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===Making a War Cook===

'''Abilities:''' The War Cook is a gish whose spellcasting is generally focused on utility and support.  Their real offense comes from their physical might, which requires [[Strength]] and [[Constitution]], and their culinary expertise which runs off their [[Intelligence]] or [[Wisdom]].  [[Dexterity]] is next important, but they are trained in up to medium armor and shields to suppliment any failings.  [[Charisma]] is not required beyond table manners, but this is a job for waiters, not cooks.

'''Races:''' Any.  Creatures with... flexible and ethically loose ideas of what counts as a valid meal do the best.

'''Alignment:''' Any.  However eating sapient creatures is usually considered a bad idea in the eyes of many.

'''Starting Gold:''' 5d4&times;10 gp (125 gp).

'''[[SRD:Race Descriptions#Starting Age|Starting Age]]:''' As [[wizard]].

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<div>{{Anchor|Table: The War Cook}}</div>
Hit Die: d10
|-
! rowspan="2" | Level
! rowspan="2" | [[BAB|Base<br/>Attack Bonus]]
! colspan="3" | [[SRD:Saving Throw|Saving Throw]]s
! rowspan="2" | Special
! colspan="10" | [[#Spells|Spells per Day]]
|-
! [[SRD:Saving Throw#Fortitude|Fort]] || [[SRD:Saving Throw#Reflex|Ref]] || [[SRD:Saving Throw#Will|Will]]
! 0 || 1<sup>st</sup> || 2<sup>nd</sup> || 3<sup>rd</sup> || 4<sup>th</sup>
|-
|1st||class="left" | +1 || +2 || +0 || +0
| class="left" | Bite, [[SRD:Brew Potion|Brew Potion]], Cooking, Flavor, Harvest, Orisons
|2||1||—||—||—
|-
|2nd||class="left" | +2 || +3 || +0 || +0
| class="left" | Flavor, Food Tool Specialization, Taste Test
|2||2||—||—||—
|-
|3rd||class="left" | +3 || +3 || +1 || +1
| class="left" | Immunity (Disease), Preservatives
|3||2||—||—||—
|-
|4th||class="left" | +4 || +4 || +1 || +1
| class="left" | Eat Anything, Flavor
|3||3||—||—||—
|-
|5th||class="left" | +5 || +4 || +1 || +1
| class="left" | Cooking (new style, 10 ft), Instant Harvest, Quick Consumer
|3||3||1||—||—
|-
|6th||class="left" | +6 || +5 || +2 || +2
| class="left" | Extra Feast +1
|4||3||2||—||—
|-
|7th||class="left" | +7 || +5 || +2 || +2
| class="left" | You Are What You Eat
|4||4||2||—||—
|-
|8th||class="left" | +8 || +6 || +2 || +2
| class="left" | Adamantine Bite, Flavor
|4||4||3||—||—
|-
|9th||class="left" | +9 || +6 || +3 || +3
| class="left" | Cooking (new style), Immunity (Poison)
|5||4||3||1||—
|-
|10th||class="left" | +10 || +7 || +3 || +3
| class="left" | Cooking (15')
|5||4||3||2||—
|-
|11th||class="left" | +11 || +7 || +3 || +3
| class="left" | Extra Feast +2
|5||4||4||2||—
|-
|12th||class="left" | +12 || +8 || +4 || +4
| class="left" | Flavor, Really Eat Anything
|6||4||4||3||—
|-
|13th||class="left" | +13 || +8 || +4 || +4
| class="left" | Cooking (new style), Swift Cooking
|6||4||4||3||—
|-
|14th||class="left" | +14 || +9 || +4 || +4
| class="left" | Dinner Bell of Chaos
|6||4||4||3||1
|-
|15th||class="left" | +15 || +9 || +5 || +5
| class="left" | Cooking (20'), Immunity (Sickening/Nausea)
|7||4||4||4||2
|-
|16th||class="left" | +16 || +10 || +5 || +5
| class="left" | Extra Feast +3, Flavor, Vampiric Bite
|7||4||4||4||2
|-
|17th||class="left" | +17 || +10 || +5 || +5
| class="left" | Solve World Hunger
|7||4||4||4||3
|-
|18th||class="left" | +18 || +11 || +6 || +6
| class="left" | Indigestible
|8||4||4||4||3
|-
|19th||class="left" | +19 || +11 || +6 || +6
| class="left" | Potluck Vortex
|8||4||4||4||3
|-
|20th||class="left" | +20 || +12 || +6 || +6
| class="left" | Cooking (25'), Flavor, Food of the Gods
|8||4||4||4||4
|- class="noalt"
| colspan="42" class="skill" |
'''Class Skills ([[Skill Points::6]] + [[SRD:Intelligence|Int]] modifier per level, &times;4 at 1st level)'''<br/>
{{3.5e Skills|Appraise, 
Climb, 
Concentration, 
Craft, 
Decipher Script, 
Diplomacy, 
Gather Information, 
Handle Animal, 
Heal, 
Intimidate, 
Jump, 
Knowledge (any each taken separately), 
Listen, 
Perform, 
Profession, 
Search, 
Sense Motive, 
Sleight of Hand, 
Speak Language, 
Spellcraft, 
Spot, 
Survival, 
Swim, 
Tumble, 
Use Magic Device, 
Use Rope}}

