Bard
Base Class: Bard

This subclass emphasizes a supportive role in a party, encouraging a mix of exploration, preparation, and team buffs. The College of Culinary Arts creates a fun and flavorful experience for a Bard who wants to add more than just music to the party's morale!

Most magical dishes prepared through this subclass cannot be used in combat as a bonus action. They are typically consumed during short rests, and their effects last for 1 hour or until expended.  If a meal or dish can be used in combat it will be included in the description of the recipe.

Culinary meals may require specific ingredients or magical herbs, which you may need to gather or purchase in order to cook. DMs may allow this to be part of a side quest or adventure.

Recipes can be learned and scribed within your magical cookbook similar to a wizard at the following costs.

Basic - 50gp

Exquisite - 250gp

Ultimate - 500gp

Ingredients listed are for inspirational purposes and can be modified by the DM to fit the theme or availability of ingredients.

Recipe List for the College of Culinary Arts

Basic Recipes - can be consumed during a short or long rest.

  1. Hearty Roast Stew 

    • Effect: Restores 4d4 + your Charisma modifier hit points to the eater.

    • Ingredients: Root vegetables, wild herbs, hearty meat.

  2. Elven Mushroom Soup 

    • Effect: Grants the eater advantage on their next Wisdom (Perception) check within 1 hour.

    • Ingredients: Elven mushrooms, light broth, spring water.

  3. Flame-Grilled Steak

    • Effect: Increases the eater’s damage by +1 on all weapon attacks for 1 hour.

    • Ingredients: Charred meat, fire spices, volcanic salt.

  4. Mushroom Risotto

    • Effect: Grants temporary hit points equal to your Bard level + Charisma modifier for 1 hour.

    • Ingredients: Enchanted mushrooms, rice, magic broth.

  5. Frosted Fish Fillet

    • Effect: Grants the eater resistance to cold damage for 1 hour.

    • Ingredients: Icy lake fish, snowflakes, and cooling herbs.

  6. Honeyed Carrots

    • Effect: Restores 1d6 hit points to the eater and grants them advantage on their Charisma checks for the next 1 hour.

    • Ingredients: Golden honey, sweet carrots, lavender.

  7. Wormwood Pie

    • Effect: Grants the eater resistance to poison damage for 1 hour.

    • Ingredients: Wormwood leaves, moonlit flour, sugar crystals.

  8. Crispy Potato Wedges

    • Effect: Increases the eater's movement speed by 5 feet for 1 hour.

    • Ingredients: Starch potatoes, feywild spices, fire salt.

  9. Fire-Cracker Popcorn

    • Effect: As a reaction to being hit by an attack you deal 1d4 fire damage to that creature, this affect lasts for 1 hour.

    • Ingredients: Popcorn kernels, fiery chili pepper, ember salt.

  10. Starlight Sorbet

  • Effect: Grants the eater darkvision for 1 hour (up to 60 feet).

  • Ingredients: Starlight berries, frozen nectar, moon-chilled sugar.

 

Advanced Recipes - can be consumed during a short or long rest.

  1. Royal Cake

    • Effect: Restores 4d6 hit points and removes one condition of your choice (blinded, deafened, frightened, paralyzed, poisoned, or stunned) from any creature that consumes it.

    • Ingredients: Golden eggs, moonlight flour, starlight sugar.

  2. Timeless Broth

    • Effect: The eater's hit point maximum increases by 10 (this increase lasts until the eater takes a long rest). In addition, the eater is cured of one disease or poison affecting them.

    • Duration: Until long rest

    • Ingredients: Amber root, ancient herbs, eternal spring water.

  3. Celestial Fruit Salad

    • Effect: Increases movement speed by 10 feet and grants advantage on Dexterity saving throws for 1 hour.

    • Ingredients: Starfruit, heavenly nectar, forest berries.

  4. Feywild Fritter

    • Effect: The eater is imbued with Feywild energy, gaining the ability to cast Misty Step once within the next hour without expending a spell slot.

