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While the profession is not that uncommon, not all cooks are
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cut out for a life of adventure. Those who decide to take on

the evils of the world are brave, resourceful, and adaptable.
This kind of cook needs to keep up with the noblest of
knights, the cunningest of thieves, and the wisest of wizards,
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all while carrying a set of heavy pots and pans. On top of the
day’s questing needs, a cook needs the extra energy at the
end of the day to work over the heat of an improvised kitchen.
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meals that refresh the body and warm the spirit. An
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Not only does the cook work afterhours, but they too work
during the adventuring day. They can find their position
behind the front line, delivering attacks and aid from a
distance. Others dip in and out around their martial
professionals, providing aid and resourcefulness at pivotal
moments. And even some, with the help of special
ingredients, can take their position in the thick of it alongside
their allies.

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Proficiency Recipe
Cook Level Bonus Slots Features
Having been applied a dwarven spice rub, the dragon meat Culinary Expertise, adventuring
now sizzles in a bed of aromatic onions, garlic, and 1st +2 1 recipes
handpicked herbs. A young elven cook, with perfect eye and
timing, removes the pan’s contents from the dancing campfire 2nd +2 2 Sous Chef, Waste Not (1)
flame. Battling against the now cooling meat, she pours a fire 3rd +2 3 Cookbook
elemental stock into the empty pan, stirring and scraping the 4th +2 3 Ability Score Improvement
fond into a sauce. Not only would her companions’ stomachs
be filled this night, but their spirits warmed as well. She 5th +3 4
Monstrous Ingredient (1),
dishes up her most recent meal: Dwarven-spiced red dragon Uncommon Cuts
tenderloin with elemental ash pan sauce and tender aromatic Proper Packaging,

vegetables. 6th +3 4 Waste Not (2)

A tired tiefling cook leads the adventuring party to a small
clearing to set up camp. Not a word had been spoken since 7th +3 4 Cookbook Feature
the last battle against the orcs. It was a long, hard day and 8th +3 5 Ability Score Improvement
morale was low. The cook wipes the grime from his face, stirs
his own spirit, and gets to work crafting a delicious supper. 9th +4 5 Monstrous Ingredient (2)
The campfire warms to life. The fresh crunch of vegetables Second Breakfast, Fantastic
being chopped echoes out. The tingling scents of immaculate 10th +4 5 Cuts, Waste Not (3)
spices begin to dance in the air. Slowly but surely, a
discussion is evoked, then an argument, then laughter. The 11th +4 5 Cookbook Feature
adventurers all take in the meal as well as each others 12th +4 6 Ability Score Improvement
friendship. Sleep is well earned, and the tiefling cook does
the dishes with a subtle smile as he takes first watch. 13th +5 6 Test Kitchen
A green liquid vial marked with a red ‘X’ is pulled from the 14th +5 6 Monstrous Ingredient (3)
human cook’s pouch. He unscrews the lid, immediately 15th +5 6 Cookbook Feature
releasing a pungent stink into the air. Slowly and carefully, a
single drop of the liquid is added to the boiling stew. No 16th +5 7 Ability Score Improvement
reaction. Good. The King would have just enough time to 17th +6 7 Special Occasion
realize who his killer was before dropping to the floor. All that
was required, was to add the perfect mixture of ingredients to 18th +6 7 Monstrous Ingredient (4)
hide the pungent aroma. 19th +6 7 Ability Score Improvement
Combine one-part common chef, one-part adventurer, add a
dash of resolve, and you have the unique makings of a hero. 20th +6 8 Insightful Tastes
The cook brings warm meals and satisfied morale to those
around them; making sure all are well-fed, healthy, and
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While not the most revered and well known of the party and Quick Build
will not often take center stage in battle, the cook is a strong You can make a cook quickly by

backbone to any fellowship on the frontier of adventure. following these suggestions. First,

While in some situations they lack the martial or intellectual put your highest ability score in

prowess of other heroes, they posses the moral, mental, and Constitution, followed by either Strength

especially, culinary fortitude to last in combat and support or Dexterity, depending on whether you

their allies. want to focus on melee or ranged attacks.

Tasteful Alchemy Second, choose the folk hero background.

Cooks who take on the life of adventure are still first and Class Features
foremost, masters of the culinary arts. They are able to field
dress slain creatures, gather produce, store foods for lengths As a cook, you gain the following class features.
of time, and—of course—create delectable meals. To be an
adventurer means bringing cooking skills to the front of a Hit Points
fantastic world full of magical and monstrous creatures. Such Hit Dice: 1d8 per cook level
beings can be the source of very potent ingredients and Hit Points at 1st Level: 8 + Constitution modifier
careful acquisition and masterful skill in using those Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d8 + your Constituion
ingredients may provide benefits beyond a full stomach. modifier per cook level after 1st.
Cooking by itself doesn’t conjure magic but instead can on
occasion utilize magical ingredients to great effect; a kind of Proficiencies
spiritually warming alchemy. One who knows how to cook Armor: Light armor, medium armor
with a variety of rare ingredients can provide boons that Weapons: Simple melee weapons
grant the healing warmth of the heavens, create grotesque Tools: Cook's utensils
transformations of strength, or provide heroes the most
restful sleep they’ve ever had. A master cook’s pantry is deep Saving Throws: Constitution, Intelligence
and full of many exotic seasonings. Skills: Choose three skills from Athletics, Animal Handling,
Deception, History, Insight, Intimidation, Investigation,
Creating a Cook Medicine, Nature, Performance, Persuasion, Survival, and
As you create a cook, consider where your cooking skill and Sleight of Hand.
culinary acumen comes from. Did you learn long passed Equipment
down recipes helping your mother cook as she took care of You start with the following equipment, in addition to the
you and your 8 siblings? Perhaps you attended an illustrious equipment granted by your background:
culinary college, where chefs competed from around the
world to learn the craft. Maybe you were enlisted in the (a) scale mail or (b) leather armor
military and became a mess sergeant, helping to feed grand any simple melee weapon
armies and boost morale. Or perhaps you were captured by a cook's utensils
roving band of orcs, and instead of being put to death, you a component pouch
were enslaved to cook their seemingly grotesque meals. (a) a dungeoneer's pack or (b) an explorer's pack
Additionally, think about what has driven you to a life of 10 flasks, 10 sacks, 10 feet of string, an iron pot, and 3
adventure. Do you simply want to make sure the greatest small knives.
heroes of the realm can do their jobs on a full stomach?
Perhaps you seek the glory and achievement of one of the
most celebrated chefs in the land? Do you travel the frontier Multiclassing
seeking new and experimental ingredients to cook with? Or
are you using the simple culinary skills you have to help Rules for multiclassing with the cook class can be
during a dangerous and tumultuous time? found in appendix B.

