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2018-03-28, 12:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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Iron Chef character?
Got an idea for a character that is a failed or prospective chef. He is seeking out the perfect flavor and raising money to open a new restaurant.
He tastes things. He flavors things (with prestidigitation of course). He cooks for the party.
I want all or most of his spells and class abilities to be of a cooking theme, but maintain usefulness. Spells or abilities that can be flavored towards this theme are acceptable.
So far, I think the Generic Spellcaster from UA is best bet for the chassis: I can choose Fort Save and gain access to Cleric, Druid, and Wizard spells. My DM is pretty lax and would probably let me poach off list skills if I played a Sorc or Wizard, but I want to keep as RAW as possible.
Obvious choices to me so far are:
0 - Level
Create Water
Mage Hand
Detect Poison
Prestidigitation
Mending
Purify Food/Drink
1 - Level
Goodberry
Grease (Or milk, or Sriracha, etc.)
Unseen Servant (Sous Chef)
Floating Disk (Another prep surface)
Feather Fall (save dropped eggs or milk etc)
Blockade (Sugar/ Bullion cubes?)
Hoard Gullet?
Ironguts
Produce FLame
2 - Level
Heat/Chill Metal
Delay Poison
Cloud of knives
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2018-03-28, 12:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef character?
If you're starting play at level 6 or higher, you could also use the Chameleon PrC to nab choice spells from all the lists.
Backstory might be that this PC used disguises and false identities to sneak into competing kitchens. Eventually, he's noticed by a legitimate spy, and inducted into their organization. Now his day job is wandering chef, but he's also a spy for (one of) whatever organization(s) train Chameleons.I want you to PEACH me as hard as you can.
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2018-03-28, 01:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef character?
Be a halfling with the Dragonmark of Hospitality. Take levels in Black Dog. Its all about cooking. And killing people with your cooking. But the main draw here is:
Originally Posted by Eberron Campaign Setting
Darsson's Chilling Chamber (Fridge)
Darsson's Fiery Furnace (Oven)
Bigby's Striking Fist (Beat the dough!)
Dessicate (drain the water)
Estanna's Stew
Thaw
Unseen Craftsman
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Create Food/Water
Plant Growth
Servant Horde
Darsson's Potion (Was this guy a chef?)
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2018-03-28, 04:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-03-29, 03:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef character?
So I went with Halfling for the Least and Lesser Hospitality Dragon Marks. I took Halfling Wizard Substitution at level 3 for Alternative Spell and Master Specialist Conjurer to get Expanded Spell list.
This gets me:
Purify Food/Water 2/day (Least dragon mark, enhanced by lesser dragonmark)
Goodberry as a Wizard spell (Alternative spell)
Estanna's Stew (Expanded Spell for MS)
Create food and Water (Lesser Dragon Mark)
For Magic Items, I am looking at:
Traveler's Cloak
Everlasting Rations
Everfull Mug
Fortifying Bedroll (not food related, but in keeping with hospitality)
Trying to decide on my 3 prohibited schools for being a Focused Specialist. I decided Abjuration has very little to add to this character. Same with Necromancy. I'm at a toss up between Evocation, Illusion, and Enchantment to ditch. Evocation and enchantment are the least useful, but have more to offer this character than Illusion does (at least at a glance).Last edited by retaliation08; 2018-03-29 at 04:10 PM.
Check out my 5e Homebrews!
Bard College: College of Dance
Bard College: College of Bravado
Factotum with Archetypes
Roguish Archetype: Tomb Raider
Roguish Archetype: Thief Acrobat
Martial Archetype: Marshal
Thanks for your support!
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2018-03-29, 06:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-03-29, 06:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef character?
What system you wanting it for? I"ve got a Pathfinder Spheres of Power character (that I'm currently playing no less) which is literally a magic chef, from fluff to crunch.
Last edited by SangoProduction; 2018-03-29 at 06:56 PM.
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2018-03-29, 07:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef character?
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2018-03-29, 08:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef character?
How this is accomplished in Spheres of Power
Backstory: A long. long time ago, in a galaxy far away...something completely irrelevant happened.
Meanwhile, back in Terim's hometown, he was packing up his stuff to find a new master who can help to further his pretzel-making prowess. The aroma alone could make the townsfolk swoon, or fly in to a frenzy, but Terim knows there are much better, and much more perfect pretzels out there, and he must learn how to make them too!
General Drawbacks:
Center of Power (Magic Stove)
Emotional Casting (Can't cast if affected by non-harmless emotion effects.)
Focus Casting (Mother's Amulet)
Skilled Casting (Profession: Cook)
Somatic Casting (Can't wear heavier than Light Armor)
Sphere Specific Drawbacks
DESTRUCTION
Shape Focus (Energetic Affliction)
Energy Focus (Fire Blast)
[Dumping boiling oil on someone is not very nice. Also somewhat magical.]ENHANCEMENT
Bodily Enhancement [Physical Enhancement]
Narcotic Magic [Mass Enhancement]
Consciousness Linked [Deep Enhancement]
[The hardest part of being a Chef is not falling in to the temptation of eating before you served your customers!]MIND
Blatant Side Effects (Watering mouth, glazed over eyes, flaring nostrels, eating a pretzel)Boons
Virtuoso (To identify my spells, one needs spellcraft against my Prof:Cook. Failing by 5+ indicates my casting is purely nonmagical. Casting does not inherently alert people that I am casting.)Last edited by SangoProduction; 2018-03-29 at 09:05 PM.
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2018-03-29, 11:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef character?
It is for 3.5. DM might allow some Pathfinder, but nothing that requires new system mastery like Spheres.
Check out my 5e Homebrews!
Bard College: College of Dance
Bard College: College of Bravado
Factotum with Archetypes
Roguish Archetype: Tomb Raider
Roguish Archetype: Thief Acrobat
Martial Archetype: Marshal
Thanks for your support!
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2018-03-29, 11:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Iron Chef character?
I did this character before with a mystic ranger with sword of the arcane order. All ranger and wizard spells to play with, plus good melee chassis so you can run around smacking food with a sword refluffed as a butchers cleaver. In my characters case he wanted to find ways to make all monsters edible, including things like elementals and oozes that you would not normally consider edible.
If my text is blue, I'm being sarcastic.But you already knew that, right?