    • Ingredients: Feywild herbs, rainbow flour, sparkfruit.

  5. Sunset Casserole

    • Effect: The eater gains a bonus to Charisma-based checks and saving throws (+2) for 1 hour and is granted advantage on saving throws against fear effects.

    • Ingredients: Sunset tomatoes, fireflower, sunroot tuber.

  6. Moonlit Glaze

    • Effect: Grants the eater advantage on all Intelligence-based checks and saving throws for 1 hour.

    • Ingredients: Moonlight syrup, lavender nectar, powdered moonstone.

  7. Arcane Jelly

    • Effect: The eater gains the ability to cast Shield once within the next 24 hours, without expending a spell slot.

    • Ingredients: Arcane jelly, bluefruit, runestone dust.

  8. Spectral Shepherd’s Pie

    • Effect: Grants the eater resistance to necrotic damage for 1 hour and advantage on saving throws against fear effects.

    • Ingredients: Phantom potatoes, spectral meat, thyme.

  9. Glowing Ember Cake

    • Effect: Deals 2d6 fire damage to any creature within 5 feet when they hit the eater with a melee attack (only once).

    • Ingredients: Emberfruit, fire sugar, spicy chili powder.

  10. Basilisk Braise

  • Effect: The eater’s Constitution score increases by 2 (maximum of 24) for 1 hour.

  • Ingredients: Basilisk bones, silver-leaf herbs, braised meats.

 

Masterwork Recipes - can be consumed during a short or long rest.

  1. Eldritch Chowder

    • Effect: The eater gains resistance to force damage and can cast Dispel Magic once without expending a spell slot within the next 24 hours.

    • Duration: 24 hours

    • Ingredients: Eldritch seaweed, deepwater pearls, mystical clam juice.

  2. Sunfire Ragu 

    • Effect: The eater gains the ability to absorb radiant energy. When they are hit by radiant damage, they can use their reaction to absorb half of that damage and convert it into temporary hit points equal to the amount absorbed (up to a maximum of 20 temporary hit points). Additionally, their next melee attack deals an extra 2d6 radiant damage.

    • Duration: 1 hour

    • Ingredients: Sunfire tomatoes, fiery ember spices, solar root herbs.

  3. Astral Confit

    • Effect: The eater gains the ability to cast Plane Shift once within the next 24 hours, without expending a spell slot. This can be used to travel between planes or within the same plane to a familiar location.

    • Duration: 24 hours

    • Ingredients: Astral herbs, deep-space salt, stardust-infused duck fat.

  4. Dragon’s Breath Feast

    • Effect: The eater gains a breath weapon attack. Once during the next 24 hours, the eater can unleash a fiery breath (as the Fire Breath ability of a Dragonborn) that deals 4d6 fire damage in a 15-foot cone.

    • Duration: Instantaneous (but usable once within 24 hours)

    • Ingredients: Dragonbone ash, red-scaled pepper, firevine leaves.

  5. Infernal Sausage

    • Effect: The eater gains resistance to fire damage for 1 hour and can deal 2d6 fire damage as an action to any creature within 5 feet once during the hour.

    • Duration: 1 hour

    • Ingredients: Hellfire peppers, infernal flamegrains, blood sausage casing.

  6. Phoenix Pie

    • Effect: When the eater drops to 0 hit points, they automatically regain 1d10 hit points once within the next 24 hours (this does not prevent death).

    • Duration: 24 hours

    • Ingredients: Phoenix ash, golden eggs, fire-scorched wheat.

  7. Vortex Soup

    • Effect: The eater gains the ability to cast Teleport once within the next 24 hours without expending a spell slot.

    • Duration: 24 hours

    • Ingredients: Vortex spices, deepwater mushrooms, planar salt.

  8. Titan’s Feast

    • Effect: Grants the eater a +2 bonus to their Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution score (choose one) for 1 hour. Additionally, they gain resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from non-magical attacks.

    • Duration: 1 hour

    • Ingredients: Titanroot tubers, skyfruit, dense beef.

