Feat #68: Chef (5E)

[@ChancesSpellbook]

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[@Wannybooi]

While this feat is weaker than healer or inspiring leader, do remember that it is only half a feat and combines this weaker version of healer and inspiring leader into one feat.

[@benjaminsheffer6945]

And it gives a +1 to Con or Wis. My monk is definitely taking this--we're just starting out, and so far I'm the only party member able to use my bonus actions, so my teammates can eat the treats without losing the chance to do something else...and I can bribe them into taking more short rests so that I can recharge my ki! :)

[@theraven5850]

Create a spellcaster class mark of hospitality halfling with this feat, then get artificer initiate (pick brewer's supplies), then pick the artisan brewer feat (also UA). Now you have a halfling that can cast magic by brewing mead and can cook. Get the shipwright background and you now have a mobile tavern. Enjoy. :-P

[@WolfHreda]

I'd love to have a Pact of the Blade Warlock whose pact weapon is a Chef's Knife. 🤣 Maybe they use Prestidigitation to improve the presentation of the dish. Backstory? Sold their soul to win a cooking competition. Edit: Opening D&D Beyond as we speak... 😑

[@sunayama4650]

I just -- I LITERALLY just started making a background for a chef bard.

[@geoxaga6507]

Performance can be considered a part for cooking.

[@theoreticaltrap992]

I take out 2 slices of bread and cast vicious mockery: “you’re an idiot sandwich”

[@jonathancummins6234]

So +1 to a stat and free song of rest? That alone doesn't sound bad to me. The treats are just a cherry on top

[@nicolasvillasecaali7662]

add the extra heal and flavour from the tools and you can give the "combat rations" to the barbarian to be your attack hound

[@displeasedsociopath5939]

I feel like I'm trolling by saying this but.... With a bard's Song of Rest, Inspiring Leader, and the Catnap spell, Chief can actually do something interesting if you're playing the fifth wheel of a party. The temp Hp gained from Inspiring Leader would be your standard buff, slap a stacking Aid spell on there (thank you Tasha) and you have a setup ready to adventure. During combat if party members loose all their Temp HP from Inspiring Leader they can always blow a bonus action to gobble down a snicker-doodle for just a little bit more. Then, when you get to that point where people have depleted their resources, but you really need to keep going you can find a place to soft reset the party. Cast Catnap, let them snooze for 10minutes and recover action surge / second wind/ spells or what have you. If they spend at least 1 HD to heal up, you give them 1d8 + your Song of Rest die, they gain another round of temp hp, and you shower them with no bake cookies! If you're playing the Utility Bard this isn't a bad feat.

[@mattnerdy7236]

Hello Chance, great video topic. For rollplaying purpose, I want to take a female half-orc or lizardfolk (PC or NPC). Want to make her the ultimate adventuring party cook. But she will be confused on what is food and what is not food. Example: She would look at the adventuring party and say, "What do you mean we can't cook Fred. Fred is dead!" I would also take a couple other options with this Feat. Trinket: A personal set of utensils (knife, fork & spoon). Artisan's tools: Cook's Utensils She would also be questing for a legendary utensil. Murlynd's Spoon This unremarkable eating utensil is typically fashioned from horn or wood. If the spoon is placed in an empty container - a bowl, cup, or a dish, for example - the vessel fills with a thick, pasty gruel. Although this substance has a flavor similar to that of warm, wet cardboard, it is highly nourishing and contains everything necessary to sustain any herbivorous, omnivorous, or carnivorous creature. The spoon can produce sufficient gruel each day to feed up to four humans. (If your playing a halfling and you have a cool DM. Murlynd's Spoon is a giant wooden spoon that feeds up to 4 large humanoids per day. Use greatclub stats and it is consider a magical weapon). So the next time in your D&D game Chance, make sure those scooby snacks aren't really made from scooby. Thanks Chance & have a wonderful day.

[@thomaskalland9276]

I have made a similar npc to this and got such a kick out of role playing them. Can’t recommend it enough!!!

[@theEquYnoX]

I would just switch the features hp and thp with each other. So, as part of a short rest meal eating and hit dice used you gain 1d8 temp hit points. The meal was so good you are energized with extra vigor. Then, after an hour of work you make snacks equal to prof bonus that when ate heals for HP = prof bonus. Kinda like the good berry spell. Or like you said use hit dice got the numbers rolled. It's not a perfect fix, but would be more useful. ( Could you feed one to a 0 HP character to get them back up like you can with good berry? I don't know )

[@Antimonium]

hey at lvl20 if you eat all the cookies yourself it's 36 hp over the course of 6 turns, some fighters and paladins don't use bonus actions every turn so it's a nice boost to hp, also if you take the +1 in con to an even number you also got 20 max hp this is effectively "you gain hp equal to your level plus your proficiency bonus squared" plus some extra flavour

[@DracosDiabolis]

Oh the under use of this feat. Buy meats from the butcher, buy various vegetables from the farmers, herbs and spices from wherever. Local grown etc etc etc. Now for the fun of this. And it sounds like you shelled a pretty penny or two already. Cut and chop everything down to bite size peices. And dry it, dehydrate, or the magical way with a casting of destroy water (think about it) and measure out the dried herds and spices. Make little packets of a mix of dried meat and vegetables with a small packet of the spices and herbs. On the packaging you have pictures and instructions of how to make the soup/stew in the package. Sell them in a shop for say a silver coin each. People are getting your food, at your expert level. For a small price, that you can just take and carry. So they can prepare it anywhere in the world. Your name will be legendary

[@thomaskalland9276]

I love this as a player and dm that encourages players to expand their use of non magical abilities to make non magical character some what better when compared against their magical counterparts.

[@alicefleugel]

thanks Blue Apron 😅

[@firekeeper3421]

I actually love this feat

[@RivertownCountry10]

Long story short, I ended up with this feat but I didn't pic it. I have a variant Human Fighter level 1 and I am not sure how to play him. Oh he also has entertainer as his background. Strength 16 Dexterity 8 Constitution 16 Intelligence 10 Wisdom 12 Charisma 13. strange stats I think. What do you think?

[@ZombieMonkey7]

You know in 1 day this isn't going to be UA

[@simeon4575]

Tashas now!

[@shaylic3795]

Lol should of waited for Tasha’s since it’ll be official

[@Florian0799]

Which is actually today just got unlocked on D&D Beyond as well .o.

[@lehwayoflife542]

Hello! Umm I was thinking can you stack pile the healing food and it can be eaten in the future or something?

[@ChrysoTrunks]

The cookies only last for 8 hours so unless you spend 7 hours a day to make the cookies and then use them in the following 8 hours it wouldn't really work.

[@rhinocerosunicornis4148]

Not UA. IT'S IN TASHAS

[@nickpossum3607]

I think if you have Herbalism Kit and Cooking Utensils proficiency, you should be able to replicate this Feat(just with out the stat increase). Herbs are needed to create healing potions and cooking for the party can regenerate a little hit points. So combining both should do the same as this Feat without actually taking the Feat.

[@NobodyDungeons]

So what I would do is have it be your level plus your proficiency bonus temporary hit points

[@ChancesSpellbook]

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[@NobodyDungeons]

@@ChancesSpellbook So, I am a busy college student, and I don't have enough time to really take part in this one shot. So, could you give my free one shot to someone else since I am unable to use it.

[@xiongray]

I'd use it to get some bones for reanimation. Just a thought.

[@bobmcbobbob2391]

Most UA feat seem pretty lame. I'd stuck with Resilient any day, saving throw proficiency over a few temp hit points is a way better deal.

[@growingcloud6743]

Owlbear meat I think would taste good