Recipes

Grassland Pheasant Skewers

DC 13

Skewers of tender pheasant breast grilled alongside golden prairie tubers and seasoned with whisper thyme. Juicy and aromatic, each skewer delivers a satisfying balance of savory and herbal flavors.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Golden Prairie Tubers, Grassland Pheasant
• Magical: Whisper Thyme
Divine

The pheasant is juicy, perfectly complemented by earthy tubers and whisper thyme’s subtle herbal aroma. A gentle alertness sharpens your mind.

Bonuses:

+2 to Intelligence and resistance to psychic damage.

💀Disastrous

Burned and tough, the pheasant meat is dry and flavorless. The tubers are charred black, and the whisper thyme tastes musty rather than fresh.

Ingredient Penalties:

-2 to Intelligence and vulnerability to psychic damage.

Frostbloom Biscuit Stack

DC 17

Thick biscuits stacked with snowmilk whip and frostbloom jam, chilled on mountain stones until just firm. A common dessert during highland festivals.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Biscuit Dough, Snowmilk
• Magical: Frostbloom
Divine

The biscuits are tender and the frostbloom adds a refreshing zing. A breath of icy focus clears your mind.

Bonuses:

Resistance to cold damage and advantage on Wisdom saving throws.

💀Disastrous

Dry and cold, the stack feels more like punishment than pleasure.

Ingredient Penalties:

Vulnerability to cold damage and disadvantage on Wisdom saving throws.

Mirefruit Hand Pie

DC 15

A flaky pastry filled with a tangy-sweet blend of mirefruit and ash sugar, baked over hot stones in swamp camps. Its aroma carries both an earthy warmth and sharp sweetness that lingers long after the bite.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Ash Sugar, Pastry Dough
• Magical: Mirefruit
Divine

The crust is crisp and golden, and the mirefruit filling strikes a perfect balance of tart and sweet. The pie warms the spirit and sharpens your awareness.

Bonuses:

Advantage on Wisdom Checks.

💀Disastrous

The filling is undercooked and sour, the crust burnt on one side and doughy on the other.

Ingredient Penalties:

Disadvantage on Wisdom Checks.

Stormbread

DC 20

A dense, crackling loaf that hums faintly with static. Made from skywheat, flash salt, and a rare tempest yolk, it is baked during a thunderstorm for maximum potency.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Skywheat, Flash Salt
• Magical: Tempest Yolk
Divine

The bread is warm and energizing, each bite releasing a pulse of electric clarity through your body.

Bonuses:

Resistance to lightning damage and advantage on Dexterity saving throws.

💀Disastrous

The bread is rubbery and tasteless, leaving your limbs twitchy and your mind foggy.

Ingredient Penalties:

Vulnerability to lightning damage and disadvantage on Dexterity saving throws.

Kelpheart Rice Cakes

DC 14

Rice patties mixed with chopped kelpheart vine, pan-seared to a crisp exterior and soft core. Common among sea-folk travelers.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Rice, Binder Paste
• Magical: Kelpheart Vine
Divine

A perfect texture and an earthy, savory flavor leave you feeling focused.

Bonuses:

+2 to Intelligence and resistance to necrotic damage.

💀Disastrous

Mushy inside and fishy in the worst way.

Ingredient Penalties:

-2 to Intelligence and vulnerability to necrotic damage.

Faelight Honeycrisp

DC 16

A delicate pastry filled with sweetened glimmergold fruit and brushed with faelight bark glaze, baked over a slow ember flame.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Pastry Shell, Honey Glaze
• Magical: Faelight Bark
Divine

Crisp and radiant, this treat fills you with arcane energy and clarity.

Bonuses:

+3 to Intelligence and advantage on Arcana checks.

💀Disastrous

Overbaked and sticky, the filling hardens and the glow fades.

Ingredient Penalties:

-3 to Intelligence and disadvantage on Arcana checks.

Blister Bites

DC 15

Small charred dumplings stuffed with hill garlic and chopped meat, blistered over flame until nearly black. Favored in orcish warcamps.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Dumpling Dough, Chopped Meat
• Magical: Hill Garlic
Divine

Bold and spicy, the dumplings fuel your aggression and pain tolerance

Bonuses:

Advantage on Constitution Saving Throws.

💀Disastrous

Bitter and rubbery, they leave your guts twisted.

Ingredient Penalties:

Disadvantage on Constitution Saving Throws.