  9. Stellar Sorbet

    • Effect: The eater gains the ability to cast Wish once within the next 30 days, with no material components required.

    • Duration: Instantaneous (but usable once within 30 days)

    • Ingredients: Celestial sugar, ethereal ice, stardust crystals.

  10. Moonfire Salad

  • Effect: The eater’s next spell that deals damage deals an additional 3d6 radiant damage, and it has advantage on attack rolls made against undead or fiends.

  • Duration: Until the next spell is cast

  • Ingredients: Moonfruit, sunfire lettuce, shimmering herbs.

 

The following recipes can be consumed as a bonus action to gain temporary effects similar to various potions or elixirs.  Meals crafted in this manner are stable and do not lose their magic potency if not immediately consumed.   Crafting time is the same for crafting potions, these cannot be made during short or long rests.

Basic Recipes - can be consumed as a bonus action.

  1. Sparkling Citrus Soda

    • Effect: The eater gains a +2 bonus to Dexterity saving throws for 1 minute.

    • Ingredients: Zesty lemon, quicksilver zest, sparkling spring water.

  2. Dewdrop Darkbrew Coffee

    • Effect: The eater gains advantage on the next Stealth checks for 1 minute.

    • Ingredients: Dew-silk petals, shadowleaf herb, dew-well water.

  3. Quickstep Ginger Biscuit

    • Effect: The eater’s movement speed increases by 10 feet for 1 minute.

    • Ingredients: Swiftroot, ginger root, firevine essence.

  4. Aromatic Chamomile Tea

    • Effect: The eater regains 2d4 + 2 hit points.

    • Ingredients: Healing herbs, honeyed chamomile, wild mint leaves.

  5. Courageous Basil Cracker

    • Effect: The eater gains advantage on saving throws against being frightened for 1 minute.

    • Ingredients: Spicy hot pepper, bold basil, red peppercorns.

  6. Elderflower Rush Juice box

    • Effect: The eater gains a +2 bonus to Wisdom saving throws for 1 minute.

    • Ingredients: Elderflower petals, invigorating root, moonmist.

  7. Brambleberry Fruit Bar

    • Effect: The eater gains a +2 bonus to Constitution saving throws for 1 minute.

    • Ingredients: Brambleberries, blackroot extract, fresh spring water.

  8. Frostberry Fern Tea

    • Effect: The eater gains resistance to cold damage for 1 minute.

    • Ingredients: Frostberries, ice fern, cool spring water.

  9. Purifying Herbal Smoothie

    • Effect: The eater can immediately end one condition affecting them (poisoned, diseased, or paralyzed).

    • Ingredients: Crystalized aloe, mint leaves, purified spring water.

  10. Spicy Trail Mix

  • Effect: The eater gains resistance to fire damage and their next melee attack deals an additional 1d4 fire damage.

  • Ingredients: Chili flakes, roasted nuts, fiery spices.

Exquisite Recipes - can be consumed as a bonus action.

    1. Sunfire Sparkler Burrito

      • Effect: The eater gains a +1 bonus to melee attack rolls and deals an additional 1d4 radiant damage for 1 minute.

      • Ingredients:

        • Phoenix feather ash (provides radiant energy and a fiery kick)

        • Braised Hellhound meat (adds fiery warmth and strength)

        • Essence of the Sun (captured from the core of a sun elemental)

        • Blazepepper powder (a rare spice derived from the flame-resistant pepper grown in volcanic regions, adding a scorching heat)

        • Firebloom petal (a magical flower that grows in volcanic soil)

    2. Glimmering Spice Popcorn

      • Effect: The eater gains advantage on Charisma saving throws for  1 minute.

      • Ingredients:

        • Glimmercorn kernels (enchanted corn that sparkles with magical energy)

        • Dry roasted manticore claws (sharp, sweetened with an exotic bitterness)

        • Essence of Charm (a bottled extract from the heart of a siren’s song)

        • Crystalized gorgon eye powder (preserved to add a stone-like focus to the mind)

        • Feywild sugar sprigs (sweet, yet subtly enchanting to the taste)

    3. Sylvan Speed Snack Mix

      • Effect: The eater’s movement speed increases by 20 feet for 1 minute.