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 Culinary Expertise
The first thing you bring to a life of adventure is your cooking
skill. Your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check
you make that uses your proficiency with cook’s utensils.
Additionally, you come with or quickly adopt a particular
style of weapon proficiencies in order to survive. Choose one
Culinary Expertise from the below options.
Fish Food
Some of your favourite dishes come from fresh fish or
crustaceans and in order to come by ingredients while
adventuring you have become skilled at spear fishing. You are
proficient with pikes and nets.
If your character is 1st level when you gain this feature, you
may add a pike and a net to your starting equipment.
Hunter-Gatherer
You hunt your own supply of animal meat while adventuring
and have become skilled attacking from a distance. You are
proficient with simple ranged weapons.
If your character is 1st level when you gain this feature, you
may add a short bow or light crossbow (with 20 arrows or
bolts), and a hunting trap to your starting equipment.
Large Portions
One of the cooking utensils used in your craft is an irregular,
oversized, strongly built, two-handed version of its more
common form. This might be a 20” cast iron pan, a long iron
ladle, an oversized tenderizing mallet, or a magnificently
huge cleaver. You are proficient with mauls and greatswords
and this large cooking utensil is an improvised weapon that
you are proficient with. The utensil either does 2d6
bludgeoning damage or 2d6 slashing damage on a hit,
depending on if it's blunt or bladed.
If your character is 1st level when you gain this feature, you
may add this oversized cooking utensil to your starting
equipment.
Pan-Handler
Your cooking style involves a lot of sautéing and frying and a
sturdy, well made pan is central to your craft. You gain
proficiency with shields. Additionally, you can use a large pan,
wok, or similar cooking surface as an improvised shield that
you are proficient with. When this improvised shield is
equipped, you gain a +2 AC bonus.
If your character is 1st level when you gain this feature, you
may add a large sturdy pan, wok, or similar cooking utensil to
your starting equipment.
adventuring recipes
As a cook on the frontier of danger, you have taken it upon
yourself to explore rare cookbooks, experiment with fantastic
ingredients, improvise around the campfire, and learn special
techniques in order to prepare unique kinds of recipes known
as adventuring recipes. These recipes represent tasks the
cook can focus on during a rest and can take the form of a
serving of food, preparation for the day to come, or even
building bonds with your fellow travellers.
See the adventuring recipe section at the end of this class
for the various recipe lists and adventuring recipes. You will
have many opportunities to grow your known adventuring
recipes from these listings as you grow as a cook.
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Fresh Ingredients
Before a cook can prepare adventuring recipes, they need a
source of ingredients, known as fresh ingredients. You may
acquire fresh ingredients by (a) taking 10 minutes to field
dress a beast or plant type creature of size small or larger
that has been dead for less than 4 hours, (b) successfully
foraging or fishing for food if sufficient sources are in the
area (DC to be set by the DM), (c) spending at least 5sp at a
food market where fresh ingredients are available, (d) raiding
a source of well-stocked food stores that already contain
fresh ingredients, or (e) any other scenario you and the DM
can come up with where the result is fresh ingredients.
Ingredient Die. When you gather fresh ingredients, you
gain the Ingredient Die, a d4, of which you can only ever have
one of. After using fresh ingredients to prepare adventuring
recipes, roll your Ingredient Die to determine if you have any
fresh ingredients remaining. On a result of 1 or 2, your food
stores have either been used up, have spoiled, or there’s not
enough remaining to create a meaningful meal. You lose your
Ingredient Die, and will have to gather fresh ingredients
again.
Variant Rule: Fresh Ingredients
If you'd rather not be concerned with gathering
fresh ingredients, see appendix B for a variant rule.
Preparing Adventuring Recipes
The cook table shows you how many recipe slots you have to
prepare adventuring recipes. Once during a long or short
rest, you can choose, prepare, and serve a number of known
recipes equal to your number of recipe slots. You require a
number of resources to create your recipes: a set of cook’s
utensils, a component pouch to supply simple ingredients
(salt, pepper, spices, etc.), an hour of time, a source of heat,
and fresh ingredients.
The recipes chosen to prepare can be all the same recipe,
all different recipes, or any combination, as long as they come
from your known adventuring recipes. When you prepare
your adventuring recipes, you use your equipment and fresh
ingredients to create the servings or perform the action
associated with the adventuring recipes chosen. After you've
created your servings, roll the ingredient die to determine if
you have fresh ingredients remaining.
Unless otherwise stated, the servings produced by
adventuring recipes and their effects expire the next time you
use fresh ingredients.
Saving Throws
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saving throw to resist the cook’s recipe effects. The saving
throw DC is calculated as follows: CROWN. VANILLAWARE,
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Monstrous Ingredients
By 5th level, adventuring has provided you with opportunities
to extract, study, and skillfully utilize rare ingredients from
creatures of the world. When mastered and included in your
cooking, they can impart benefits to those who consume or
utilize them that are potentially supernatural or magical.
You choose to specialize in ingredients and techniques
Flavour of Monster Ingredients
Choosing a type of monster ingredient to
specialize in can be more than simply choosing an
ingredient as working with them may impart
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specific to a type of monster. Choose a monster type from the
Monstrous Ingredients list at the end of this base class. You
are specialized at working with ingredients of that monster
type: minor ingredients (examples of ingredients you can use
to creatively flavour your meals) and also a rarer major
ingredient, which provide special benefits. Once you
specialize in a monster type, you keep a supply of it's major
ingredient on hand, and it is automatically available to include
in your cooking from your component pouch.
You add one monstrous ingredient choice to your
repertoire at 5th level, and again at 9th, 14th, and 18th level.
Uncommon Cuts
Additionally, at 5th level, you have learned to safely and
skillfully gather, prepare, and cook ingredients from monsters
of the material plane. You can gather fresh ingredients from
the remains of dragon, giant, monstrosity, ooze, and
undead type creatures if they are size small or larger and
have been dead for less than 4 hours.
   For example, working with ooze ingredients may
cause constant sliminess, aberration ingredients
may cause absentmindedness or addiction, undead
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and dragon ingredients may cause singed eyebrows
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Proper Packaging
Beginning at 6th level, you have learned improved methods
for ingredient storage, providing longer shelf life and a more
efficient use of space. When you use fresh ingredients and
roll the Ingredient Die, your food stores now only run out or
expire when a 1 is rolled.
Additionally, improving your storage methods effectively
allows you to carry more. Your carrying capacity is now your
Strength score multiplied by 20, instead of 15.