Traveler’s Hearthbroth

DC 12

A simple soup favored by adventurers—root vegetables, wild mushrooms, and cured lizard meat simmered in a smoky broth. Served hot, it eases sore muscles and stiff joints.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Cured Lizard Meat, Ash Carrots
• Magical: Ashland Mushrooms
Divine

The broth is hearty and warming, every bite full of umami richness and soothing warmth.

Bonuses:

Advantage on Strength Checks.

💀Disastrous

The vegetables are mushy and the broth too thin. It provides little comfort and leaves you with a sluggish gut.

Ingredient Penalties:

Disadvantage on Strength Checks.

Glowlure Fritters

DC 16

Light fritters fried in lakeflower oil and filled with shredded root batter and glowing specks of glowlure algae. Each piece crackles when bitten and emits a soft shimmer in low light.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Lakeflower Oil, Shredded Root Batter
• Magical: Glowlure Algae
Divine

The fritters are crispy and golden, each bite bursting with tang and a pleasant fizz. A shimmering warmth rises behind your eyes.

Bonuses:

Darkvision (60 ft), Water Breathing, and advantage on Perception checks.

💀Disastrous

The fritters are soggy and dim, the algae’s glow faded. The flavor is oily and dull.

Ingredient Penalties:

Scared of the Dark (must make DC 10 WIS save to enter dark areas). Weak Lungs. 1d4 chance of drowning each round when submerged in water for more than 1 minute, and disadvantage on Perception checks.

Stonecrust Bread

DC 13

A heavy, dark loaf baked with stoneground grain and volcanic yeast, this bread has a crunchy crust and a soft interior laced with earthy flavor. It is a baker’s pride in volcanic settlements.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Stoneground Grain, Mountain Salt
• Magical: Volcanic Yeast
Divine

The bread is rustic and hearty, each slice a comforting mix of chew and crunch that seems to fill more than just your stomach.

Bonuses:

Resistance to fire damage and advantage on Constitution saving throws.

💀Disastrous

The crust is too hard to chew and the inside gummy. Hardly satisfying.

Ingredient Penalties:

Vulnerability to fire damage and disadvantage on Constitution saving throws.

Void Crystal Caviar

DC 28

Tiny spheres of concentrated void crystal fragments suspended in an ethereal gel, each one bursting with flavors that seem to exist beyond normal taste. The caviar appears to absorb light, creating small pools of darkness on the spoon.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Ethereal Gel Base, Planar Stabilizer
• Magical: Void Crystal Fragments
Divine

Each sphere pops with indescribable flavors that transcend mortal comprehension. Reality seems to bend around you as cosmic wisdom floods your consciousness.

Bonuses:

+4 to Wisdom and immunity to being stunned.

💀Disastrous

The spheres taste of emptiness and despair. Instead of enlightenment, you feel lost and disconnected from reality.

Ingredient Penalties:

-4 to Wisdom and Star Struck. You have a 1d4 chance of becoming Stunned at the start of each turn, until the start of your next turn.

Frost Lichen Soup

DC 15

A crystalline-clear broth infused with frost lichen and chunks of ice-root vegetables, served chilled in carved bone bowls. The soup has a refreshing, almost minty quality that cools from within.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Ice-Root Vegetables, Clear Broth
• Magical: Frost Lichen
Divine

The soup is refreshingly cool and clean, with a crisp, alpine freshness that seems to chill your very bones in the most pleasant way. Your mind feels sharp and focused.

Bonuses:

Advantage on Dexterity Saving Throws.

💀Disastrous

Watery and bland, the soup tastes of pond scum. The lichen is slimy and leaves an unpleasant film on your tongue.

Ingredient Penalties:

Disadvantage on Dexterity Saving Throws.

Stormcaller Crackling Bread

DC 18

A dense, dark bread infused with stormcaller powder that literally sparks and pops when eaten. The loaf hums faintly with electrical energy and must be baked during thunderstorms for proper activation.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Storm-Wheat Flour, Lightning Salt
• Magical: Stormcaller Powder
Divine

Each bite releases tiny, harmless sparks that dance across your tongue. The bread energizes your entire body, making you feel as though lightning courses through your veins.

Bonuses:

+2 to Dexterity and resistance to lightning damage.

💀Disastrous

The bread shocks your mouth painfully with each bite. Instead of energizing, it leaves you feeling jittery and uncomfortable.

Ingredient Penalties:

-2 to Dexterity and vulnerability to lightning damage.