      • Ingredients:

        • Swiftfoot deer jerky (dried and tender, with a speed-enhancing property)

        • Essence of the Forest (gathered from the heart of a treant's roots)

        • Flame seared blink dog sinew (ensuring quickness with each bite)

        • Sylvan moss (magically amplified to boost movement)

        • Goldenleaf root (a rare herb that grows only in areas of intense forest magic)

    4. Aetheric Bloom Poptart

      • Effect: The eater gains the ability to cast Misty Step once without expending a spell slot within the next minute.

      • Ingredients:

        • Aetheric bloom petals (magically attuned petals from a flower that shifts in and out of existence)

        • Distilled Essence of Air (distilled from the winds that blow through an air elemental's realm)

        • Powdered Starlight Essence (extracted from the shimmering trail left behind by a starry creature from the Ethereal Plane, imbued with radiant energy)

        • Feywind pollen (infused with the breeze of the Feywild to give an ephemeral lightness)

        • Cloakvine thread (a rare vine found in the most ancient parts of the Feywild, spun into fine edible threads)

    5. Berserker’s Monster Jerky

      • Effect: The eater gains resistance to slashing/piercing/bludgeon damage and melee attacks deal an additional 1d6 of the damage type.

      • Ingredients:

        • Roasted Manticore tail meat (cured to provide a wild, sharp flavor)

        • Distilled wyvern venom (its dangerous properties subdued by heat, giving it a bold kick)

        • Essence of Fury (extracted from the heart of an enraged fire giant)

        • Ground Dire wolf heart (provides strength and power to the eater’s next attack)

        • Dried Chimera tendon (dried and woven into the jerky for added bite and ferocity)

    6. Calming Citrus Soda

      • Effect: The eater gains resistance to psychic damage and cannot be charmed for 1 minute.

      • Ingredients:

        • Essence of Tranquil Waters (drawn from the calming essence of an ancient water elemental, known to soothe the mind)

        • Caramelized Dreamfeather (harvested from the soft wings of a sleep-inducing harpy, giving a peaceful aura to the recipe)

        • Moonlight Lavender (a calming herb that grows near moonlit lakes, known for its ability to calm and clear the mind)

        • Citrus of the Feywild (a glowing fruit found in the Feywild that has a calming, mood-lightening effect)

        • Charmed Willow Sap (extracted from the branches of a tree tended by druids, promoting peace and serenity)

    7. Witch’s Fennel Crackers

      • Effect: The eater gains advantage on Wisdom saving throws for 1 minute.

      • Ingredients:

        • Mandrake root (ground finely, it sharpens the mind and increases focus)

        • Essence of Wisdom (taken from the teachings of a wise elder dragon)

        • Crushed harpy wing  (to add both richness and clarity)

        • Fennel flower seeds (from a magical herb grown in the fields of ancient druids)

        • Nightshade berry pulp (its dark, rich flavors open the mind to deeper wisdom)

    8. Arcane Energy Biscuit

      • Effect: The eater gains advantage on Concentration checks for 1 minute.

      • Ingredients:

        • Arcane wyrm scales (infused with the raw power of magical creatures)

        • Essence of Focus (distilled from the deep mind of a lich)

        • Powdered golem scrap (adds a grounding, stabilizing force to focus)

        • Pixie dust (sprinkled to give an otherworldly clarity to the eater’s thoughts)

        • Moonstone flour (brought from the ruins of a long-lost moon temple)

    9. Moonshadow Fruit Roll

      • Effect: The eater gains resistance to necrotic damage and advantage on saving throws against being frightened for 1 minute.

