You spent many a day toiling away in hot kitchens and tasting dishes to master your craft. Anyone who has tasted your dishes can attest to their flavor. One day you decided that being cramped in the back of taverns, or being stuck in stuffy noble kitchens wasn't the life for you, so you've taken your craft on the road. Specializing in cooking over open flame, purifying water from the source, and scavenging for the freshest ingredients, you take your exquisite meals to the famished and poor on the road. There's something soothing about cooking in the brisk winds of morning, or making fresh drinks during the summer heat. 

As a cook your motivations are as various as the names of the seasonings and spices on a shelf in a herbal shop, but in the end, you’re good at keeping people fed and (mostly) satisfied. So throw some more wood on the fire and stoke the flames of your culinary skills because your fellow adventurers are hungry, and they’re going to need your cooking to pull them through failure and fortune.

Skill Proficiencies: You are proficient in survival, and performance.

Tool Proficiencies: You are proficient with Cook's utensil's.

Equipment: Cook's Utensils, a mess kit, an iron pot,  and a pouch containing 10g.

Suggested Characteristics

 

Travelling chefs not only have a hearty appreciation for meals, they also have a hearty appreciation for the land and it's people. Whether they're fond of the biting cold, or the soothing ocean breeze, something ties them to the land they harvest for ingredients or it's inhabitants. 

d8	Personality Trait
1	Recipes are meant to be passed down, so any chance I get to teach another to cook I do it with zeal.
2	I have my own ideas about what is and is not food, and I find the eating habits of those around me fascinating, confusing, or revolting.
3	Do not call me a cook. I am a chef, a gourmet! To say otherwise is to invoke my wrath.
4	I thoroughly enjoy the art of cooking. I can usually be found singing a song or humming a tune while at my craft.
5	Warm food and good ale are fuel for the fire of our souls. I believe there's a dish or drink to suit most moods, or cheer up the downtrodden.
6	I view cooking as an art form and can talk for hours about the many small details of the craft.
7	Lore and stories are the spice of life. I always have some tale or anecdote about my travels or pertaining to a dish, tavern or ale.
8	Food is meant to make you smile. Food is my passion and my life, so I am always smiling.

d8	Ideal
1	Adventurous. The only way to know if something tastes good or bad is to taste it. (Chaotic)
2	Empathy. I don't care who you are, if you are hungry I will feed you in a heartbeat. (Good)
3	Showmanship. I will turn the whole cooking process into a show to create smiles before the meal and serve them good food to make them smile after the meal too. (Any)
4	Perfection. If I see one small misstep in the cooking process at the hands of a lesser chef or cook I will berate for them. (Evil)
5	People. I'm committed to the people I share my life and table with. Good food means nothing if there's no one to share it with. (Any)
6	Equality. Nobles shouldn't be the only ones to taste excellent food. Let us set a feast for the common folk whenever we can! (Good)
7	Teaching. Many know the farmer's crops, but know little of what else the land offers. I will teach the people of the land how to survive, and survive well! (Good)
8	Knowledge. You can learn a lot about people from what they choose to eat. (Neutral)

d8	Bond
1	I am putting together a book of recipes from around the world!
2	The most wonderful person came into my bar. I lost them in the crowd; I hope one day to see them again.
3	I sponsor a local kitchen so that none will go hungry in my town.
4	My freedom is my most precious possession. I’ll never let anyone take it from me again.
5	So long as I have this token from my homeland, I can face any adversity in this strange land.
6	Every culture has a style and taste unique to them, I wish to learn as many of these as possible and spread them throughout the land.
7	I owe my master chef a great debt for forging me into the person I am today.
8	I have a rival chef that I am always attempting to beat.

d8	Flaw
1	I have troubles trusting others with their assigned tasks, especially if I assigned them.
2	I'd rather eat nothing than something bland, stale, burnt, undercooked, or otherwise beneath me.
3	I am secretly (or not so secretly) convinced of the superiority of my own culture over that of this foreign land.
4	I do not trust food or drink not prepared by me, and must check it for poison or worse too much salt.
5	Sometimes in an effort to make a perfect dish I throw out perfectly fine dishes and end up wasting food.
6	I have a tendency to taste all my recipes multiple times, sometimes eating the whole thing before it's even done.
7	I’ll do anything to get my hands on another cook's recipes.
8	I’m horribly jealous of anyone who can outshine my handiwork. Everywhere I go, I’m surrounded by rivals.