Moonshade Crumble

DC 17

A delicate baked crumble of nightberries, starpetal dust, and flaky dreamgrain crust. Often served at twilight festivals or after intense rituals.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Dreamgrain, Starpetal Dust
• Magical: Nightberries
Divine

The crumble is celestial—tender, aromatic, and lightly sweet. A subtle glow lingers around your fingertips as your mind clears.

Bonuses:

Extended Darkvision (120 ft), advantage on Insight checks, and advantage on Arcana checks.

💀Disastrous

The crust collapses into mush, and the berries are bitter. Eating it dulls the senses and induces uneasy dreams.

Ingredient Penalties:

Scared of the Dark. You must make a DC 18 WIS Saving Throw to enter a dark or dimly-lit area,", disadvantage on Insight checks, and disadvantage on Arcana checks.

Thunderroot Flatbread

DC 16

Grilled flatbread infused with minced thunderroot and yellowroot cheese. Sparks tingle across your tongue with every bite.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Flatbread Dough, Yellowroot Cheese
• Magical: Thunderroot
Divine

Crisp on the outside, chewy within, with a vibrant zing that enlivens your muscles.

Bonuses:

+3 to Strength and resistance to thunder and lightning damage.

💀Disastrous

Tough, overbaked, and oddly metallic.

Ingredient Penalties:

-3 to Strength and vulnerability to thunder and lightning damage.

Salt Pearl Chowder

DC 21

A creamy coastal chowder simmered with salt pearls and diced root vegetables, usually cooked in a blackened pot over seaside fire pits.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Root Vegetables, Cream Base
• Magical: Salt Pearl
Divine

Rich and briny with a deep umami punch. You feel resilient.

Bonuses:

+2 to Intelligence and resistance to necrotic damage.

💀Disastrous

Over-salted, lumpy, and hard to stomach.

Ingredient Penalties:

-2 to Intelligence and vulnerability to necrotic damage.

Fallen Quill Meat Pie

DC 13

A beloved tavern classic, this meat pie combines savory cured meat, sharp yellowroot cheese, and crispy onionroot encased in flaky crust. Comforting and rich, it pairs perfectly with a mug of spiced ale.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Onionroot, Cured Boar
• Magical: Yellowroot Cheese
Divine

The crust is golden and buttery, with perfectly spiced meat and just enough tang from the cheese. A hearty dish that emboldens even the weariest traveler.

Bonuses:

+2 to Constitution and resistance to thunder damage.

💀Disastrous

The crust is soggy, the meat chewy, and the cheese curdles. The flavor is dull and leaves an unpleasant aftertaste.

Ingredient Penalties:

-2 to Constitution and vulnerability to thunder damage.

Blightbark Potato Bake

DC 15

Layers of sliced tuber and blightbark leaf, slow-baked in coals until fork-tender and aromatic.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Root Vegetables, Oil or Fat
• Magical: Blightbark Leaf
Divine

Herbaceous and rich, it steels your constitution.

Bonuses:

Resistance to poison damage and advantage on Constitution saving throws.

💀Disastrous

Slimy leaves and grainy potatoes leave you queasy.

Ingredient Penalties:

Vulnerability to poison damage and disadvantage on Constitution saving throws.

Starlace Wafers

DC 14

Thin, floral crisps made from skywheat and citrus thistle, often shared during stargazing rituals.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Skywheat, Floral Syrup
• Magical: Citrus Thistle
Divine

Light and fragrant, the wafers spark focus and insight.

Bonuses:

+1 to Intelligence and resistance to radiant damage.

💀Disastrous

Crumbly and bland, they leave a dry bitterness.

Ingredient Penalties:

-1 to Intelligence and vulnerability to radiant damage.

Smoldercap Jerky

DC 16

Thin slices of smoked meat dried with crushed smoldercap mushrooms and ash sugar, wrapped in waxed cloth for travel.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Meat Strips, Ash Sugar
• Magical: Smoldercap Mushrooms
Divine

Smoky and savory with a lingering sweetness. You feel alert and resilient.

Bonuses:

Advantage on Perception checks and resistance to poison damage.

💀Disastrous

Dry as ash and tasting of mold.

Ingredient Penalties:

Disadvantage on Perception checks and vulnerability to poison damage.