      • Ingredients:

        • Moonshadow bat wings (infused with the power of shadow and the moon)

        • Essence of Night (extracted from the heart of a shadow dragon)

        • Sugared wraith marrow (adds an ethereal, otherworldly richness)

        • Ghostflower petals (a rare, glowing flower that only blooms in graveyards)

        • Soulshade berry syrup (drawn from fruits that grow only in haunted woods)

    10. Fiery Ember Granola

    • Effect: The eater’s attacks deal an additional 2d6 fire damage for 1 minute.

    • Ingredients:

      • Emberfruit (brings out a volatile, fiery flavor)

      • Crushed salamander scales (infused with natural fire resistance)

      • Essence of Flame (breathed from the mouth of an ancient fire elemental)

      • Molten rock sugar (a sweet but intense fiery crunch)

      • Firethorn berries (spicy and sharp, giving an extra kick to each bite)

Ultimate Recipes - can be consumed as a bonus action.

  1. Phoenix Fire Energy Drink

    • Effect: The eater is healed for 3d8 + 4 hit points and gains resistance to fire damage for 1 minute.

    • Ingredients:

      • Phoenix feather dust (for fiery resilience)

      • Distilled dragonkin blood (a rich, flame-infused source of vitality)

      • Cinderscorch root (adds intensity to the flame healing)

      • Essence of Fire (magical essence drawn from the heart of a fire elemental)

      • Emberfruit extract (brings out intense fire flavor)

      • Molten lava rock salt (crunchy and fiery)

      • Flame-burst flower petals (for a fiery floral touch)

  2. Ethereal Ice Pop

    • Effect: The eater can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. The effect lasts for 1 minute, and the eater takes 5 force damage if they end their turn inside an object.

    • Ingredients:

      • Frost giant’s breath (preserved in crystal to give the eater ethereal movement)

      • Crushed frost wyrm scales (for cool, icy bursts of power)

      • Feywild snowflower essence (to amplify the ethereal aspect)

      • Essence of Ice (magical essence distilled from the heart of an ice elemental)

      • Chilled moonleaf extract (a refreshing ice-infused leaf)

      • Glistening frostvine (adds a delicate icy finish)

      • Frozen mantis claw shavings (a cool, sharp touch for precision)

  3. Time-Twist Gummy

    • Effect: The eater can take an additional action immediately on their next turn as if they had the Action Surge feature.

    • Ingredients:

      • Chronomancer’s tear (a rare liquid from the tears of time-bending creatures)

      • Caramelized basilisk eye (grinding its petrifying power into a sugar-coated, quick action boost)

      • Feywild timeflower petals (infused with the magic of the Fae to manipulate the flow of time)

      • Essence of Time (captured from the heart of a clockwork dragon)

      • Timestone dust (the crushed remains of a temporal gemstone)

      • Manticore quill (a finely ground powder that sharpens reaction time)

      • Dimensional leaf (from a plant that grows in the folds of space itself)

  4. Arcane Concentration Mints

    • Effect: The eater gains a +4 to Constitution and has advantage on concentration checks for 1 minute.

    • Ingredients:

      • Arcane wyrm's fang (ground into a fine powder for magical focus)

      • Concentration crystal (found deep in magical ley lines, adds focus)

      • Essence of Arcana (pure magical essence distilled from a planar rift)

      • Moonlit iron ore (infused with arcane energy to stabilize magic)

      • Glimmerroot (a plant that grows in magical hotspots, known for its calming effects)

      • Cloak of the Arcanist (thread from the robes of a powerful wizard, weaved into the mint)

      • Starbloom pollen (enhances clarity and mental focus under pressure)

  5. Vampire’s Bite Cookie

    • Effect: The eater regains hit points equal to half the damage dealt on their next turn.

    • Ingredients:

      • Vampire bat blood syrup (adds a rich, revitalizing flavor and healing properties)

      • Crimsonberry extract (harvested from a rare fruit found in the lairs of vampires, known to enhance the drinker's vitality and hunger)

      • Demon bat wings (dried and powdered for a dark, sweet tang)

      • Essence of the Undying (magical essence drawn from the blood of an ancient vampire lord)

      • Nightshade fruit (sour berries that impart unnatural healing)

      • Shadow stalker fur (adds an ethereal richness to the cookie)

      • Ghoul’s marrow (ground into fine powder, enhancing regeneration properties)

  6. Thunderstorm Trail Mix

    • Effect: The eater’s movement speed increases by 40 feet and they can take the Dash action as a bonus action for 1 minute.

