- Adventuring is a hard life. With a cook along on the journey, your meals will be much better than the typical mix of hardtack and dried fruit. - **Components.** Cook’s utensils include a metal pot, knives, forks, a stirring spoon, and a ladle. - **[History](https://www.dndbeyond.com/compendium/rules/basic-rules/using-ability-scores#History).** Your knowledge of cooking techniques allows you to assess the social patterns involved in a culture’s eating habits. - **[Medicine](https://www.dndbeyond.com/compendium/rules/basic-rules/using-ability-scores#Medicine).** When administering treatment, you can transform medicine that is bitter or sour into a pleasing concoction. - **[Survival](https://www.dndbeyond.com/compendium/rules/basic-rules/using-ability-scores#Survival).** When foraging for food, you can make do with ingredients you scavenge that others would be unable to transform into nourishing meals. - **Prepare Meals.** As part of a short rest, you can prepare a tasty meal that helps your companions regain their strength. You and up to five creatures of your choice regain 1 extra hit point per Hit Die spent during a short rest, provided you have access to your cook’s utensils and sufficient food. - {{[[table]]}} - **Activity** - **DC** - Create a typical meal - 10 - Duplicate a meal - 10 - Spot poison or impurities in food - 15 - Create a gourmet meal - 15