Ashcakes with Fireberry Jam

DC 11

Popular among roadside taverns, these fluffy flatbreads are cooked over an open flame and served with sweet-and-spicy fireberry jam. A quick pick-me-up for weary travelers.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Ashland Grain, Goat’s Milk
• Magical: Fireberries
Divine

Soft and warm with a crispy edge, the ashcakes carry a subtle char that complements the fiery sweetness of the jam.

Bonuses:

Gain 3+1d6 Maximum Hit Points and resistance to fire damage.

💀Disastrous

The cakes are undercooked in the center and burnt on the outside, the jam too cloying.

Ingredient Penalties:

Lose 3+1d6 Maximum Hit Points and vulnerability to fire damage.

The Golden Stacks

DC 19

Towering stacks of fluffy pancakes drizzled generously with flapjack maple sap, creating golden rivulets that seem to glow with inner warmth. Favored by the intrepid wizard Wafflefoot, this indulgent breakfast is said to fuel both body and magical reserves.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Cloudwheat Flour, Fresh Cream
• Magical: Flapjack Maple Sap
Divine

The pancakes are impossibly light and fluffy, while the maple sap adds a rich, magical sweetness that seems to fortify your very essence. You feel energized and ready for adventure.

Bonuses:

+2 to Constitution and resistance to cold damage.

💀Disastrous

The pancakes are dense and soggy, the sap has crystallized into an unpleasantly sticky mess that coats your teeth. Instead of energy, you feel sluggish and overfull.

Ingredient Penalties:

-2 to Constitution and vulnerability to cold damage.

Sunrise Scones

DC 12

Buttery scones studded with tart sunrise berries and glazed with a drizzle of honeydew syrup. Often served with tea or in celebration of a successful harvest.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Ashland Butter, Honeydew Syrup
• Magical: Sunrise Berries
Divine

Light, fluffy, and gently sweetened, these scones boost the mood and bring a touch of cheer.

Bonuses:

Advantage on Wisdom saving throws.

💀Disastrous

Dry and crumbly, the berries too sour and the glaze overly sticky.

Ingredient Penalties:

Disadvantage on Wisdom saving throws.

Kraken Ink Risotto

DC 26

A luxurious black risotto made with kraken ink concentrate slowly stirred into pearl-grain rice. The dish writhes slightly as if alive, and eating it grants glimpses of the deepest ocean trenches.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Pearl-Grain Rice, Deep Sea Salt
• Magical: Kraken Ink Concentrate
Divine

The risotto is impossibly rich and complex, each grain infused with the essence of the deep sea. Ancient oceanic wisdom floods your mind with each bite.

Bonuses:

+4 to Intelligence and immunity to exhaustion.

💀Disastrous

The risotto is slimy and tastes overwhelmingly of brine and decay. Instead of wisdom, you feel only confusion and nausea.

Ingredient Penalties:

-4 to Intelligence and Tired. Gain one level of Exhaustion.

Starlight Petal Tea Cakes

DC 14

Delicate, small cakes made with finely ground flour and studded with crushed starlight petals, baked until they shimmer faintly in low light. Often served with evening tea during celestial celebrations.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Fine Flour, Honey
• Magical: Starlight Petals
Divine

The cakes are tender and subtly sweet, with a faint luminescence that dances across your fingertips. Each bite brings a sense of wonder and connection to the cosmos.

Bonuses:

Advantage on Religion Checks.

💀Disastrous

Dry and crumbly, the cakes taste of chalk. The petals have lost their glow and add only a bitter, dusty flavor.

Ingredient Penalties:

Disadvantage on Religion Checks.

Phoenix Ember Flambé

DC 27

An otherworldly dessert where delicate pastry is filled with molten fruit compote and dusted with phoenix feather dust. When served, the dish literally ignites with harmless, golden flames that dance for minutes before settling into a warm glow.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Delicate Pastry, Molten Fruit Compote
• Magical: Phoenix Feather Dust
Divine

The pastry is impossibly light, the compote flows like liquid fire, and the phoenix flames warm you from within. You feel reborn, as if touched by immortal flame.

Bonuses:

+4 to Constitution and immunity to being petrified.

💀Disastrous

The pastry burns your mouth, the compote is scalding, and the flames sputter out immediately. You feel drained and weakened by the failed magic.

Ingredient Penalties:

-4 to Constitution and Rock On. You have a 1d4 chance of becoming Petrified at the start of each turn, until the start of your next turn.

