The College of Culinary Arts

Bards of the college of culinary arts prefer to demonstrate their artistic abilities through the form of elegant meals. Many bards of this college serve as travelling chefs or the personal chefs to high ranking nobles. Bards of this college bring a little bit of the world with them as they show off their talents using ingredients from all over the world. Whether they use the barrelstalks of the underdark or the berries of an awakened shrub bards of the college of culinary arts are long remembered in the towns they visit for their unique methods of cooking.

Gourmet

At 3rd level when you join this college you gain proficiency in cook’s utensils and brewer’s supplies. In addition these tools can be used as spellcasting focuses for your bard spells. 

Culinary Delight

At 3rd level you gain the ability to create meals that can heal the wounds of others. When you finish a long or short rest you expend uses of your bardic inspiration to infuse a number of meals with bardic magic that can be eaten as an action by a creature, healing them 1d6 + your charisma modifier hit points. The meals created in this way remain magically imbued until the next dawn. The die for healing increases to 1d8 at 10th level and 1d10 at 15th level. In addition you also learn the purify food and drink spell. This spell is a bard spell for you and doesn’t count against the number of bard spells you know. 

Harvest Mastery

At 6th level you learn the plant growth spell if you don’t know it already. If you already know plant growth you learn an additional bard spell of your choice. Plant growth doesn’t count against the number of bard spells you know. In addition whenever a creature uses their action to eat one of your culinary delights they can immediately use their reaction to either make a single melee attack or move up to their movement speed without provoking opportunity attacks. 

Culinary Countercharm

At 6th Level when you use your countercharm you can choose to prepare a quick meal instead of performing. While preparing this meal creatures do not need to hear you to gain the benefits of countercharm as long as they can smell what you are cooking. 

Master Chef

At 14th level you learn the Heroes’ Feast spell if you don’t already know it. If you already know Heroes’ Feast you learn an additional bard spell of your choice. Heroes’ Feast becomes a bard spell for you and doesn’t count against the number of bard spells you know. In addition whenever you finish a short or long rest roll 1d6. You can use this number instead of spending your bardic inspiration to imbue your culinary delights.