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Monstrous Ingredients
The following Monstrous Ingredients are listed in
alphabetical order by monster type:
10 Year Wine of Zurragh
Aberration-type monstrous ingredient
You choose to specialize in ingredients gathered from
aberration type creatures. Minor ingredients used might be
beholder eye stock, nothic ocular fluid, or flumph spray. The
major ingredient you learn to prepare is the 10 Year Wine of
Zurragh. This wine, produced by a cult dedicated to an
obscure dark lord, is a many year fermentation of the juices
squeezed from an aboleth’s frontal lobe. It is less of an
ingredient and more of a cooking aid. Continued exposure to
the aroma and gentle sips of the wine imbibes the cook with
a mildly expanded focus during strenuous prep work.
When preparing adventuring recipes during a long or short
rest, you can prepare double the servings of any one of the
prepared recipes.
The Light's Oil
Celestial-type monstrous ingredient
You choose to specialize in ingredients gathered from
celestial type creatures. Minor ingredients used might be holy
water, muddled couatl scales, or pegasus tenderloin. The
major ingredient you learn to prepare is The Light’s Oil. This
solution is a single unicorn hair suspended in a mixture of
vegetable oil and holy water. The clear bottle naturally gives
off dim light in a 5-foot radius. The gods don’t appreciate
using one of the most sacred creatures in this way, so the
difficulty in crafting with this ingredient is the precise
incantations that must be chanted during food prep. This
solution, when combined into a vinaigrette, allows you to
make the Light Salad Roll adventuring recipe.
Animated Smelling Salts
Construct-type monstrous ingredient
You choose to specialize in ingredients gathered from
construct type creatures. Minor ingredients used might be
previously enchanted metal chassis filings, reused stitches, or
a recycled yew cutting board. The major ingredient you learn
to prepare is Animated Smelling Salts. These salts are
created from grinding down various arcane remnants of old
retired wizard golems. The mineral salts are specially stored
in a small tin and when carefully exposed to a creature can
impart restorative effects.
As an action, the smelling salts can be administered by the
cook to a creature within 5 feet. Smelling the salts restores a
number of hit points equal to the cooks proficiency bonus.
When the creature gains these hit points, it can immediately
use its reaction to move up to its speed, without provoking
opportunity attacks. Additionally, the first weapon attack the
creatures makes on their next turn is done so with advantage.
The smelling salts have three uses, and those uses
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'Dragons in Heat' Hot Sauce
Dragon-type monstrous ingredient
You choose to specialize in ingredients gathered from dragon
type creatures. Minor ingredients used might be
pseudodragon eggs, faerie dragon dust, or drake steaks. The
major ingredient you learn to cook with is ‘Dragons in Heat’
Hot Sauce. This hot sauce is specially derived from the saliva
secreted by a Red Dragon’s pyrophoric glands. The ingredient
naturally gives off an intense heat and takes special
precautions when handled to not be burned. Contact with the
hot sauce directly, without being expertly cooked into food,
incurs 1 fire damage. This hot sauce allows you to make the
Spitfire Chili adventuring recipe.
Distilled Water Elemental
Elemental-type monstrous ingredient
You choose to specialize in ingredients gathered from
elemental type creatures. Minor ingredients used might be
chwinga legs, fire snake eggs, or ice mephit cubes. The major
ingredient you learn to work with is Distilled Water
Elemental. This flask of seemingly normal water is extremely
cold (below freezing and yet still a liquid) and is typically used
to chill milk or cream into cold deserts. Additionally, you
learn the Ele-mint Lozenge adventuring recipe.
Pixieweed Seeds
Fey-type monstrous ingredient
You choose to specialize in ingredients gathered from fey type
creatures. Minor ingredients used might be dryad’s home
planks, satyr’s ambition spice blend, or sea hag sauce. The
major ingredient you learn to prepare is Pixieweed Seeds.
These enchanted seeds from the Feywild are harvested from
plants nourished by pixie dust that has fallen to the ground.
Handling of the seeds must be done carefully as they can
grow nearly anywhere in a matter of seconds. Once planted, a
vine erupts and instantly grows to a size of 5 feet tall,
producing a number of vibrantly colorful leaves, fruits, and
vegetables; enough to provide the cook with fresh
ingredients. Once all the produce is picked, the vine then
intensely turns grey, rots, shrivels, and dies.
Alternatively, a seed can be thrown 10 feet at a target
creature as an improvised ranged weapon. On a miss, the
seed plants itself normally, 5 feet from the target. On a hit,
the seed embeds itself into the creature, using it as a source
of food. The vine erupts on the target doing a number of d10
necrotic damage equal to your proficiency bonus. If the target
is large or smaller, they must then make a DC 12 Strength
Saving throw or be restrained. While restrained by the vine,
the target takes 1d10 necrotic damage at the end of its turn.
The vine can be broken off with a DC 12 Strength (Athletics)
check and it can also be attacked, having 10 AC and 20 hit
points. If torn or cut off, the vine dies but leaves its produce
behind.
The seeds have one use, which recharges at the beginning
of a long rest.
Salty Succubus Tears Well-Preserving Dust
Fiend-type monstrous ingredient Undead-type monstrous ingredient
You choose to specialize in ingredients gathered from fiend You choose to specialize in ingredients gathered from undead
type creatures. Minor ingredients used might be abyssal type creatures. Minor ingredients used might be animated
chicken eggs, Phlegethos peppercorns, or neutralized imp’s bone stock, revived steaks, or ectoplasmic goo. The major
poison. The major ingredient you learn to cook with are Salty ingredient you learn to cook with is Well-Preserving Dust.
Succubus Tears. Through intense emotional cultivation This musty and extremely dry powder is made from the
practices, the tears of a succubus are collected and bottled remnants of a sun-baked vampire spawn.
for purchase in specialty shops, often used as a mild Before your servings are due to expire (typically when you
aphrodisiac. These tears allow you to make the Entrancing use fresh ingredients again), this dust can be sprinkled onto
Entrée adventuring recipe. up to three servings. Each serving skips that expiry time and
instead will expire the next time the serving is due to expire.
Hill Giant’s ‘Sleepy Time’ Tea You can of course apply the Well-Preserving Dust repeatedly
Giant-type monstrous ingredient at each expiry, effectively extending the life of a serving
You choose to specialize in ingredients gathered from giant indefinitely.
type creatures. Minor ingredients used might be ettin eye
sleep spice, troll’s blood, or half-ogre’s placenta. The major
ingredient you learn to prepare is the Hill Giant’s ‘Sleepy
Time’ Tea. This calming, musky tea blend is created from a
mixture of Hill Giant’s hair, toenails, and dried pituitary gland.
You know the Hill Giant’s ‘Sleepy Time’ Tea adventuring
recipe.
Monster's Jam
Monstrosity-type monstrous ingredient
You choose to specialize in ingredients gathered from
monstrosity type creatures. Minor ingredients used might be
scaled cockatrice eggs, crushed harpy vocal cords, or
minotaur brisket. The major ingredient you learn to prepare
is Monster’s Jam. Wizards of the world are constantly
running experiments on a wide variety of monsters. This
ingredient is a mixture of leftover enchanted monster parts
from many kinds of those creatures, grounded up, and
slightly sweetened with gelatin. This jam allows you to
prepare the Grotesque Fruitcake adventuring recipe.
Aged Ochrefort Cheddar
Ooze-type monstrous ingredient
You choose to specialize in ingredients gathered from ooze
type creatures. Minor ingredients used might be dried
gelatinous noodles, ‘oblex memories’ spice, or ooze-cured
meat. The major ingredient you learn to cook with is Aged
Ochrefort Cheddar. This ripe cheese derived from specially
cultured ooze is added in various ways to your cooking
including sliced and grated. Continued use of this ooze
ingredient works as a diuretic, builds a healthy, well-
lubricating gut culture, and promotes regularity. This
translates to feeling less heavy during the adventuring day.
All adventurers of whom the cook considers its fellow party
members (and therefore eat the cook’s food regularly) gain a
+1 bonus to initiative and a 5-foot bonus to their speed.
The initiative and movement bonus increase to +2 and 10
feet at 14th level.