====Class Features====

All of the following are class features of the War Cook.

'''Weapon and Armor Proficiency:''' War cooks are proficient in all simple and martial weapons, the [[Bonesaw (3.5e Equipment)|bonesaw]], [[Great Cleaver (3.5e Equipment)|great cleaver]], [[Hunting Knife (3.5e Equipment)|hunting knife]], [[SRD:Net|net]], and [[Swordfish (3.5e Equipment)|swordfish]].  They are proficient in light and medium armor, and shields (but not tower shields).  Legends say early war cooks would cook on their upturned shields and helmets.

'''{{Anchor|Spells}}:''' War cooks cast divine spells like a [[cleric]].  A war cook must choose and prepare from their class spell list in advanced.  To prepare or cast a spell, a war cook must have a [[Intelligence]] or [[Wisdom]] score (chosen upon first taking the class) equal to at least 10 + the spell level.  The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against a war cook's spells is 10 + the spell level + the war cook's selected score ([[Intelligence]] or [[Wisdom]]).

Like other spellcasters, a war cook can cast only a certain number of spells of each spell level per day.  Their base daily spell allotment is given on Table: The War Cook.  In addition, they receive bonus spells per day if he has a high selected ability score ([[Intelligence]] or [[Wisdom]]).  The war cook does not have access to any domain spells or granted powers, as a [[cleric]] does.  A war cook prepares and cast spells the way a [[cleric]] does, though they cannot lose a prepared spell to cast a ''[[SRD:Cure Light Wounds|cure]]'' spell in its place.  A war cook may prepare and cast any spell on the war cook's spell list, provided that they can cast spells of that level, but they must choose what spells to prepare during their daily studies.  War Cooks choose their spells from the following list:

0&mdash;''amanuensis''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''[[Azore's Speaking Tome (3.5e Spell)|azore's speaking tome]]'', ''[[Cook (3.5e Spell)|cook]]'', ''[[SRD:Create Water|create water]]'', ''[[Detect Disease (3.5e Spell)|detect disease]]'', ''[[SRD:Detect Magic|detect magic]]'', ''[[SRD:Detect Poison|detect poison]]'', ''[[SRD:Guidance|guidance]]'', ''[[Hotfoot (3.5e Spell)|hotfoot]]'', ''[[Incubate (3.5e Spell)|incubate]]'', ''[[SRD:Mage Hand|mage hand]]'', ''[[Mantissa's Banana Peel (3.5e Spell)|mantissa's banana peel]]'', ''[[SRD:Prestidigitation|prestidigitation]]'', ''[[SRD:Purify Food and Drink|purify food and drink]]'', ''[[SRD:Read Magic|read magic]]'', ''[[Refrigerate (3.5e Spell)|refrigerate]]'', ''[[Repel Liquid (3.5e Spell)|repel liquid]]'', ''[[Sponge (3.5e Spell)|sponge]]'', ''stick''<sup>SpC</sup>.