Blightbark Quiche

DC 16

A savory tart made with blightbark leaf, rustroot, and smoked lizard egg custard. Originally an underdark delicacy adapted for surface dwellers.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Smoked Lizard Egg, Rustroot
• Magical: Blightbark Leaf
Divine

The quiche is rich and herbaceous, with a smoky backbone and just enough edge from the rustroot. It leaves you feeling toughened and steely.

Bonuses:

Resistance to poison damage and advantage on Constitution saving throws.

💀Disastrous

Overbaked and rubbery. The rustroot dominates the flavor, and your stomach churns.

Ingredient Penalties:

Vulnerability to poison damage and disadvantage on Constitution saving throws.

Golden Tuber Cakes

DC 13

Pan-seared cakes of mashed golden prairie tubers and rustroot, crisped on flat stones until golden.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Rustroot, Binding Meal
• Magical: Golden Prairie Tubers
Divine

Warm, fluffy centers and crisp edges make for hearty sustenance.

Bonuses:

Advantage on Constitution Checks.

💀Disastrous

Dense and mealy, with an acrid aftertaste.

Ingredient Penalties:

Disadvantage on Constitution Checks.

Hilltop Hare Roast

DC 16

Juicy roasted hare seasoned generously with crushed hill garlic and a glaze of amberberry syrup. The meat is tender, infused with rich herbal aromas and finished with a subtle sweetness that delights the palate.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Hill Garlic, Wild Hare
• Magical: Amberberry
Divine

Perfectly cooked, the hare is succulent and rich, each bite bursting with flavor from the hill garlic and sweetened by amberberry syrup. A surge of vitality energizes your limbs.

Bonuses:

+2 to Dexterity and resistance to fire damage.

💀Disastrous

Overcooked, tough, and dry, the hare is nearly inedible. The garlic is acrid and overpowering, and the syrup has burned, creating a bitter caramel crust.

Ingredient Penalties:

-2 to Dexterity and vulnerability to fire damage.

Skywheat Crackers & Citrus Thistle Cream

DC 15

Crunchy crackers made from skywheat and served with a tangy citrus thistle cream, typically roasted near alpine peaks.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Skywheat Flour, Cream Base
• Magical: Citrus Thistle
Divine

The crisp texture and tart topping revitalize your thoughts.

Bonuses:

+1 to Intelligence and resistance to radiant damage.

💀Disastrous

Stale, gritty, and the cream tastes off.

Ingredient Penalties:

-1 to Intelligence and vulnerability to radiant damage.

Starpetal Hearth Cake

DC 15

A soft, sweet bun filled with spiced jam and sprinkled with starpetal dust, baked in campfire embers.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Sweet Bun Dough, Preserved Jam
• Magical: Starpetal Dust
Divine

Each bite sparkles with warmth and wonder.

Bonuses:

Advantage on Arcana Checks.

💀Disastrous

Dry, overcooked, and the dust scorches the tongue.

Ingredient Penalties:

Disadvantage on Arcana Checks.

Whisperwind Loaf

DC 15

An herb-infused bread made with whisper thyme and baked slowly in an enchanted clay dome to retain aromatic potency.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Loaf Dough, Wild Fennel
• Magical: Whisper Thyme
Divine

Soft and fragrant, the loaf brings mental clarity and quiet strength.

Bonuses:

+2 to Intelligence and resistance to psychic damage.

💀Disastrous

Dense and sour, it leaves your mind dull and distracted.

Ingredient Penalties:

-2 to Intelligence and vulnerability to psychic damage.

Bloodbark Burnt Toast

DC 13

Crusty blackened bread brushed with fermented blightbark leaf paste, cooked on open coals and often eaten with bare hands.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Stale Bread, Coarse Salt
• Magical: Blightbark Leaf
Divine

Harsh, bitter, but oddly invigorating.

Bonuses:

Resistance to poison damage and advantage on Constitution saving throws.

💀Disastrous

Charred into inedibility, it causes a rumbling stomach ache.

Ingredient Penalties:

Vulnerability to poison damage and disadvantage on Constitution saving throws.

Ancient Heartwood Honey Cakes

DC 29

Sacred cakes made with ancient treant heartwood shavings and wild forest honey, baked in hollowed-out acorn shells over a fire of fallen branches. Each cake pulses gently with the slow heartbeat of ancient forests.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Wild Forest Honey, Acorn Shell Molds
• Magical: Ancient Treant Heartwood
Divine

The cakes taste of centuries of forest wisdom, honey aged beyond memory, and the deep patience of trees. You feel connected to all living things.

