Outback Cook in Dungeons & Dragons 5e
Outback Cook
Overview:
You are an outback cook, a survival expert who has learned from painstaking trial and error how to cook up the most delectable bits of just about any monster you come across. You are as rugged as your meals are delicious, and your time camping out with only your wits and culinary skills to rely on has given you a unique perspective on life.
Outback cooks have a motto: “Your next meal could be your last, so it might as well be tasty!” Whether you’re a thrill-seeker who enjoys the taste of danger, a culinary rogue bored by the tepid offerings in your home city, or simply someone who does what’s needed to endure the Bellowing Wilds, you know no meal can be taken for granted.
Skill Proficiencies: Nature, Survival
Tool Proficiencies: Cook’s utensils and one other of your choice
Equipment:
A butcher’s knife, sickle, a set of cook’s utensils, a pouch filled with eleven different herbs and spices, a flask of cooking oil, a book of recipes you’ve developed on the trail, an inkpen, a bottle of ink, a set of traveler’s clothes, and a pouch containing 5gp
Features:
Campout Cuisine
As an outback cook, you have experience using many rare and unusual ingredients while braving both the figurative and literal frontiers of gourmet cooking. While traveling in the wilderness, you can always tell whether or not wild creatures, plants, or berries you find are edible (decided by the GM). You can also use parts of the corpse of any aberration, beast, dragon, monstrosity, ooze, or plant that hasn’t been dead for more than a day as ingredients and can make meals out of them, provided you have access to cook’s utensils.
Creatures that spend at least one hour eating the dish you cook gain temporary hit points equal to your character level. A creature can only benefit from this feature once per day. Bon appetit!
From the Stomach to the Heart
Your culinary explorations have taught you how to fine-tune your meals to please audiences with different preferences. When you cook a meal for people, provided you have the ingredients you need, the people who eat your food are inclined to enjoy it and admire you.
Suggested Characteristics: Outback cooks enjoy traveling worldwide to learn cooking techniques and develop special meals. They meet people from countless different backgrounds, shaping their choice of cuisine and outlook on the world.
Personality Trait:
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | The wild is my kitchen, and those in it must follow my rules because I’m the Head Chef. |
| 2 | I’m always eager to learn, especially if it can help my cooking. |
| 3 | I can’t help but review and critique every meal I eat. |
| 4 | I speak plainly. Honesty is the best policy, even if the truth is bitter. |
| 5 | My self-worth deflates like a bad souffle whenever someone speaks harshly to me. |
| 6 | I don’t believe in wasting food and am touchy about others not finishing their meals. |
| 7 | I’ll try anything once, whether that’s an ingredient or a dangerous activity. |
| 8 | I don’t express myself well with words. I show how I feel through the food I cook. |
Ideal:
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Charity. Gold won’t fill hungry stomachs, but my meals can. (Good) |
| 2 | Community. Most disagreements can be solved by sitting down to eat together. (Good) |
| 3 | Control. If someone’s hungry enough, they’ll eat whatever you feed them. (Evil) |
| 4 | Conservation. Nature provides us with sustenance, so we must protect its bounty. (Lawful) |
| 5 | Thrill Seeking. Danger is the best sauce. (Chaotic) |
| 6 | Innovation. Our minds, like our palates, crave what’s new and fresh. (Chaotic) |
Bond:
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | One day, I will prepare a meal worthy of the great dragon Gresh and serve it to her. |
| 2 | Someone poisoned my food and framed me for the deed. I will serve them an ice-cold dish of revenge. |
| 3 | I will feed anyone who is hungry and never waste any food. |
| 4 | I lost someone on an outback expedition because I was careless. I will never let this happen again. |
| 5 | I want to improve my craft to impress my mentor. |
| 6 | I’m only adventuring until I can afford to retire and start my own restaurant. |
Flaw:
test
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I have a terrible sense of smell. |
| 2 | I always believe I know best, both in and out of the kitchen. |
| 3 | I guard the secrets of my recipes and ingredient sources far too jealously. |
| 4 | My food is always spicy enough to make a dragon cry. |
| 5 | I’ll risk life and limb for a rare ingredient. |
| 6 | Any criticism sends me into a spiral of self-doubt. |
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