1st&mdash;''[[Aligned Water Bomb (3.5e Spell)|aligned water bomb]]'', ''anarchic water''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''appraising touch''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''[[Astral Fugue (3.5e Spell)|astral fugue]]'', ''aura against flame''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''axiomatic water''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''babau slime''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''[[SRD:Bless Water|bless water]]'', ''[[Boiling Sphere (3.5e Spell)|boiling sphere]]'', ''[[Cone of Melted Butter (3.5e Spell)|cone of melted butter]]'', ''[[Conjure Tools (3.5e Spell)|conjure tools]]'', ''[[SRD:Cure Light Wounds|cure light wounds]]'', ''[[SRD:Curse Water|curse water]]'', ''delay disease''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''[[Fireproofing (3.5e Spell)|fireproofing]]'', ''[[Fungal Infection (3.5e Spell)|fungal infection]]'', ''[[SRD:Goodberry|goodberry]]'', ''[[SRD:Grease|grease]]'', ''greater mage hand''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''improvisation''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''ironguts''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''[[Jelly Orb (3.5e Spell)|jelly orb]]'', ''[[SRD:Magic Fang|magic fang]]'', ''[[Quick Crafting (3.5e Spell)|quick crafting]]'', ''raging flame''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''razorfangs''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''remove scent''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''second wind''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''slow burn''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''smell of fear''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''sticky fingers''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''[[Sticky Hands (3.5e Spell)|sticky hands]]'', ''[[SRD:Unseen Servant|unseen servant]]''.

2nd&mdash;''[[Adipose Armor (3.5e Spell)|adipose armor]]'', ''[[Biting Mist (3.5e Spell)|biting mist]]'', ''[[SRD:Calm Emotions|calm emotions]]'', ''clutch of orcus''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''[[SRD:Create Food and Water|create food and water]]'', ''[[SRD:Cure Moderate Wounds|cure moderate wounds]]'', ''decomposition''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''[[SRD:Delay Poison|delay poison]]'', ''[[SRD:Gentle Repose|gentle repose]]'', ''[[SRD:Greater Magic Fang|greater magic fang]]'', ''[[Honey Ambrosia (3.5e Spell)|honey ambrosia]]'', ''[[Jelly Aura, Lesser (3.5e Spell)|lesser jelly aura]]'', ''[[SRD:Lesser Restoration|lesser restoration]]'', ''[[Life Eater (3.5e Spell)|life eater]]'', ''manyjaws''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''[[SRD:Minor Creation|minor creation]]'', ''miser's envy''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''[[SRD:Plant Growth|plant growth]]'', ''[[SRD:Pyrotechnics|pyrotechnics]]'', ''[[SRD:Quench|quench]]'', ''quick potion''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''rejuvenative corpse''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''[[SRD:Remove Disease|remove disease]]'', ''saltray''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''scent''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''servant horde''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''[[Shylock's Revenge (3.5e Spell)|shylock's revenge]]'', ''spiritjaws''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''[[Sterilize (3.5e Spell)|sterilize]]'', ''[[Tonguebite (3.5e Spell)|tonguebite]]'', ''[[Zone of OSHA-Compliance (3.5e Spell)|zone of OSHA-compliance]]''.

3rd&mdash;''[[Animate Objects, Variant (3.5e Spell)|animate objects variant]]'', ''[[SRD:Cure Serious Wounds|cure serious wounds]]'', ''dehydrate''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''[[Digestive Fluids (3.5e Spell)|digestive fluids]]'', ''dire hunger''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''force chest''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''[[Enhance Potion (3.5e Spell)|enhance potion]]'', ''[[SRD:Fabricate|fabricate]]'', ''[[SRD:Heroes' Feast|heroes' feast]]'', ''hungry gizzard''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''illusory feast''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''[[Leidenfrost Shell (3.5e Spell)|leidenfrost shell]]'', ''[[SRD:Major Creation|major creation]]'', ''[[SRD:Neutralize Poison|neutralize poison]]'', ''[[SRD:Restoration|restoration]]'', ''sharptooth''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''starvation''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''[[Supercool/Superheat Water (3.5e Spell)|supercool/superheat water]]'', ''superior magic fang''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''tunnel swallow''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''viscid glob''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''vortex of teeth''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''[[Wall of Crabs (3.5e Spell)|wall of crabs]]''.