Bonuses:

+4 to Charisma and immunity to being stunned.

💀Disastrous

The cakes are woody and bitter, like chewing bark. Instead of wisdom, you feel only the crushing weight of endless time.

Ingredient Penalties:

-4 to Charisma and Star Struck. You have a 1d4 chance of becoming Stunned at the start of each turn, until the start of your next turn.

Crimson Crust Tarts

DC 14

Flaky pastry shells filled with warm crimson fig preserves, these tarts are a staple among caravans and fancy inns alike. A dusting of ash sugar finishes each one with a hint of bitterness and complexity.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Ash Sugar, Butterflour
• Magical: Crimson Figs
Divine

The crust is crisp and buttery, the filling sweet and rich with a whisper of smoky undertone. Each bite lifts the spirit.

Bonuses:

+3 to Charisma and immunity to being frightened.

💀Disastrous

The crust is dense and underbaked, the preserves overly tart. The bitterness lingers unpleasantly.

Ingredient Penalties:

-3 to Charisma and you are Spooked. You have a 1d4 chance of becoming Frightened at the start of each turn, until the start of your next turn.

Ashcap Stew

DC 15

A dark, bubbling stew made with earthy ashcap fungus, tender flakes of smoked trout, and bitterroot simmered in an ironbark broth. The aroma is deep and woodsy, tinged with the promise of heat that builds with every bite.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Smoked Trout, Bitterroot
• Magical: Ashcap Fungus
Divine

The stew is bold and balanced—the bitterness of the root rounded by the savory trout and the lingering burn of the ashcap. It leaves a heat in the belly and clarity in the senses.

Bonuses:

+1 to Constitution and resistance to fire damage.

💀Disastrous

Overpowering bitterness overwhelms the tongue, and the fungus is chewy and chalky. A numbing fatigue settles in quickly.

Ingredient Penalties:

-1 to Constitution and vulnerability to fire damage.

Shadowleaf Mushroom Skewers

DC 14

Wild mushrooms wrapped in dark shadowleaf and threaded on wooden skewers with mountain herbs, grilled over an open flame until the leaves crisp and the mushrooms release their earthy juices.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Wild Mushrooms, Wooden Skewers
• Magical: Shadowleaf, Mountain Herbs
Divine

The shadowleaf imparts a subtle, smoky bitterness that perfectly complements the earthy mushrooms. The mountain herbs add a bright, aromatic finish that lingers pleasantly on the palate.

Bonuses:

Advantage on Stealth Checks.

Advantage on Athletics Checks.

💀Disastrous

The shadowleaf is burnt and acrid, overwhelming the mushrooms with bitter char. The herbs taste dusty and stale.

Ingredient Penalties:

Disadvantage on Stealth Checks.

Disadvantage on Athletics Checks.

Ironbark Smoked Ribs

DC 19

Massive ribs from highland beasts, rubbed with coarse salt and slowly smoked over ironbark essence-infused coals for days until the meat falls off the bone. The essence penetrates deep, creating an almost metallic richness.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Highland Beast Ribs, Coarse Salt
• Magical: Ironbark Essence
Divine

The meat is impossibly tender, practically melting in your mouth. The ironbark essence adds a deep, complex smokiness with hints of metal and earth that strengthen your very bones.

Bonuses:

+2 to Strength and resistance to slashing damage.

💀Disastrous

Tough and chewy, the meat tastes overpoweringly of ash and metal. The essence has made it bitter and nearly inedible.

Ingredient Penalties:

-2 to Strength and vulnerability to slashing damage.

Smoldercap Grilled Mushrooms

DC 15

Thick slices of smoldercap mushrooms, infused with the pungent earthiness of ember sage, are grilled until their edges blacken slightly and their smoky aroma fills the air. The mushrooms remain juicy, offering a hearty bite that reveals the gentle sweetness of honeyed moss glaze beneath the smoke.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Honeyed Moss Glaze, Ember Sage
• Magical: Smoldercap Mushrooms
Divine

The mushrooms are grilled to perfection, their edges crisp yet their interiors lush and succulent. The ember sage's aromatic smoke melds flawlessly with the mushrooms' natural earthiness, while the honeyed moss glaze provides a delicate sweetness that lingers on the palate. Each bite leaves a feeling of tranquility and enhanced awareness.

Bonuses:

Advantage on Perception checks and resistance to poison damage.