    • Ingredients:

      • Storm giant’s beard fibers (wind-infused and filled with lightning energy for quick movement)

      • Dried electric eel tendrils (providing a zesty, electrifying kick)

      • Essence of the Storm (magic derived from the heart of a thunderstorm)

      • Tempest dragon scale dust (adds bursts of speed and lightning to the snack)

      • Thunderbird feather tips (sprinkled for a surge of energy)

      • Claw of a lightning wolf (ground into powder for quick energy)

      • Talonfruit (a lightning-charged fruit known for its vibrant, tangy energy)

  7. Dragon’s Breath Lollipop

    • Effect: The eater can unleash a breath weapon (choose from fire, cold, lightning, or acid) as a bonus action that deals 4d6 damage in a 15-foot cone for 1 minute.

    • Ingredients:

      • Dragon’s flame essence (captured during the death of an ancient fire dragon)

      • Crushed dragon heart (the intense heat of the heart creates a fiery sweetness)

      • Essence of the Wyrm (drawn from the soul of a mighty dragon)

      • Red wyrm scale dust (adds power to the fiery breath)

      • Magma flower petals (infused with molten lava for a tangy kick)

      • Firevine extract (a syrup from a plant that grows near dragon lairs, rich in heat)

      • Wyvern venom (carefully neutralized to add an acidic, zesty note)

  8. Invulnerability Power Bar

    • Effect: The eater gains resistance to all damage types for 1 minute.

    • Ingredients:

      • Troll’s regeneration gland (provides unparalleled resilience)

      • Powdered iron golem scrap (providing tough, metallic fortitude)

      • Essence of Invulnerability (drawn from the blood of an indestructible titan)

      • Elemental core dust (harvested from the heart of an earth elemental)

      • Titan’s bone shavings (powdered to enhance durability)

      • Celestial fruit rind (its ethereal properties make the eater difficult to harm)

      • Dragonscale flakes (for an extra layer of protection)

  9. Moonlit Jelly Donut

    • Effect: The eater gains the ability to cast Moonbeam without expending a spell slot, and it is treated as if it were cast using a 5th-level spell slot.

    • Ingredients:

      • Moonlit sea serpent scales (brilliant, lunar-infused scales)

      • Essence of the Moon (a distilled extract from the moon’s radiant energy)

      • Feywild nectar (sweet, ethereal nectar from the Fae to enhance magic)

      • Spectral jellyfish essence (grants the eater the ability to channel moonlight)

      • Silverleaf flowers (known for their connection to lunar power)

      • Celestial silk (woven threads, silken and ethereal, from a moonlit spider)

      • Starlight honeycomb (from bees that only collect nectar from moonlit flowers)

  10. Eternal Essence Cookie

  • Effect: The eater gains the ability to cast Time Stop once without expending a spell slot. The effect lasts for 1 minute, and after the spell is cast, the eater is fatigued (disadvantage on the next attack roll or saving throw they make) for the following 1 minute.

  • Ingredients:

    • Chrono Dragon Scale (imbued with the power of time manipulation, this scale pulses with the energy of a dragon that resides outside the normal flow of time)

    • Essence of the Timeless (extracted from the heart of a Fey Time Keeper, a being capable of bending time with a thought)

    • Tears of the Eternal Watcher (collected from a Specter of the Astral Plane, a being that observes all timelines and events)

    • Fragment of a Stasis Crystal (found in the ruins of an ancient civilization, these crystals freeze time within them, preserving everything it touches in perfect stasis)

    • Moonlit Twilight Essence (gathered from the essence of the Twilight Fey, creatures who exist in the space between moments, neither fully part of the past nor the future)

    • Silverleaf Root (a rare plant that only blooms when the moon is in a perfect time-aligned position, known for its time-dilating properties)

    • Hourglass Sap (tapped from a Time Tree, a mythical tree whose sap is said to slow or speed up the passage of time itself)

 

 

 

Culinary Proficiency

3rd Level: Culinary Proficiency

When you choose this college at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with cook's utensils. If you already have proficiency with cook's utensils, you can add your proficiency bonus to any ability checks you make using them. You also gain proficiency in slashing and bludgeoning martial weapons, medium armor, and shields.