4th&mdash;''barghest's feast''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''bite of the king''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''celebration''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''[[SRD:Cure Critical Wounds|cure critical wounds]]'', ''[[Dehydrating Ray (3.5e Spell)|dehydrating ray]]'', ''[[Jelly Aura, Greater (3.5e Spell)|greater jelly aura]]'', ''[[SRD:Greater Restoration|greater restoration]]'', ''maw of stone''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''[[Microwave Box (3.5e Spell)|microwave box]]'', ''slime wave''<sup>SpC</sup>, ''[[Spontaneous Toaster (3.5e Spell)|spontaneous toaster]]'', ''[[SRD:Stone to Flesh|stone to flesh]]'', ''[[Transmute Stone to Delicacy (3.5e Spell)|transmute stone to delicacy]]'', ''[[Wall of Flesh (3.5e Spell)|wall of flesh]]''.

'''{{Anchor|Bite}} {{Ex}}:''' War cooks's very job involves eating.  They gain a primary natural bite attack that deals 1d6 points of damage + [[Strength]], with a 20/x2 critical.  If they already have a bite attack, use the stronger one and increase its effective size by one for damage.  It can he enhanced as a manufactured weapon with tattoos upon the body.  It can be added to a full attack routine at -5 as a secondary natural weapon with 1/2 [[Strength]].

'''{{Anchor|Cooking}} {{Su}}:''' War cooks have the power to cook with magic, creating blasts of dry superheated air and open flame, boiling water and steam, chilling frost and water, or even turning the power of light into a microwave energy weapon.  It functions not unlike a breath weapon, able to be used at will once every 1d4 rounds with a saving throw DC 10 + 1/2 level + ability modifier selected for spellcasting ([[Intelligence]] or [[Wisdom]]).  At 1st level they choose one of the four types of cooking below, and gain a new cooking style at 5th, 9th, and 13th level.  Whichever style is used, they all count to the same cooldown.

Cooking initially is a 5 ft cube area of effect anywhere out to 10 ft/level in range.  At 5th level, it becomes a 10 ft cube.  Then it becomes a 15 ft cube at 10th level, a 20 ft cube at 15th level, and a 25 ft cube at 20th level.  You can always choose to shrink the cube down to a previous size.

''{{Anchor|Chill}}:'' Through shock cooling and for making frozen treats, the power to chill can refrigerate targets.  You deal 1d6 cold damage/level, and can freeze the surface of water in the area which melts naturally.  Creatures get a [[Fortitude]] save for half damage.

''{{Anchor|Dry Heat}}:'' With the power of an oven you roast and toast your opponents to death.  You deal 1d6 fire damage/level, and flammable substances can catch on fire.  Creatures get a [[Reflex]] save for half damage.

''{{Anchor|Microwave}}:'' Using microwaves you cook your opponent with the power of light.  You only deal 1d4 damage/level, but it is [Light] damage and is more effective on creatures carrying a lot of metal (specifically medium and heavy armor) or otherwise made of metal, in which case they take 1d6/level in damage and the resultant sparks leave the target [[SRD:Dazzled|dazzled]] for 1 round.  A [[Fortitude]] save halves the damage.

''{{Anchor|Wet Heat}}:'' Using steaming and boiling water you scald your enemies and leave them red.  You only deal 1d4 fire damage/level, but the damage ignores fire resistance and deals half damage to fire immune creatures.  It also leaves a cloud of hot mist in its wake, functioning as ''[[SRD:Obscuring Mist|obscuring mist]]'' in its area and dealing minimum damage to any creature who passes through or ends their turn in the cloud.  The cloud lasts for 1 round.  A [[Reflex]] save halves the damage.

'''{{Anchor|Flavor}} {{Su}}:''' If a war cook harvested a creature for a meal, the meal can suffice a bit but is bland and boring.  Thus a war cook adds flavors to those they attack.  With the power of spices, sauces, and other tricks they can apply a "flavor" to any creature they attack with a melee attack or with Cooking once a round as a free action.  The list of flavors can be found below.  The war cook starts with a single flavor selection and gets another they can use at 2nd, 4th, and every four levels beyond.  A creature can have up to a combination of three flavors at once, with new flavors overriding old ones.  Flavors persist until washed off or otherwise removed, and can only apply to corporeal creatures.

