Cook's Utensils

C
ook's Utensils are used to prepare food for royals, The three categories for Signature Dishes are: Snacks,
adventurers and anyone else that enjoys food for Everyday and Gourmet. Snacks take 10 minutes to prepare
more than just sustenance. These delicious dishes and don't become Cold for several days, while Everyday dishes
are the calling cards of chef's and, through the can take a full hour to prepare and become Cold after several
love of their Signature Dishes, are imbued with a hours. The final dish, Gourmet, can take several hours to
hint of magic. prepare, and may even require constant monitoring while
preparing it. The Gourmet dishes can become Cold very
Cook's Utensils quickly and should be consumed when created.
Signature Dishes are best prepared when ingredients of the
Cook's Utensils include a metal pot, knives, forks, a stirring finest quality with the Fresh trait are used. The Fresh trait
spoon, and a ladle. Proficiency with this kit lets you add your provides a small bonus to the dish, this typically makes the
proficiency bonus to any Wisdom checks you make for your DC for creating the Signature Dishes lower, though it may
Signature Dishes. even provide an extra lasting effect to the dish. When Fresh
Certain Signature Dishes may require you to use your ingredients are unable to be used, the Signature Dishes have
Intelligence instead of Wisdom when it comes to precise their default bonuses.
recipes. You create enough to feed up to 7 medium creatures and a
creature can only gain the benefits of one of your Signature
Cooking Signature Dishes Dishes once per Short Rest. For each size category above
To cook a Signature Dish, you must have proficiency in the medium, double the amount of food they need (i.e. a Large
use of the Cook's Utensils and you must know the recipe for creature takes the place of 2 creatures, a huge creature is 4
the item you wish to cook. After choosing the Signature Dish creatures, etc). Tiny and small creatures take the place of 1
to cook, you must gather the required ingredients and then medium creature. If a creature doesn't eat enough of your
you can cook the dish. Signature Dish, they gain no benefits and eating more than is
If you do not have proficiency, you can still cook the items, required provides no extra benefits.
but you will always create a Select version of it until you are
proficient. To gain proficiency, you must hit the DC for a Learning New Recipes
Prime item 10 times before you have learned how to use the If you are proficient with the Cook's Utensils, there are a
equipment. number of ways you can learn new recipes. Chefs can easily
To craft a Signature Dish, you must roll using your Wisdom teach each other recipes in just a few minutes and if you
Modifier plus Proficiency, though certain recipes may call for discover a Chef's Recipe Book, you can also learn any recipes
you to use your Intelligence Modifier instead. they have recorded.
In addition, if you acquire a Signature Dish, you can use
Signature Dish Recipes your Cook's Utensils to analyze the item. It takes one hour of
If you know the recipe for a particular item, you know which quiet, careful work to analyze a Signature Dish and the item is
ingredients are required to cook a Signature Dish, where destroyed in the process. At the end of the work period, roll a
those ingredients are likely to be found, and how to prepare Wisdom check and add your proficiency bonus for your use of
them. You even know enough to substitute ingredients based the Cook's Utensils. If you meet or exceed the DC required to
on what’s available in your pantry. craft the item at Prime quality, you learn the recipe.
Every Signature Dish recipe specifies the DCs required to Otherwise, you have learned nothing and destroyed the item.
craft Select (ṩ), Choice (¢) and Prime (Ü) quality versions of
that item. It also specifies any unique ingredients you must Signature Dishes
have access too. Those ingredients must be acquired through Cooking Ingredient
special means, either through purchase or during the course Recipe Category Time Cost
of an adventure. Meatballs Everyday 1 Hour 15 gp
Cooking Your Dish Trail Mix Snack 10 Minutes 8 gp
Signature Dishes come in three qualities, starting with the
lowest: Select (ṩ), Choice (¢) and Prime (Ü). Generally, the 5-Spice Chili Gourmet 8 Hours 20 gp
higher the quality, the more potent the item. Signature Dishes Carrot Cake Gourmet 3 Hours 15 gp
take on the Cold trait at different stages depending on Potato Hash Everyday 1 Hour 5 gp
category of dish being created. The Cold trait determines
when a Signature Dish no longer provides the greatest benefit Granola Bar Snack 10 Minutes 8 gp
but still has some leftover bonuses. After the Cold trait is the Whole Wheat
Compost trait where the item is only fit for composting and Bread
Gourmet 4 Hours 10 gp
has no benefits, though it is still good for eating!