💀Disastrous

The mushrooms are badly charred, the ember sage overpowering and bitter. The honeyed moss glaze has burnt, leaving a sticky, acrid residue that coats the tongue unpleasantly. The mushrooms themselves are tough, offering little satisfaction.

Ingredient Penalties:

Disadvantage on Perception checks and vulnerability to poison damage.

Frostbloom Shortcake

DC 18

A wintry dessert built of chilled biscuit layers, frostbloom jam, and snowmilk whip. Traditionally served during first snow.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Ashland Flour, Snowmilk
• Magical: Frostbloom
Divine

The layers are perfectly cold yet tender, the jam vibrantly tart, and the whip ethereal. Each bite feels like a breath of mountain air.

Bonuses:

Resistance to cold damage and advantage on Wisdom saving throws.

💀Disastrous

The biscuits are dry and icy, the jam too sharp. The dessert saps warmth and leaves you sluggish.

Ingredient Penalties:

Vulnerability to cold damage and disadvantage on Wisdom saving throws.

Lakeside Lotus Stew

DC 14

Tender chunks of lake trout simmered gently with petals from the rare midnight lotus and wild watercress. The broth is clear yet flavorful, infused with subtle floral notes that refresh the senses and rejuvenate the spirit.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Lake Trout, Wild Watercress
• Magical: Midnight Lotus
Divine

The stew is vibrant and revitalizing, the fish perfectly flaky and the midnight lotus imparting a gentle, tranquil essence. A warmth spreads through your body, leaving you feeling invigorated.

Bonuses:

Advantage on Wisdom saving throws and resistance to cold damage.

💀Disastrous

The stew is bland and watery, the fish undercooked and slimy. The midnight lotus petals taste bitter, overwhelming the dish with an unpleasant floral aftertaste.

Ingredient Penalties:

Disadvantage on Wisdom saving throws and vulnerability to cold damage.

Glimmergold Tart

DC 19

A radiant tart filled with citrus-thistle custard and topped with glimmergold fruit slices. This glowing dish is known to spark clarity of mind and enhance magical sensitivity.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Citrus Thistle, Sweetgrain Flour
• Magical: Glimmergold Fruit
Divine

The crust shatters gently under the fork, the custard zings with flavor, and the fruit radiates subtle light.

Bonuses:

+2 on all attack rolls and resistance to radiant damage.

💀Disastrous

The tart is dry and sour, the fruit dull and waxy. A dulling headache follows.

Ingredient Penalties:

-2 on all attack rolls and vulnerability to radiant damage.

Fireberry Glazed Skewers

DC 16

Grilled meat or mushroom skewers lacquered with a sweet and spicy fireberry glaze. The scent alone makes mouths water.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Meat or Mushrooms, Cooking Oil
• Magical: Fireberries
Divine

Perfectly charred with a bite of heat, leaving you feeling invincible.

Bonuses:

Gain 3+1d6 Maximum Hit Points and resistance to fire damage.

💀Disastrous

Burnt, bitter, and eye-watering.

Ingredient Penalties:

Lose 3+1d6 Maximum Hit Points and vulnerability to fire damage.

Moonleaf Petal Porridge

DC 15

A light, warming porridge made from dreamgrain and infused with nightberries and moonleaf petals, traditionally served at the close of elven ceremonies.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Dreamgrain, Moonleaf Petals
• Magical: Nightberries
Divine

Silky-smooth and delicately sweet, the dish heightens clarity and inner peace.

Bonuses:

Extended Darkvision (120 ft), advantage on Insight checks, and advantage on Arcana checks.

💀Disastrous

Bitter and congealed, it dulls your senses and unsettles your dreams.

Ingredient Penalties:

Scared of the Dark. You must make a DC 18 WIS Saving Throw to enter a dark or dimly-lit area,", disadvantage on Insight checks, and disadvantage on Arcana checks.

Charred Mire Stew

DC 14

A bubbling, greasy stew made of bogroot tubers and mirefruit, boiled in a cracked iron pot over open flame. A favorite among goblin raiders.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Bogroot Tuber, Rendered Fat
• Magical: Mirefruit
Divine

Rich and pungent, the stew delivers a potent burst of energy and awareness.

Bonuses:

Advantage on Wisdom Checks.

💀Disastrous

Acrid, slimy, and unsettlingly bitter.

Ingredient Penalties:

Disadvantage on Wisdom Checks.