'''{{Anchor|Harvest}} {{Su}}:''' The war cook can turn anything, and anyone, into a meal in supernaturally rapid time.  They can turn a recently slain owlbear into a large drumstick and side, or the corpse of an ochre jelly into a new dessert, over the course of 10 minutes of work.  The process renders the target generally edible (with some exceptions) and works as both a source of food and a mean of recovering, as the food recovers 1 hp per HD of the creature, or 1 hp per war cook level, whichever is lower.  They can choose to craft them either as a Snack (small enough to be eaten as a standard action like a potion) or an Entrée (a full meal for the day and takes 30 minutes to eat).  Collectively both are known as Meals, and by applying flavors to the creature before they perished these Meals gain special benefits as listed below in the Flavors entry.  The effects from an Entrée Meal are stronger or last longer than if it is crafted as a Snack.

As a food item, meals decay after 24 hours if not eaten, and effects such as ''[[SRD:Purify Food and Drink|purify food and drink]]'' can restore palatability, its magical effects are gone.  However through the power of Preservatives gained at 3rd level it is possible to store prepared meals for a later day.  However, creatures can only benefit from the effects of a single harvested meal at any one time while any of their effects persist.  The Extra Feast class ability can exceed this limit.

A war cook does not need to make the finishing blow to harvest a creature, but the creature does need to leave a corporeal body to prepare.  Creatures cannot typically eat a creature made out of inherently inedible materials such as rock, poisonous creatures, or undead creatures (thought the war cook can often consume them), but certain flavors can alter that to make them edible.

'''{{Anchor|Orisons}}:''' War cooks can prepare a number of orisons, or 0-level spells, each day, as noted on Table: War Cook under “Spells per day.” These spells are treated like any other spell, but they are not expended when cast and may be used again.

'''{{Anchor|Food Tool Specialization}}:''' Every weapon is a tool, and the 2nd level war cook can use these cooks to cook, tenderize, and skewer their opponents.  They gain the following special abilities with bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing weapons.  If they have a weapon that deals multiple types of damage, they choose which type of food tool specialization to use at the beginning of their turn.

''{{Anchor|Bludgeoning (Tenderizing)}} {{Ex}}:'' Those struck by this weapon have their body weakened.  All creatures gain a +6 circumstance bonus to confirm critical hits against the creature, and any fortification is reduced by 25% (treat immunity at 100% fortification) for 1 round.

''{{Anchor|Piercing (Shish Kabob)}} {{Ex}}:'' You can choose to make a special attack as a standard action and on a successful hit forcing an opposed grapple check.  If successful render the target immobilized on your weapon.  Their movement speeds become 0 ft and they take a -2 penalty to attack, though they can still act otherwise.  They can make opposed grapple checks to try and free themselves.  Neither you or they are considered grappled.  You must keep hold of your skewering weapon, but automatically hit (no attack roll) dealing your base weapon damage plus enhancements, but not [[Strength]] for as long as they are pinned.  You do not move into their space.  You gain a +4 bonus to your grapple check if they are adjacent to a wall.

''{{Anchor|Slashing (Chop and Dice)}} {{Ex}}:'' When you defeat your opponent with a slashing weapon you can choose to dice them apart rendering them unsuitable for ''[[SRD:Raise Dead|raise dead]]''.  You may also choose to lop off limbs instead of kill a creature on a coup de grace, an act which deals 1d4 [[Con]] damage and removes the targeted body part.  Finally you may make [[SRD:Sunder|Sunder]] attempts without provoking attacks of opportunity.

'''{{Anchor|Taste Test}} {{Ex}}:''' With but a taste, a war cook can understand everything there is to know about an item.  By ingesting a piece of a substance, or licking it, over the course of 1 minute the war cook can duplicate the effect of ''[[Analyze Object (3.5e Spell)|analyze object]]'' as an extraordinary ability.  For liquids or something intended for consumption or absorption, it only takes a standard action.  Hazardous materials like poison still function, but the war cook rolls twice and takes better on any saving throws.  This sampling does not expend any potions or poisons or other items in the process of identifying them.

'''{{Anchor|Immunities}} {{Ex}}:''' At 3rd level and beyond, the war cook begins to acquire various immunities due to their ever-expanding diet.  They become immune to disease.  At 9th level they also become immune to poison.  Finally at 15th level, they gain immunity to sickening and nausea.