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 Cookbooks
A
s a cook becomes more accustomed to a life of
adventure, they decide to subscribe to a
cookbook. This cookbook is less a physical list
of recipes and more a lifestyle guide, setting out
a set of “morale ingredients” for success in the
world.
Cookbook of the Well-Seasoned
Subscribing to the Cookbook of the Well-Seasoned is
ultimately about bringing adventurers together at the end of
the day through your cooking. Your food is a vessel for
togetherness, comradery, and shared experiences. When the
swords are sheathed, the armor is doffed, and a great meal is
shared, true friendships are forged. It's through these
gatherings that the cook himself grows a little bit every time.
He absorbs and learns stories, skills, and knowledge
whenever he shares a cookfire with the many differing people
of the land. Indeed, it is through connections with people that
the cook truly becomes well seasoned.
Cookfire Comradery
When you choose this cookbook at 3rd level, you begin to
excel at drawing people into the warmth and comradery of a
meal after shared experiences. You learn the Cookfire
Comradery adventuring recipe, which is less a recipe about
bringing ingredients together, but instead people.
The Spice of Life
At 3rd level, through many discussions, stories, and lectures
among adventurers around the fire at night, you’ve learned
small bits of information on a great deal of things. You can
add half your proficiency bonus, rounded down, to any ability
check you make that does not already include your
proficiency bonus.
Extra Attack
Beginning at 7th level, you have honed your combat skills
over time by taking some lessons from your travelling
companions. You can attack twice, instead of once, whenever
you take the Attack action on your turn.
Additionally, any of the actionable objects created by your
want-not recipes may be used as one of the attacks when
taking the Attack action.
Shop Talk
At 11th level, you've cooked for a vast variety of skillful and
magical heroes and have managed to peice together full skills
from numerous discussions and observations. You can do
one of the following:
(a) choose two of your skill proficiencies,
(b) choose two cantrips from the wizard spell list,
(c) or choose one of your skill proficiencies and one
cantrip from the wizard spell list.
Your proficiency bonus is now doubled for any ability check
you make that uses the chosen skill proficiencies. The chosen
cantrips are learned and Intelligence is your spellcasting
ability for them.
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Wayfarer's Education
You've traveled and shared stories with many people. Some
you might still know and some might be long lost. You can
take time to study and recall lessons from some of the more
noteworthy travelers you've shared your cookfire with. You
learn the Wayfarer's Education adventuring recipe.
Cookbook of the Unsavory
From the unassuming line cook to the new assistant of the
King’s personal chef; none are afraid of using their
knowledge and skills with food, as well as some black-market
ingredients, to get the job done. While not for everyone, those
who subscribe to the Cookbook of the Unsavory turn their
food into more destructive and deadly forms of expression.
Bonus Proficiencies
When you choose this archetype at 3rd level, you gain
proficiency in the Deception skill and the poisoner’s kit. If you
were already proficient in Deception, you can choose another
skill from the cook’s class features to become proficient in.
Additionally, you can double your proficiency bonus for any
checks using your Deception skill to conceal a serving’s
deadly or poisonous effects from the creature consuming it.
Feeding Victims
Some of the cook’s recipes are unlikely to be eaten
if the target knows their adverse or deadly effects.
In these cases, the cook can attempt to hide the
effects of his cooking. Use a contest between the
cook’s Deception vs the victim’s Passive or Active
Perception. If the victim notices something fishy
about their meal, by smell or by taste, they likely
won’t be dining.
Crying Dragon Soup
After experimentation with a number of illicit ingredients at
3rd level, you learn to acquire and cook with dragon’s tears.
These tears are difficult to cook with and usually relegated to
serving as a fuel for lanterns. As an ingredient, the tears are
dangerous if prepared incorrectly but especially dangerous if
prepared to perfection. You learn the Crying Dragon Soup
adventuring recipe, which contains a healthy dose of the
tears hidden within.
Finger Food
At 7th level, you have become skilled and--more importantly--
bold enough to gather ingredients from an array of taboo
sources. For any slain creature you can already gather fresh
ingredients from, you can now gather fresh ingredients from
it if has been dead for less than 24 hours. You can also gather
fresh ingredients from the remains of humanoid type
creatures if they are size small or larger.
Soup of the Day
At 7th level your dragon’s tears usage expands to include
different colours of dragons. When you prepare your Crying
Dragon Soup adventuring recipe, you can choose to make it
from black, blue, red, or white dragon’s tears. When you do
so, the poison damage of the servings change to reflect that
of the chosen dragon type.
Dragon's Tears Table
On Cannibalism
First, the usage of the humanoid aspect of Finger
Food feature should be discussed ahead of time
with your fellow players. Some players may be
uncomfortable with turning their characters into
cannibals. If optioned, that portion of the Finger
Foods feature can be ignored.