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Signature Dish Recipes
Meatballs
This hearty meal of balled up meat gives a boost to your
natural Constitution. This recipe provides a +3 benefit to
Constitution saves for 1 hour (ṩ), 2 hours (¢) or 5 hours (Ü).
When it goes Cold, the bonus drops to +1.
Cost: 15 gp
Cold: 8 Hours
Compost: 24 Hours
Cook Time: 1 hour, Everyday
Cook DC: DC 10 (ṩ), DC 15 (¢), DC 20 (Ü)
Ingredients: Meat, Berries and various Spices
Fresh Requirements: Same day butchered meat & plucked
berries
Fresh: Lowers cooking DC by 2 and costs an additional 2 gp
Trail Mix
This assortment of nuts and berries is the perfect mix to
snack on, especially when you get to the only part that
matters, sweet chocolates. While traveling, you can munch on
a serving during the day and it will provide a bonus to Survival
checks to not get lost. This dish will provide a +1**(ṩ), +3(¢),
or +5(Ü)**. When the trail mix goes Cold, all bonuses are
reduced by 2, making (ṩ) Compost early.
Cost: 8 gp
Cold: 1 Week
Compost: 3 Weeks
Cook Time: 10 Minutes, Snack
Cook DC: DC 8 (ṩ), DC 12 (¢), DC 16 (Ü)
Ingredients: Nuts, Berries and Chocolates
5-Spice Chili
This super spiced chili is composed of ground beef, sweet
tomatoes and 5 signature spices that are sure to make a
grown man cry. These spices bolster the natural constitution
and provide damage reduction to cold damage. This chili
provides a reduction to cold damage of 5 (ṩ), 10 (¢), or 15 (Ü)
points per hit, this reduction lasts for 12 hours. When the chili
goes Cold, the damage reductions last for only 3 hours.
Cost: 20 gp
Cold: 20 Minutes
Compost: 1 Hour
Cook Time: 8 Hours, Gourmet
Cook DC: DC 13 (ṩ), DC 18 (¢), DC 23 (Ü)
Ingredients: Meat, Tomatoes and Various Spices
Fresh Requirements: Same day butchered Meat & Ripe
Tomatoes
Fresh: Lowers cooking DC by 2 and costs an additional 5 gp
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Carrot Cake
Nothing says decadent like a slice of a delicious carrot cake,
and did you know that carrots are good for your eyes? When
you eat a scrumptious bite of this cake, your Perception
checks gain a +1 (ṩ), +3 (¢), or +5 (Ü) bonus for the next 3
hours. When the Carrot Cake goes Cold, this bonus is
reduced by 2, making (ṩ) Compost early.
Cost: 15 gp
Cold: 3 Hours
Compost: 9 Hours
Cook Time: 3 Hours, Gourmet
Cook DC: DC 10 (ṩ), DC 15 (¢), DC 20 (Ü)
Ingredients: Carrots, Cinnamon and Cream Cheese
Fresh Requirements: Just made Cream Cheese & crisp
Carrots
Fresh: Lowers cooking DC by 2 and costs and additional 3 gp
Potato Hash
PO-TAY-TOS. Boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew. Lovely
big chunks of potatoes cooking in a fat slab of butter over a
camp fire. Nothing will help give you a better Pick-Me-Up than
devouring some crispy taters. When consumed, this hash will
give the consumer 1 (ṩ), 2 (¢), or 3 (Ü) additional Hit Dice to
use during their Short Rest. When the Potato Hash goes Cold,
the number of Hit Dice gained is reduced by 1, making (ṩ)
Compost early.
Cost: 5 gp
Cold: 10 Minutes
Compost: 30 Minutes
Cook Time: 1 Hour, Everyday
Cook DC: DC 8 (ṩ), DC 12 (¢), DC 16 (Ü)
Ingredients: Potatoes and Butter
Granola Bar
Sometimes all you need is a bar of fiber and honey. This
delightful creation will boost your spirits and get you closer to
supper without dying of hunger. When eaten, this bar provides
3 (ṩ), 5 (¢), or 8 (Ü) Temporary Hit Points. When the Granola
Bar goes Cold, the number of Temporary Hit Points gained is
reduced by 2. These Temporary Hit Points last until your next
long rest.
Cost: 8 gp
Cold: 3 Days
Compost: 9 Days
Cook Time: 10 Minutes, Snack
Cook DC: DC 8 (ṩ), DC 12 (¢), DC 16 (Ü)
Ingredients: Granola, Berries and Honey
Whole Wheat Bread
Prerequisite: Intelligence Required
Bread may be the greatest carb ever crafted by Mankind.
This complex recipe mixes different flours to produce a fine
loaf of bread just begging for some honey smeared on top.
When eaten, this bread will increase your Strength Saving
Throws by +3 for 1 Hour (ṩ), 2 Hours (¢), or 5 Hours (Ü).
When this bread goes Cold, the bonus is reduced to +1. ___
Cost: 10 gp
Cold: 1 Day
Compost: 3 Days
Cook Time: 4 Hours, Gourmet
Cook DC: DC 12 (ṩ), DC 17 (¢), DC 22 (Ü)
Ingredients: Wheat Flour, Milk, Eggs and Yeast
Warm Almond Milk
Warm almond milk sprinkled with nutmeg. When ingested, it
prepares the body for sleep. The willing target falls asleep
within 10 minutes ingestion and sleeps heavily for a short
rest, waking up feeling refreshed. When the target wakes up,
the milk will increase their Constitution Saving Throws by +3
for 1 Hour (ṩ), 2 Hours (¢), or 5 Hours (Ü). When this milk
goes Cold, the bonus is reduced to +1.
Cost: 5 gp
Cold: 5 Minutes
Compost: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 5 Minutes, Snack
Cook DC: DC 12 (ṩ), DC 17 (¢), DC 22 (Ü)
Ingredients: Almond Milk and Nutmeg

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