'''{{Anchor|Preservatives}} {{Su}}:''' Meals cool and rot, but with the power of special alchemical ingredients and enhanced containers or wraps the 3rd level war cook can keep anything fresh.  Over the course of 1 minute they can preserve an object up to 50 lbs or a 5 ft cube's worth, whichever is less.  The food or object does not rot or age and will persist forever until consumed.  However, the war cook can only have their spellcasting modifier ([[Intelligence]] or [[Wisdom]]) in preserved items at any one time, and may unpreserve an item as a free action.  Unpreserved items immediately suffer the rigors of time, possibly rotting completely away over the course of 1 round.  In the event of ability damage or penalty, preservations keep until you attempt to preserve again and may need to lower the number of preserved items in your stock.

'''{{Anchor|Eat Anything}} {{Ex}}:''' The 4th level war cook has a stomach of steel and a digestion that seems improbable.  They can consume any substance they can chew, even rotten flesh, gravel, or chemicals and gain nourishment from it.  Hazardous materials such as poison and lava still deal damage when ingested, but anything that goes down successfully is eventually digested.

'''{{Anchor|Instant Harvest}} {{Ex}}:''' The 5th level war cook who slays a creature with his physical attacks or his Cooking ability may immediately attempt to harvest them as an immediate action.  The transformed creature can either be consumed immediately as part of this action, held in hand, or dropped upon the ground in their former space to be picked up and consumed by anyone.

'''{{Anchor|Quick Consumer}} {{Su}}:''' A 5th level war cook has to eat on the go.  They can consume any consumable potion or potion-like material as a move action.

'''{{Anchor|Extra Feast}} {{Ex}}:''' Normally a creature can only benefit from one harvested meal at any one time, but the war cook has the stomach for many.  At 6th level, the war cook can benefit from one extra meal at once.  At 11th level this becomes two extra meals, and at 16th level this becomes three extra meals (for a total of four at once).

'''{{Anchor|You Are What You Eat}} {{Su}}:''' Once per day, the 7th level war cook can make a special meal out of their defeated foes.  Instead of the usual benefits of Harvest, they gain a Shift Meal.  If they then consume the Shift Meal, they transform into the creature the meal war harvested from as per ''[[SRD:Polymorph|polymorph]]'' so long as it is not a swarm nor incorporeal.  The transformation lasts for 1 hour/level (D), and like wildshape if the new form is unable to speak they are unable to use vocal components.  You are limited to non-unique creatures whose CR does not exceed your class level -2, and you cannot obtain any spells or spell-like abilities from the transformation.  Consuming this meal is a 1 round action that provokes attacks of opportunity, while reverting is a standard action.

'''{{Anchor|Adamantine Bite}} {{Ex}}:''' The 8th level war cook's bite attack becomes strong as diamonds.  Their teeth counts as adamantine, allowing them to bypass DR/adamantine and hardness up to 20.

'''{{Anchor|Really Eat Anything}} {{Ex}}:''' The 12th level war cook really can eat anything.  They take no penalties from consuming even harmful materials such as poison and lava, so long as they are careful to keep it to their lips, mouth, and beyond.

'''{{Anchor|Swift Cooking}}:''' At 13th level, the war cook can choose to use their Cooking ability as a swift action, but at a -5 penalty to their effective level.

'''''{{Anchor|Dinner Bell of Chaos}}'' {{Sp}}:''' Once per day as a standard action the 14th level war cook can ring a phantasmal dinner bell that fills targets within a 20 ft radius out to Medium range (100 ft + 10 ft/level) with an undying hunger.  This spell acts like ''[[SRD:Song of Discord|song of discord]]'' with the following changes.  Creatures in the area are rendered fatigued (no save) from hunger, which is not relieved until they eat a meal regardless of the saving throw and lasts beyond the spell duration.  When the user is driven to attack, they attack with their bite attacks (if any) or unarmed strike as they attempt to bite the target.  When food is shown, they must make another [[Will]] save against trying to eat the food (at least enough as a standard action).  They can only be tempted by new instances of food once per round, and only one per new food they become aware of.  This count as a 7th level spell (Compulsion, Mind-Affecting, and Sonic), using the ability modifier your spellcasting goes off of.