Dragon Colour Damage Type     Secondly, if the players are OK with the feature,
in-game characters may not be. This might lead to
Black Acid the cook secretly harvesting humanoids for fresh
Blue Lightning ingredients and might require a Stealth or
Deception check to hide these actions from the
Green Poison other party members. The DM controls any DC
Red Fire values for these checks or contests. However,
these acts can lead to some in-party contention, so
White Cold be sure the group is alright with this ahead of time.

Sweetened black pudding

At 11th level, through further acquisition of illicit means, you
come into the possession of more ingredients not normally fit
for consumption. The finest of these is a dehydrated dark
ooze reduction, allowing you to prepare the Sweetened Black
Pudding adventuring recipe.
Forbidden Ingredients
At 15th level, you’ve managed to track down certain
ingredients in the world that require great skill to cook with
and whose effects can be disastrous in the wrong hands.
Improper use of them in the past has resulted in the
destruction of single lives and entire civilizations. Therefore,
these ingredients were deemed forbidden for the use of
cooking. Using any of these ingredients costs 1000gp per
recipe, which is spent when the servings are created.
Forbidden recipes are a special subclass of adventuring
recipes. You learn and know all listed adventuring recipes in
the forbidden recipe list. Once prepared, the servings created
by forbidden recipes are magically stored and last
indefinitely, until consumed or destroyed.
While you are carrying the servings associated with a
forbidden recipe, you cannot create another and the number
of recipe slots during a long or short rest is decreased by one.
Maintaining the forbidden serving--keeping them secret and
safe--are effectively taking focus away from your regular
cooking.

