment could keep the chowder fresh forever. I told him to find me some, enough for 4 large objects and some extra. He seems to be procrastinating about acquiring some of this marvelous substance. How hard could it be?</blockquote>

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