Rustroot Grit Cakes

DC 14

Flat cakes mixed with rustroot and gristle, pan-fried until brittle. Popular among goblin scouts.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Gristle Meal, Animal Drippings
• Magical: Rustroot
Divine

Chewy and peppery, they grant unexpected endurance.

Bonuses:

Advantage on Constitution Checks.

💀Disastrous

Crumbly and harsh on the stomach.

Ingredient Penalties:

Disadvantage on Constitution Checks.

Winter's Fury Stew

DC 16

A hearty, warming stew made with chunks of mountain game, root vegetables, and the striking blue frostmark petals that release their essence when simmered. Favored by those in the north, this dish is said to grant the strength to endure the harshest blizzards.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Mountain Game, Hardy Root Vegetables
• Magical: Frostmark Petals
Divine

The stew burns with warming spice and the frostmark petals add an unexpected cooling contrast that strengthens your core. You feel ready to face any winter storm.

Bonuses:

+1 to Strength and resistance to cold damage.

💀Disastrous

The petals have turned bitter and overpowering, making the stew taste like frozen mud. The conflicting temperatures leave you feeling queasy and weak.

Ingredient Penalties:

-1 to Strength and vulnerability to cold damage.

Obsidianflame Pudding

DC 18

A decadent dessert of black molten pudding infused with emberleaf extract and studded with molten sugar shards. Served hot, the pudding has a slow-burning heat and a complex, bittersweet flavor.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Molten Sugar Crystals, Ashland Cream
• Magical: Emberleaf Extract
Divine

The pudding flows like liquid fire, rich and velvety with a perfectly balanced bitter-sweetness and a warming, euphoric spice.

Bonuses:

Resistance to fire damage and advantage on Dexterity saves.

💀Disastrous

The pudding is lumpy, the sugar shards burned and bitter. It scorches the throat unpleasantly.

Ingredient Penalties:

Vulnerability to fire damage and disadvantage on Dexterity saves.

Ashen Root Stew

DC 14

The root has softened into tender chunks, releasing its mild bitterness into a rich, savory broth. The blister garlic has mellowed into a peppery heat that lingers pleasantly. It fills the belly with warmth and leaves a smoky aftertaste like a campfire in the distance.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Blister Garlic, Bone Broth
• Magical: Ashen Root
Divine

The stew is thick, almost velvety, with the ashen root melting on the tongue like spiced butter. The garlic sings through each bite—bold, yet refined—binding the smoky bone broth into a harmonious blend of umami, heat, and depth. It leaves you full, but craving one more spoonful.

Bonuses:

+1 to all ability checks and saving throws.

💀Disastrous

The ashen root is undercooked—fibrous, bitter, and chalky on the tongue. The broth is thin, acrid, and burns the back of the throat with raw blister garlic. A greasy film floats on the surface, and every bite reminds you of something that should’ve stayed buried.

Ingredient Penalties:

-1 to all ability checks and saving throws.

Windgrass Flatbread

DC 13

A remarkably light flatbread made with windgrass flour that seems to almost float when properly prepared. The dough is kneaded with prairie oil and cooked on hot stones until it puffs with air pockets.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Prairie Oil, Sea Salt
• Magical: Windgrass
Divine

The bread is impossibly light and airy, each bite dissolving on the tongue like a cloud. A gentle warmth spreads through your limbs, making you feel lighter on your feet.

Bonuses:

Advantage on Acrobatics Checks.

💀Disastrous

Dense and heavy, the bread sits like a stone in your stomach. The windgrass tastes bitter and fibrous.

Ingredient Penalties:

Disadvantage on Acrobatics Checks.

Glacier Crystal Sorbet

DC 20

A mystical frozen dessert made by slowly churning glacier heart crystal shavings into sweetened snow-cream until it forms ethereal, ice-blue crystals that never fully melt on the tongue.

Ingredients

• Mundane: Snow-Cream, Crystallized Sugar
• Magical: Glacier Heart Crystal
Divine

The sorbet is transcendent—each spoonful dissolves into pure, cold clarity that seems to freeze time itself. Your thoughts become crystal clear and your spirit feels renewed.

Bonuses:

+2 to Wisdom and resistance to cold damage.

💀Disastrous

The sorbet is jagged and painful to eat, the crystals cutting your tongue. Instead of refreshing, it leaves you feeling drained and hollow.

Ingredient Penalties:

-2 to Wisdom and vulnerability to cold damage.