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 adventuring recipes
Core Recipes Monstrous Recipes
Hearty Meal Ele-mint Lozenge
Entrancing Entrée
Forbidden Recipes Grotesque Fruitcake
Pull-Apart Lobe Loaf Hill Giant's 'Sleepy Time' Tea
Unicorn-Frosted Cupcake Light Salad Roll
Lonely Vampire's Dinner for Spitfire Chili
Two
Burning Brine
2nd-level waste-not recipe, 2 servings
You prepare a thick solution made of salt, oil, and water. As
an action, a creature can use a free hand to apply the
solution to one slashing or piercing weapon or up to three
pieces of ammunition. A creature hit by the salted weapon or
ammunition takes 1 additional damage. If the creature
taking damage is an undead or fiend, it takes 2 additional
damage instead. Once applied, the solution retains potency
for 1 minute.
Cookfire Comradery
3rd-level well-seasoned recipe
Your cooking draws party members into the companionship
around the cookfire, inspiring them to aid each other during
the adventuring day. When you prepare this recipe, you gain
a number of d6s, known as comradery dice, equal to your
Constitution modifier (minimum of one). You can distribute
the comradery dice amongst your travelling companions
(including yourself) as you see fit, as long as they can speak
one language. The dice are lost when spent or when the
cook uses fresh ingredients again.
Your comradery dice change once you reach certain levels
in this class. The dice become d8s at 7th level, d10s at 11th
level, and d12s at 15th level.
The comradery dice can be spent in the following ways:
Coordinate. A character can spend their comradery die to
perform the Help action as a bonus action. If the character is
aiding an ally in attacking a creature, that target can be up to
30 feet away from the character. On a hit, the comradery die
is added to the damage of the attack.
Rouse. When a character attempts to stabilize a dying
creature, they can spend their comradery die and add it to
their Wisdom (Medicine) check. The comradery die must be
spent before the check is made. If the check succeeds
without adding the comradery die, the stabilized creature
regains 1 hit point.
Believe. If a character fails a Constitution saving throw to
maintain concentration, an ally within 15 feet can use their
reaction and spend their comradery die, adding it to the
saving throw.
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Well-Seasoned Recipes Waste-Not Recipes
Cookfire Comradery Burning Brine
Wayfarer's Education Crackle Satchel
Grease Fire
Unsavory Recipes Pepper Powder
Crying Dragon Soup Rancid Sack
Sweetened Black Pudding Smoke Bomb
Sticky Pitch
Crackle Satchel
2nd-level waste-not recipe, 4 servings
Using a number of small sharp bones, pointy sticks, old egg
shells, and dried plants leftover from previous meals, you
organize them into small sacks, ready to quickly deploy. As an
action, you can spread the contents of the satchel to cover a 5-
foot-square area. Any creature that enters the area must
succeed on a Dexterity saving throw vs the cook’s recipe save
DC or stop moving this turn and take 1 piercing damage. A
creature moving through the area at half speed doesn't need
to make the save. When the contents of the satchel are
stepped on, a crackling and crunching noise can be heard up
to 100 feet.
Crying Dragon Soup
3rd-level unsavory recipe, 2 Servings
You create a number of servings of a spicy and unstable soup
from the tears of an adult green dragon, serving it up in a
flask. As an action, the flask can be thrown at a point up to 20
feet away, breaking and violently vaporizing into a small
explosion over a 5-foot radius area. Any creatures in the area
must make a Dexterity saving throw vs the cook’s recipe save
DC. A target takes 2d8 poison damage on a failed save, and
half as much damage on a successful one.
Alternatively, if the serving is ingested, the damage doesn’t
occur until 5 minutes after the soup is swallowed and the
creature consuming must make a Constitution saving throw
vs the cook’s recipe save DC. A creature takes 3d8 poison
damage on a failed save, and half as much damage on a
successful one. If the total damage would kill the creature, the
stomach of the creature becomes a powder keg and erupts,
doing 1d8 poison damage in a 10-foot radius area.
The damage of this recipe increases by 1d8 at 7th level, 2d8
at 11th level, 3d8 at 15th level, and 4d8 at 19th level.
Ele-mint Lozenge
5th-level monstrous recipe, 2 servings
These tasty and chilling lozenges can be placed into the
mouth of a creature (including yourself) as a bonus action.
Besides clearing up any congestion, the serving provides
additional benefits. The initial breath taken after ingesting the
lozenge is extremely cold and must be expelled as part of the
bonus action. This cold breath can be expelled along the
length of a weapon or up to 10 pieces of ammunition as long
as either is within 5 feet. For 1 minute, the weapon or
ammunition does an additional d6 cold damage on a hit and
reduces the targets speed by 10 feet until the end of its next
turn.
Entrancing Entrée
5th-level monstrous recipe, 1 serving
You prepare an intensely savory meal by utilizing a marinade
made from Salty Succubus Tears. When consumed by a
creature over 5 minutes, that creature must make a
Constitution saving throw vs the cook’s recipe save DC. On a
failure, the creature is magically charmed by you for 1 hour
or until you or your companions do anything harmful to it.
Once that time is up, the creature does not realize it was
charmed if it failed the Constitution saving throw by 5 or
more.
The length of the charmed effect can be increased in the
serving to up to 4 hours when the cook reaches 9th level, 8
hours at 14th level, and 24 hours at 18th level.
Grease Fire
2nd-level waste-not recipe, 2 servings
You combine various remaining fats, greases, butters, and
alchohol into a potent and flammable oil, storing it in a flask.
As an action, the oil in the flask can be sprayed in a 10 foot
cone. Each creature in the area, must make a Dexterity
saving throw or be coated in the grease. If a coated target
takes any fire damage before the oil dries (after 1 minute), the
target takes an additional 1d8 fire damage from the burning
oil.
You can also pour the flask of oil on the ground to cover a
5-foot-square area, provided that the surface is level. If lit, the
oil burns for 2 rounds and deals 1d8 fire damage to any
creature that enters the area or ends its turn in the area. A
creature can take this damage only once per turn.
Grotesque Fruitcake
5th-level monstrous recipe, 1 serving
Starting with a basic batter, a helping of Monster’s Jam is
added, and the mixture is baked into a peculiar fruitcake.
Over a minute, the small loaf serving produced can be
consumed by a creature and over the following 5 minutes a
transformation occurs. The physique of the creature mildly
alters based on a random (or specific, determined by the DM)
monstrosity creature. They may gain carapace-like skin, grow
leaner and more athletic, become exceedingly slimy, or
instantly grow a disgusting number of feathers. Refer to other
monstrosity creatures for further examples.
How ever it occurs, through this transformation the
creature gains a +1 fruitcake bonus. This bonus is added to
AC, weapon attack rolls, Strength and Dexterity saving
throws, and Strength and Dexterity skill checks for the next
hour. When the bonus ends the creature reverts to their
original form and gains 1 level of exhaustion.
At higher levels, you can choose to add more helpings of
Monster’s Jam to your fruitcake. When you do so, the
fruitcake bonus, length of transformation, and exhaustion
levels increase as listed in the following table. Each serving
created by the recipe can have different helpings of jam. The
number of Recipe Slots required to prepare this recipe is
equal to its number of Monster's Jam helpings.
Grotesque Fruitcake Table
Cook Max Fruitcake Transformation Exhaustion
Level Helpings Bonus Length Levels
5th 1 +1 1 hour 1
9th 2 +2 4 hours 2
14th 3 +3 8 hours 3
18th 4 +4 24 hours 4
Hearty Meal
1st-level core recipe, 1 + Constitution modifier servings
You prepare a delicious meal that fills your ally’s stomachs
and provides them with the resolve to take on the day’s
challenges. When you prepare this recipe, you create a
number of servings equal to 1 + your Constitution modifier. If
a conscious character consumes a serving, they gain
temporary hit points equal to your cook level + your
proficiency bonus.
If this recipe is prepared during a short rest, then any
creature that consumes a serving regains 1 extra hit point
per Hit Die spent.
Each remaining serving after everyone has had their fill is
packed into a serving of leftovers. These leftovers remain
filling, travel well, and can be consumed quickly. The servings
expire after 24 hours or when you use fresh ingredients
again. A conscious creature can consume a serving of
leftovers over 5 minutes and regain 1d4 hit points.
Hill Giant's "Sleepy Time" Tea
5th-level monstrous recipe, 1 serving
This adventuring recipe must be prepared during a long rest,
and the serving expires at the end of the rest. A potent tea is
made from this musky blend. When the tea is consumed
during the long rest, the creature may rest deeply, recovering
all hit dice and 2 levels of exhaustion.
Light Salad Roll
5th-level monstrous recipe, 1 serving
You bring a number of fruit and vegetable ingredients
together into a vibrant salad, evenly coat them in a radiant
vinaigrette, and roll them into a fresh spring roll. A creature
that consumes the serving over 5 minutes feels magically
refreshed and regains hit points equal to 3d12 + the cook’s
Constitution modifier.
The dice rolled for restoring hit points increases to 5d12
when the cook reaches 9th level, 8d12 at 14th level, and
10d12 at 18th level.
Lonely Vampire's Dinner for Two
15th level forbidden recipe, 2 servings*
From the heart of a vampire lord, you create two servings:
one master serving and one thrall serving. Both servings
appear identical. On eating the meals, the creature that eats
the master meal becomes the master of the creature that eats
the thrall meal. Through this dining experience, the thrall
becomes charmed by the master. The effect can be removed
through the use of a remove curse spell or if the charmed
condition is removed.
A master can only ever have one thrall through the use of
this recipe.
Pepper Powder
2nd-level waste-not recipe, 2 servings
You work some spicy ingredients into a dried powder. As an
action, the powder can be thrown in a 10 foot cone exposing
any creatures in the area to an explosion of irritated senses.
Each creature in the area must make a Dexterity saving
throw or become blinded until the end of your next turn.
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 Pull-Apart Lobe Loaf
15th-level forbidden recipe, 10 servings
From the dried remnants of an Elder Brain, you create a loaf
of pull-apart bread with 10 servings. When consumed,
creatures who eat the servings are linked by the Telepathic
Bond spell with a duration of 24 hours.
Rancid Sack
2nd-level waste-not recipe, 2 servings
Using the stored remnants of past meals, you combine them
and a fermenting agent into a membrane pouch created from
dried animal bladders or intestines, stitching it closed.
As an action, you can throw the pouch up to 20 feet,
exploding it on impact. Make a ranged attack against a target
creature. On a hit, the target is engrossed in rancid contents,
dealing 1d12 poison damage. The target must then succeed
on a Constitution saving throw or be poisoned. The poisoned
target can repeat the saving throw at the end of its turns,
ending the effect on itself on a success.
Smoke Bomb
2nd-level waste-not recipe, 3 servings
Using some cooking oil and wet foliage, you combine them
into a flask, poke holes in the stopper, and prepare for easy
