College of Culinary

Bards from the College of Culinary are master chefs and brewers who mix culture with cooking, creating new recipes that please even the pickiest creatures. These bards know their way around a cooking fire and charm those around them with their exquisite meals. Culinary bards have a taste for adventure. They explore the world to discover new foods from different societies to expand their pallets.

Bonus Proficiencies

When you join the College of Culinary at 3rd level, you gain proficiency with Cook's Utensils and Brewer's Supplies.

Fine Dining

Whenever you are creating a meal or brew with three or more different ingredients you may add a bonus to Ability Checks, provided you have ingredients and Cook's Utensils or Brewer's Supplies on hand. The meal or brew takes 15 minutes per ingredient but the effect lasts until a short rest. The ability check is based on the ingredients and their location on the Food Groups Table.

The maximum amount of a given bonus is your bard level: If a meal were made of seven pieces of meat and three vegetables which would give +7 to Strength Checks and +3 Intelligence Checks, but your bard level is 4, the meal would only give a +4 to Strength checks and +3 Intelligence Checks. The bonus after it was consumed will only last until a short rest, it does not stack with other meals or brew. If another meal is consumed before the short rest override the bonuses given. The meal will last 48 hours after being made.

You can prepare enough of this food for a number of creatures equal to your bard level multiplied by two.

Bonus	Food Groups
Charisma	Sweets, Fats, Oils
Strength	Meats, Nuts, Beans, Proteins
Dexterity	Fruits, Coffee, Wine
Intelligence	Vegetables, Tea
Constitution	Rice, Pasta, Breads, Cereals, Grains, Alcohol
Wisdom	Milk, Yogurt, Cheese, Dairy

Additional Cooking Spells

The spells in the following list expands the bard spell list: Produce Flame, Shape Water, Create Bonfire, Purify Food and Drink,  Goodberry, Detect Poison and Disease, Create or Destroy Water, Create Food and Water, Heroes Feast.

Pinch of Flavor

At 6th level, you may add a little zest to your meals or brew allowing for an additional bonus on top of the existing ones. The bonus from the meals or brew only lasts until a short rest, it does not stack with other meals. The meals or brew will last 48 hours after being made but it will lose its bonuses after 8 hours. The scale of the bonus is based on your bard level or proficiency, and any math that particular bonus requires.

Bonus	Amount Given
Initiative	Your bard level halved and rounded down.
Movement Speed	Your bard level multiplied by 2.
Temporary Hit Points	Your bard level + your proficiency modifier.
Proficiency	Your base proficiency modifier halved and rounded down with a minimum of 1.
Attack Damage Bonus	Your bard level halved and rounded down.
Armor Class	Your bard level halved and rounded down and rounded down with a minimum of 1.

Finishing Touches

Starting at 14th level, whenever you create a meal or brew, you can expend a Bardic Inspiration die and add a consumable magic item such as a potion or poison to it, roll if the item requires it and that will be the roll everyone who consumes the item will receive.