'''{{Anchor|Vampiric Bite}} {{Su}}:''' The bite attack of a 16th level war cook heals them as they bite out chunks of their opponents.  They take any damage done by the bite granted by the class as healing.

'''{{Anchor|Solve World Hunger}} {{Su}}:''' Over the course of 1 minute you can divide food in such a way that a single meal can feed 100, as if the food itself was multiplied.  This applies even to your harvest meals.  In addition you may cast ''[[SRD:Create Food and Water|create food and water]]'' at will, and the food can be anything within your skill rather than simple foods.  However these foods are always mundane and non-magical in nature.

'''{{Anchor|Indigestible}} {{Ex}}:''' The 18th level war cook has eaten everything, but they themselves are outside this cycle of eating.  They take minimum damage from bite attacks, and are immune to the effects of being swallowed whole or engulfed (other than being swallowed whole itself) including any bludgeoning and acid damage, poisons, and other effects of being within a stomach.  While they are not immune to acid damage, they now take half of all acid damage as non-lethal damage.

'''''{{Anchor|Potluck Vortex}}'' {{Sp}}:''' One per day as a full round action, the 19th level war cook can summon a magical pot of up to 10 ft cube in size.  With a great force a supernatural wind sucks in all opponents within 90 ft with a [[Fortitude]] save against [[SRD:Weather#Hurricane-Force_Wind|tornado force winds]].  On a successful save, they merely take a -4 to attack rolls for 1 round as they stagger.  If the wind is sufficient to move the creature, the winds pick up the creature and absorb them into the pot.  Any number of creatures can fit in the pot, even creatures to large for the pot itself, and creatures are entrapped in this stewing demiplane for 1d4+1 rounds.  Every round they remain in the pot they acquire a new flavor (no save) and take 5d6 fire damage (no save) which bypasses fire resistance and deals half damage to fire immunity.  At the end of the duration the pot explodes dealing 10d6 fire ([[Reflex]] half, bypassing resistances/immunities as before) and deposits them in the nearest valid spaces of your choice.

You can choose to detonate the pot early as a free action on your turn.  Creatures inside the pot have total cover, but cannot move or act other than use Personal abilities and at -20 to any Concentration checks.  The pot interior is under a ''[[SRD:Dimensional Lock|dimensional lock]]'' effect.  You can choose to exclude certain creatures from the wind.  This is considered a 9th level spell, using the ability modifier your spellcasting goes off of.

'''{{Anchor|Food of the Gods}} {{Su}}:''' The 20th level war cook can cook the ultimate meal over the course of 24 hours, a divine ambrosia that if ingested confers the eater biological immortality.  While most choose to consume this meal themselves, they could potentially offer it to others.  The immortal creature can even respawn from death if placed in a broth in a ritual that takes 8 hours (DC 40 Craft Cooking check) restoring them to life as per ''[[SRD:Resurection|resurrection]]''.  Knowledge of this immortality serum comes with knowledge of a meal which removes its protection.  If removed, you once again gain the ability to craft the immortality granting meal and gift it anew or grant it to yourself.  Most war cooks keep fellow cooks about so that if they perish, someone will be skilled enough to brew the broth that brings them back to life.
Article Balance	High +
Author	Eiji-kun +
Base Attack Bonus Progression	Good +
Class Ability	Prepared Divine Spellcasting +
Class Ability Progression	Minor +
Fortitude Save Progression	Good +
Identifier	3.5e Class +
Length	20 +
Minimum Level	0 +
Rating	Undiscussed +
Reflex Save Progression	Poor +
Skill	Appraise +, Climb +, Concentration +, Craft +, Decipher Script +, Diplomacy +, Gather Information +, Handle Animal +, Heal +, Intimidate +, Jump +, Knowledge +, Listen +, Perform +, Profession +, Search +, Sense Motive +, Sleight of Hand +, Speak Language +, Spellcraft +, Spot +, Survival +, Swim +, Tumble +, Use Magic Device + and Use Rope +
Skill Points	6 +
Summary	A magical warrior who turns their opponents into delicious meals. +
Title	War Cook +
Will Save Progression	Poor +