Circle of the Culinary Arts

Druids of the Circle of Culinary Arts are master chefs, deeply connected to nature through their culinary expertise. They believe food is a sacred medium that binds family, life, and wisdom across generations. These druids uniquely infuse their dishes with elemental magic, creating food-based elementals that follow their commands.

For these druids, every dish is a testament to the legacy of those who came before. Recipes handed down through generations are cherished and refined, each one a story rich with tradition and personal touch. They add their own creativity and mastery, ensuring the culinary heritage continues to evolve.

Druids of this circle have a deep connection with nature, understanding every ingredient's purpose and potential. Whether it’s a rare herb or a common vegetable, they recognize each element's vital role in creating a harmonious dish. Even the smallest component can transform a meal into a masterpiece.

These druids imbue their meals with elemental magic, transforming dishes into animate food elementals. These elementals vary in form and function, from fiery chili constructs to refreshing minty sprites that heal allies. Their connection to their culinary creations allows them to command these elementals with precision.

Druids of this circle travel far and wide to learn new recipes and techniques, incorporating diverse flavors into their repertoire. By doing so, they honor and preserve the culinary traditions of various cultures, ensuring their stories and customs are never forgotten.

Druids of the Circle of Culinary Arts weave the essence of life into every meal, enriching the lives of those around them through their unique blend of druidic magic and culinary expertise.

 

Bonus Cantrip

When you choose this circle at 2nd level, you learn one additional druid cantrip of your choice. This cantrip doesn’t count against the number of druid cantrips you know.

Culinary Summoner

2nd-level Circle of Culinary Arts feature

Starting at 2nd level, You gain proficiency with cooking tools and can attack with one-handed axes using your WIS modifier.

You can use your Wild Shape feature to summon a Foodon Elemental, instead of transforming into a beast, with a CR rating of 1/4. The Foodon Elemental you summon is a creature made from a dish you have prepared that includes the Specific ingredient of the chosen Foodon Elemental. As you level up, the challenge rating of the Foodon Elemental you can summon increases:

Druid Level           Max CR 

4th                         1/2 CR

8th                         1 CR

12th                       2 CR

16th                       3 CR

20th                       4 CR

Circle Spells

Your mystical connection to the culinary arts infuses you with the ability to cast certain spells. At 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th level you gain access to circle spells connected to the food you make.

Once you gain access to a circle spell, you always have it prepared, and it doesn’t count against the number of spells you can prepare each day. If you gain access to a spell that doesn’t appear on the druid spell list, the spell is nonetheless a druid spell for you.

Culinary Arts

Druid Level	Spells
3rd	create food and water, aid
5th	locate animals or plants, plant growth
7th	purify food and drink, lesser restoration
9th	heroes' feast, greater restoration

Culinary Alchemy

6th-level Circle of Culinary Arts feature

• You can use an action to prepare a special meal using your cooking tools. When you finish a short or long rest, you and up to five creatures of your choice regain an additional number of hit points equal to your druid level.
• You gain the ability to enhance your recipe and add an additional elemental damage to your Foodon by including one of the indicated ingredients to that Foodons ingredient list.

Enhanced Recipes: You can now create more potent Foodons. When you summon a Foodon, you can choose to imbue it with one of the following abilities using the corresponding ingredient:

• Orcish Chili Powder: The Foodon's attacks deal an additional 1d6 fire damage.
• Troll Fat: The Foodon's attacks deal an additional 1d6 cold damage.
• Nightshade: The Foodon's attacks deal an additional 1d6 poison damage.
• Basilisk Scale: The Foodon's attacks deal an additional 1d6 acid damage.
• Feywild Fruits: the Foodon's attacks deal an additional 1d6 Lightning damage.
• Phoenix Feathers: The Foodon's HP is increased by 2d8.
• Elven Herbs: The Foodon's speed increases by 10 feet.
• Kraken Ink: The Foodon's AC increases by 1d6.

Chef De Cuisine

10th-level Circle of Culinary Arts feature

Advanced Summoning: You can now summon Foodons with enhanced abilities. When you summon a Foodon, you can choose one additional enhancement from the Culinary Alchemy feature.

Ingredient Gathering: You have advantage on Wisdom (Survival) checks to find special ingredients in nature, and you can use these ingredients to enhance your spells and abilities.

Nature’s Sanctuary

14th-level Circle of Culinary Arts feature

When you reach 14th level, creatures of the natural world sense your connection to nature and become hesitant to attack you. When a beast or plant creature attacks you, that creature must make a Wisdom saving throw against your druid spell save DC. On a failed save, the creature must choose a different target, or the attack automatically misses. On a successful save, the creature is immune to this effect for 24 hours.

The creature is aware of this effect before it makes its attack against you.