You spend your days cooking in a tavern or inn. You may be an apprentice learning under an already well-established tavern cook, or perhaps you are already experienced, having cooked for many years. Either way, you have considerable skill cooking fare for hungry patrons.

Skill Proficiencies: Nature, plus one charisma skill of your choice.

Tool Proficiencies: Cook's Utensils.

Languages: One of your choice.

Equipment: Cook's Utensils, a set of common clothes, an apron, a weeks worth of rations, a book containing your collection of recipes plus an ink pen and inkpot for adding to it, and a pouch containing 15 gp.

Suggested Characteristics

Tavern cooks are usually more easy-going than their court-dwelling brethern (though some may have become hardened after many years of thankless work, depending on the tavern), and are also more at ease in the loud and boisterous atmosphere a busy tavern often displays. Use the tables below to help decide how your time serving the common-folk has is shown in your personaility.

d8	Personality Trait
1	Years spent in a tavern has made me exceptionally quick-witted.
2	I prefer to stay in the kitchen, rather than interact with the tavern's patrons.
3	I take great pride in my fare, and always go the extra mile to make sure it is perfect.
4	I like to talk at great length about anything food related.
5	I seem gruff on the outside, but I'm actually a big softie.
6	My kitchen, my rules. I do not tolerate horseplay in the kitchen.
7	I often grow bored with common food, and try to spice things up as much as possible.
8	I prefer the hustle and bustle of busy tavern, and find it hard to relax if it's too quiet.

d6	Ideal
1	Dedication. I put the needs of the tavern before my own comfort. (Lawful)
2	Generosity. I'll never let someone go hungry. (Good)
3	Daring. You'll never discover new flavours without taking a few risks. (Chaotic)
4	Power. You hear many things in a tavern. Some could be bad for others if it got out. (Evil)
5	People. The customer knows best, and it is my duty to satisfy them. (Neutral)
6	Aspiration. I'm always trying to improve my skills as a cook. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	The tavern where I grew up is the most important place in the world to me.
2	If you like to eat my food, we're going to get along great.
3	A kind tavern-owner gave me my job and a room to keep me off the streets. I can never repay that debt.
4	I will always give food to those that need it.
5	I will get revenge on those that slander my tavern's good name.
6	I learned to cook to secure someone's love.

d6	Flaw
1	I can't stand not knowing the recipe for a delicious meal I've tried - more so if it's a secret recipe.
2	I get highly offended if someone doesn't like my food.
3	I am highly critical of any food served to me. This sometimes gets me in trouble.
4	My time in the tavern has given me an inappropriate sense of humour.
5	I have a bad habit of not knowing my limits when it comes to alcohol.
6	Cooking in a busy tavern has made me a bit scatterbrained.