ignition. As an action, the flask can be thrown at a point up to
20 feet away. At the end of your turn, the thrown bomb emits
a cloud of smoke that creates a heavily obscured area in a 10-
foot radius. A moderate wind (at least 10 miles per hour)
disperses the smoke in 4 rounds; a strong wind (20 or more
miles per hour) disperses it in 1 round. Otherwise, the smoke
lasts for 1 minute.
Spitfire Chili
5th-level monstrous recipe, 1 servings
You combine the perfect measurement of spices, hot sauce,
and other ingredients into a satisfyingly warm chili. The
serving can be consumed over 5 minutes and then once
before the cook uses fresh ingredients again, the creature can
use its action to exhale destructive energy. The creature
exhales fire in a 15-foot cone area. Each creature in the area
of the exhalation must make a Dexterity saving throw vs the
cook’s recipe save DC. A creature takes 4d6 damage on a
failed save, and half as much damage on a successful one.
The damage increases to 6d6 when the cook reaches 9th
level, 8d6 at 14th level, and 10d6 at 18th level.
Sticky Pitch
2nd-level waste-not recipe, 3 servings
Using some leftover syrup from a previous meal, you thicken
it into an even more viscous, pitch-like substance, storing it in
a flask. As an action, the flask can be thrown at a point up to
20 feet away, breaking and exploding the sticky substance
over a 10-foot-square area. The area is difficult terrain and
persists for 1 minute or if the area is exposed to a large
amount of cleansing fluids.
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Sweetened Black Pudding
11th-level unsavory recipe, 1 serving
You create a serving of delicious pudding from specially
dehydrated remains of a black pudding. You can either store
the dessert in a flask for later use or serve immediately. 5
minutes after a creature ingests the pudding, they must make
a Constitution saving throw vs the cook's recipe save DC. A
creature takes 3d12 acid damage on a failed save, and half as
much damage on a successful one. A rehydrated sweetened
black pudding emerges out of the ingesting creature and
occupies a space next to it. The ingestion damage of this
recipe increases to 4d12 at 15th level and 5d12 at 19th level.
Alternatively, as an action, the flask can be thrown at a
point up to 20 feet away, breaking and spewing the substance
over a 10-foot area. On the beginning of your next turn, the
substance becomes a sweetened black pudding.
The stat block for the sweetened black pudding is in
appendix A and uses your proficiency bonus (PB).
This sweetened black pudding is an ally to you and your
companions. In combat, the creature shares your initiative
count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. It obeys
your verbal commands (no action required by you). If you
don't issue any, it takes the Dodge action and uses its move to
avoid danger. If it uses its split ability, each new pudding has
the same initiative, but can be commanded separately (as
part of the same command). The creature lives for an hour,
after which it dies and becomes an inert sweet syrup.
This recipe can only be prepared once when preparing
your adventuring recipes.
Unicorn-Frosted Cupcake
15th-level forbidden recipe, 1 servings
You create a single vanilla cupcake frosted with the shavings
of a unicorn’s horn. This serving can be placed in the mouth
(it must have a mouth) of a dead creature. The creature then
effectively has the Resurrection spell cast on them.
Wayfarer's Education
15th-level well-seasoned recipe
You take time to study and recall specific lessons taught to
you by uniquely interesting travelers you've encountered
around your cookfire. When you prepare this adventuring
recipe, choose one of the below listed travelers and gain the
listed benefits. If you prepare this adventuring recipe again,
the previously chosen traveler benefits are replaced.
The Archer with No Eyes. You gain proficiency with a
single martial ranged weapon and a +1 bonus to AC and
ranged weapon attacks. You also gain proficiency in Dexterity
Saving Throws.
The Bovine Knight. You gain proficiency with a single
martial melee weapon and a +1 bonus to AC and melee
weapon attacks. You also gain proficiency in Strength saving
throws.
The Broken-Hearted Smuggler. You gain advantage on
stealth and sleight of hand checks. You also gain proficiency
in Charisma saving throws.
The Hedge Wizard of Ill Repute. Choose two ritual spells
from the Wizard spell list that are 3rd level or lower. You
learn the chosen spells, but can only cast them as rituals. You
also gain proficiency in Wisdom saving throws.
Variant Rule: Not in my Travels
See appendix B for a variant rule for the Wayfarer's
Education adventuring recipe.
Appendix A: Stat Blocks
Sweetened Black Pudding
Large Ooze, unaligned
Armor Class 5 + PB
Hit Points 10 times your cook level
Speed 20 ft., climb 20ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
16 (+3) 5 (-3) 16 (+3) 1 (-5) 6 (-2) 1 (-5)
Damage Immunities Acid, Cold, Lightning, Slashing
Condition Immunities Blinded, Charmed, Deafened,
Exhaustion, Frightened, Prone
Senses Blindsight 60ft. (blind beyond this radius),
Passive Perception 8
Languages understands the languages you speak
Proficiency Bonus equals your bonus
Amorphous. The pudding can move through a space as
narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing.
Appendix B: Additional & Variant Rules
Multiclassing
If multiclassing into or out of the Cook class, you require a
minimum Constitution score of 13.
When you gain your first multiclass level into the Cook, you
gain the following proficiencies: simple melee weapons, light
armor, medium armor, and cook's utensils.
Variant Rule: Fresh Ingredients
Fresh ingredients are intended to be a source of flavour (pun
intended) in order for the Cook to always be on look out for a
way to restock their supplies and be concerned about their
stores. While finding and always having fresh ingredients
should not be difficult and is meant to be a fun way to interact
with the world, it is another task to keep in mind while
playing the game.
If you choose, you can ignore gathering fresh ingredients,
assume that you automatically collect ingredients during your
travels, and play under a more traditional system. You have 2
uses of fresh ingredients. These uses recharge at the
beginning of a long rest.
Corrosive Form. A creature that touches the pudding or
hits it with a melee attack while within 5 feet of it takes
1d6 + PB acid damage.
Nonmagical ammunition made of metal or wood that
hits the pudding is destroyed after dealing damage.
The pudding can eat through 1-inch-thick, nonmagical
wood or metal in 1 round.
Spider Climb. The pudding can climb difficult surfaces,
including upside down on ceilings, without needing to
make an ability check.
Actions
Pseudopod. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft.,
one target. Hit: 1d6 + PB bludgeoning damage plus
2d8 + PB acid damage.
Reactions
Split. When a pudding that is Medium or larger is
subjected to lightning or slashing damage, it splits into
two new puddings if it has at least 10 hit points. Each
new pudding has hit points equal to half the original
pudding's, rounded down. New puddings are one size
smaller than the original pudding.
Variant Rule: Not in my Travels
The Wayfarer's Education adventuring recipe in the
Cookbook of the Well-Seasoned archetype is designed to
imply that the cook has encountered and learned from a
number of interesting travelers during his adventurers. The
existing travelers listed are those with names that may evoke
fascinating stories, however they may not be characters your
cook would be associated with. You can work with your DM
to rename these travelers or change their benefits to ones
that are relevant to your characters story.
Use the listed traveler benefits as a template for the power
level these benefits should impart. There should be a total of
4 options, each providing a moderate benefit in abilities,
skills, or spells, and also providing a saving throw proficiency.
Once the traveler options have been decided on they should
remain static and not change.
The below are possible examples of travelers you may have
encountered around your cookfire:
A PC who you currently or previously adventured with and
has shared their knowledge.
A prominent NPC who you've spent time with; a brother
in arms, a lover, or a patron.
An enemy who you stole secrets from.
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 Appendix C: Change Log
Change Log Version 1.4
Version 1.0 Replaced class proficiency in Charisma saving throws
with Intelligence saving throws.
First official release! Increased number of Recipes slots by 1 from 3rd level.
Version 1.1 Changes to Hearty Meal. Rolled packed meal feature into
Ported into GMBinder. Hearty Meal. Changed number of Hearty Meal servings to
Increased the number of Skill Proficients at 1st level from be based on Con Mod. Adjusted temporary hit points
2 to 3. gained from Hearty Meal.
Added more skill proficiency options to 1st level: Reworked each meal prep recipes, renaming them to
Deception, Intimidation, Investigation, Persuasion. waste-not recipes.
Added medium armor to starting proficiencies and scale Added advantage to the next attack for Animated Smelling
mail as a starting equipment option. Salts.
Added greatsword and 'bladed' weapons to the Large Renamed Fire Spit'n Chili to Spitfire Chili.
Portions Culinary Expertise to allow for giant Cleavers Renamed Convincing Meal to Enchanting Entree.
and Chef's Knives. Changed the saving throw from Charisma to Constitution.
Wording clarification on when the Fresh Ingredient Die is Increased the length of the Monster's Jam effects
rolled. Clarified to "After" adventuring recipes are dependant on the number of helpings.
prepared. Changed the abilities on the Cookfire Comradery recipe.
Reorganized adventuring recipes into their own section, Replaced Bonfire Banquet with the Wayfarer's Education
similar to spells. Reworded features to point toward the feature, recipe, and variant rule.
end of the class. Adjusted names of Soup of the Day, Chromatic Cuisine
Renamed the Cookbook of Comradery to Cookbook of the features and recipes.
Well-Seasoned. Version 1.5
Built the additional Cookfire Comradery adventuring Improved art credits to include copyright or publisher
recipe uses into the recipe itself, instead of the class. information.
Added the 'Save' us to the comradery die at 11th level. Updates to text formatting and overall wording. Includes
Moved Cookbook of Well-Seasoned's Extra Attack feature specifically requiring a heat source for preparing
to 7th level. adventuring recipes.
Added the 11th level Shop Talk feature to the Cookbook Added some additional wording to the Well-Preserving
of Well-Seasoned. Dust monstrous ingredient.
Version 1.2
Cover page font size increase.
Typo correction: "1d18" hit dice to 1d8 hit dice under
Class Features.
Addition of art to the base class.
Version 1.3
Clearer text on the Monstrous Ingredients feature.
Added the Uncommon Cuts feature, which was separated
out from the Monstrous Ingredients feature.
Added text on Animated Smelling Salts to imply the
movement is forced.
Changed the Bonfire Banquet of the Cookbook of Well-
Seasoned to a max of 15 servings and comradery dice
equal to the servings consumed.
Added additional features (up to 24 hours) to the Finger
Food feature of the Cookbook of the Unsavory.
Reworked the Just Desserts Cookbook of the Unsavory
11th-level feature into the sweetened black pudding
feature and adventuring recipe.
Renamed 'Persuasive' Hearty Meal to Convincing Meal.
Renamed Leftovers to Packed Meal and clarified wording.
Decreased the damage of the Pixieweed Seed monstrous
ingredient and replaced the grappled condition with the
restrained condition.

