Cook

You are a trained chef, skilled in the creation of delicious foods. Whether professionally trained or just a skilled home cook, your interest in new flavors and mastery of cooking techniques has been honed making you into a culinary expert.  

Skill Proficiencies: Nature, Medicine

Tool Proficiencies: Cook's Utensils and Brewers Supplies

Equipment: A set of Cook's Utensils or Brewer's Supplies, a pouch or case containing spices, a set of traveler’s clothes, and a pouch containing 15 gp

Suggested Characteristics

Cooks are usually among the most joyful and generous people in their communities. They appreciate slow, methodical processes that produce great results and value their communities, but they’re often the type to only trust their own work and can have short fuses at times.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I believe that anything worth doing is worth doing right. I can’t help it — I’m a perfectionist.
2	I’m a snob who looks down on those who can’t appreciate good food.
3	I am obsessively curious about local cuisines and flavors.
4	I’m a demanding taskmaster in and out of the kitchen.
5	Food should be savored and make people smile. That is my passion and my life's mission.
6	I like to talk at length about my profession.
7	Recipes are meant to be passed down, so any chance I get to teach another to cook I do it with great joy.
8	I’m well known for my food and am always a bit shocked when people haven’t heard of my culinary triumphs.

d6	Ideal
1	Structure. Things should be done a certain way. If you stray too far from the process, the results will suffer. (Lawful)
2	Generosity. I don't care who you are, if you are hungry I will feed you in a heartbeat. (Good)
3	Experimentation. You can't know if something is good, bad, healing, or poisonous unless you taste it. (Chaotic)
4	Perfection. I won't stop until I am the most famous and well regarded person in my craft. (Evil)
5	Respect. I've worked hard to get where I am. If you respect my hard work, I will respect yours. (Neutral)
6	Showmanship. Cooking is a performance as much as it is a craft. A good chef should give their guests a good show as well as a good meal. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	The person who taught me how to cook is always in my mind when I craft new dishes.
2	I was inspired to make my masterpiece for someone and then they broke my heart
3	I must find a suitable apprentice to pass my recipes on to
4	My tools were inherited so every nick, dent, and scratch is a fond memory for me.
5	Starvation is an abomination and I wish to eradicate it with my food
6	I have a long standing rival who I must surpass in all things.

d6	Flaw
1	I get a bit too excited when it comes to unique, exquisite flavors.
2	I’m quick to judge other's cooking and can be extremely critical.
3	I stole a secret recipe that I claim as my own.
4	I have no respect for people who can't discern between good and bad food.
5	I do not trust any food or drink that I don't prepare. It could be poisoned or worse, over-seasoned!
6	My passion for food can often cause me to overindulge.