Looking for any class/prestige class/feats that specializes in cooking

[Brennan1612]

Looking for any class/prestige class/feats that specializes in cooking.
Is that even a thing?

[Inevitability]

Complete Arcane 138 describes how potions could just as easily be baked goods instead of liquids. A good starting point might thus be classes that are concerned with potions, like Master Alchemist and Alchemist Savant.

[Droningbass]

This is a little bit of a stretch, but there was a prestige class in The Complete Gnome (Mongoose Publishing - so not core or WoTC) called the Arcane Brewer that would fit this theme. Maybe you could convince your DM to adapt it?

Brief description of the Arcane Brewer
Here are the prerequisites:
Race: Gnome
Skills: Alchemy 8 ranks, Profession (Brewer or Cook) 5 ranks
Spellcasting: Able to cast 0-level spells

The 5-level class grants some of the following features:
Lvl 1: Invigorating Concoction - grants the brewer the power to craft drinks that heal nonlethal damage or even heal hit points like a potion.
Lvl 2: Soulful Chicken Soup - craft meals that heal ability damage while companions rest.
Lvl 3: That's the Spirit! - craft a drink that boosts one mental ability at the cost of another, and can give the drinker a terrible hangover.
Lvl 4: Party Favour - can imbue the Emotion spell into a banquet.
Lvl 5: Miraculous Stew - can craft a stew that can replicate the effects of Heal, Break Enchantment, an Commune but costs 1,000 gp per serving.

That's about the only thing that I can think of that I remember reading about in any books. You could always really theme your character around cooking - using a frying pan (mace) as a weapon, having your character experiment cooking with monster parts, using prestidigitation to make all of your character's cooking taste phenomenal, etc.

Good luck - sounds fun!

[AnonJr]

I swear I could remember a joke class from some Dragon Mag article, but for the life of me I just can't recall which one...

[ShurikVch]

I swear I could remember a joke class from some Dragon Mag article, but for the life of me I just can't recall which one...
Do you mean the Adamantine Chef (https://web.archive.org/web/20070711083929/http://wizo.wizards.com/ka/KnowledgeArcana09.pdf) PrC?

[Biffoniacus_Furiou]

Something's Cooking (https://web.archive.org/web/20041206103822/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/oa/20010413a) introduced a Calzone Golem (https://web.archive.org/web/20050130094559/http://www.wizards.com/dnd/files/Cooking.pdf), made by a Wizard 9 and an Expert 5. You just need to make a DC 15 Profession (Cook) check to make the body, then cast several spells at a caster level 9th+, doesn't even require any item creation feats!

[AnonJr]

Do you mean the Adamantine Chef (https://web.archive.org/web/20070711083929/http://wizo.wizards.com/ka/KnowledgeArcana09.pdf) PrC?

That seems about right. :smallsmile:

[Bonzai]

Not cooking specifically, but the exemplar class focuses on perfecting a skill

[ShurikVch]

The War of the Lance book (Dragonlance, 3rd-party) includes the Master base class
"Masters are exceptional individuals whose works are often destined to leave their mark on the world and whose skills become renowned in history."
Although example of Master actually included in the book - Otik Sandath the Master Ale-Maker - have Primary Focus (professional), I think it may be interesting to use Primary Focus (craftsman) and cook +10 food (however it may work in-world)

Portable Hole Full of Beer and Bride of Portable Hole are both included the Field Chef PrC

3rd-party supplement for Pathfinder: The Flavour Handbook (https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/173346/The-Flavour-Handbook)

[pabelfly]

The War of the Lance book (Dragonlance, 3rd-party) includes the Master base class
"Masters are exceptional individuals whose works are often destined to leave their mark on the world and whose skills become renowned in history."
Although example of Master actually included in the book - Otik Sandath the Master Ale-Maker - have Primary Focus (professional), I think it may be interesting to use Primary Focus (craftsman) and cook +10 food (however it may work in-world)

The Master base class is good if you want to make a highly-skilled NPC character, but the Profession branch doesn't really translate into combat prowess. It's not giving you or your allies any combat-related bonuses like the Craftsman path does.