Additionally, you learn the following features:

  • Recipe Book: You acquire a magical recipe book that contains a number of recipes based on the ingredients and magical herbs you've discovered. Choose 4 recipes from the basic recipe list that you learn immediately.  Additional recipes can be added to your book by finding recipes and scribing them as part of a long rest or learning from another Culinary bard.  Your Recipe Book allows you to prepare a limited number of special dishes. Each dish can be prepared during a short rest and provides different effects based on the ingredients used.

    Preparing Dishes: When you take a short rest, you can prepare a number of meals equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of 1). The dishes are consumed when you or a creature within 5 feet of you eats them. 

  • Culinary Inspiration: When you use your Bardic Inspiration feature, you can choose to inspire a creature with your cooking instead of music or words. Choose 1 of 2 effects: 
    • A creature that receives this Bardic Inspiration may consume one of your dishes as a bonus action on their turn but the duration of the effect is reduced to 1 minute.
    • A creature that receives this Bardic Inspiration may consume a normal liquid such as water or food item such as a ration and heal for 1d4 + your Charisma modifier.

Feast of the Gods

6th Level: Feast of the Gods

At 6th level, you gain the ability to cook a magnificent feast once per long rest that can provide powerful magical benefits to all those who partake. This feast requires 10 minutes of preparation, and once completed, it can be shared among up to 6 creatures. The feast grants the following benefits for 24 hours:

  • Temporary Hit Points: Each creature that consumes the feast gains temporary hit points equal to your Bard level + your Charisma modifier.

  • Aura of Invigoration: Each creature that consumes the feast gains advantage on saving throws against exhaustion and poison for the next 24 hours.

  • Restorative Power: The feast immediately removes one condition of your choice (blinded, deafened, frightened, paralyzed, poisoned, or stunned) from any creature that consumes it.

Additionally, this class feature allows you to learn and craft Exquisite Dishes.  Upon obtaining this class feature 3 Exquisite Dishes of your choice magically appear in your cookbook.  Additional dishes can be learned through research, adventuring, or learning from other Culinary bards.

Culinary Masterpiece

14th Level: Culinary Masterpiece

At 14th level, you can create an Ultimate Feast once per long rest, a magical meal so potent that it provides extraordinary benefits. When you prepare this meal (which takes 30 minutes), you can choose one of the following effects, each of which can only affect creatures who consume the meal.

  • Feast of the Titans: The meal grants the consumer temporary hit points equal to twice your Bard level plus your Charisma bonus, this effect does not stack with the Feast of the Gods benefit. Additionally, for 1 hour, the eater’s Strength/Dexterity/Constitution score increases by +4, and they have advantage on all relevant checks and saving throws tied to that ability.

  • Bard’s Banquet: The meal allows each creature who consumes it to gain the benefits of Greater Restoration. The spell is cast as though the meal is an item, with a 1-minute casting time and consuming the full meal.

  • Soulfire Broth: The meal ignites the eater’s spirit, granting them the power of Soulfire.  For 1 hour, the eater's attacks deal an additional 2d6 radiant damage, and they can use their reaction to deal 2d6 radiant damage to a creature that hits them with a melee attack. If the creature is undead or a fiend, this damage increases to 4d6.

Additionally, this class feature allows you to learn and craft Ultimate Dishes.  Upon obtaining this class feature 1 Ultimate Dish of your choice magically appears in your cookbook.  Additional dishes can be learned through research, adventuring, or learning from other Culinary bards.

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