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Appendix D: Credits
Design Credits
Design by u/deloaf
Designed in GMBinder
Art Credits
Cover Page: Cover Art from Heroe's Feast: The Official
D&D Cookbook. Copyright © 2020 by Kyle Newman, Jon
Peterson, and Michael Witwer. Published by Ten Speed
Press, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin
Random House LLC.
Page 1: Crazy Pirate Cook by Roman Cherepov
(deviantart.com/romancherepov)
Page 2: Medieval kitchen by Anastasiia Kudryavtseva
(artstation.com/anastasiiakudryavtseva)
Page 3: 'Ingredients' from Dragon's Crown Video Game.
Developed by Vanillaware. Published by Atlus.
Page 4: 'Human Cuisine' Art from Heroe's Feast: The
Official D&D Cookbook. Copyright © 2020 by Kyle
Newman, Jon Peterson, and Michael Witwer. Published by
Ten Speed Press, an imprint of Random House, a division
of Penguin Random House LLC.
Page 5: Goblin Gathering by Svetlin Velinov
(https://www.artstation.com/velinov). Magic the Gathering.
©2019 Wizards of the Coast LLC
Page 6: 'Dwarven Cuisine' Art from Heroe's Feast: The
Official D&D Cookbook. Copyright © 2020 by Kyle
Newman, Jon Peterson, and Michael Witwer. Published by
Ten Speed Press, an imprint of Random House, a division
of Penguin Random House LLC.
Various Knife Illustrations from VectorStock. Illustrated
by suricoma. Licensed under the Standard Vectorstock
licence.
Thanks
Thanks to my table of D&D nerds for helping me play test the
cook class; especially Joseph for being my guinea pig.
Thanks to the entire community of D&D nerds that hang
out in r/UnearthedArcana and r/DnDHomebrew. You've
provided an immense amount of feedback and support during
this class's creation. I love all of you, your love of tabletop
RPGs, your attention to detail, and your ambitions to create
new ideas for this fantastic game!
Disclaimer
The Cook is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan
Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions
of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast.
©Wizards of the Coast LLC.

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