Baker Mage OCC

Baker Mage O.C.C. by Stone Gargoyle

The specialization of the Baker is creating culinary masterpieces and dessert and pastry items to impress and delight.

Special Abilities of the Baker Mage

1. Culinary Excellence: Foodstuffs created by the regular methods and not by spell to create them have either an Awe Factor or Horror Factor, depending on the type, of 7 +1d4, increasing by +1 at levels 3, 6, 9, 12 and 15. The Baker must actively be decorating cakes or such to draw attention. Everyone watching will have to save, those failing less likely to notice things around them (those sneaking past or around are +15% to their prowl skill). Even being roused by danger or combat they are without initiative, lose one melee attack, and are -1 to all combat actions (-5% to skill performance, too) for 1 melee round.

2. Measuring Eye: The Baker is +4 to Perception rolls.

3. Master Chef: The Baker believes he is greater than he is, but this provides certain bonuses. The baker gains +2 vs. Mind Control and +2 vs. Awe Factor and Horror Factor on top of any other bonuses.

4. Spell Knowledge: Unlike other magic users, the Baker Mage's magic knowledge is limited to Baker Magic and only a handful of Wizard spells. The mage starts with 8 +1d6 Baker Magic spells selected from levels 1-4 and 1d4 Wizard spells selected from levels 1-2. At each level of experience thereafter, the mage may select three additional Baker spells up to two levels above his current level of experience, or two Wizard spells from levels one and two. Additional types of Available Spell Magic: The Baker Mage can NOT learn to perform ritual magic, only spell magic, and even then the types of magic he can learn are limited to Baker Magic levels 1-6, usually learned for the purposes of purifying food, Wizard spells from levels 1-6 as well as Wizard spells dealing with food manipulation. The Baker Mage will never learn combat magic of any kind.
Base PPE: PE attribute x3 +3d6. The Baker Mage will gain 2d6 PPE per level of experience. OCC Bonuses: +1 IQ, +1d4+1 to MA, +2 to ME, +4 to save vs. Illusions, and +1 to save vs. Horror Factor at levels 2, 4, 6, 8 and 12 (in addition to any other attribute bonuses, special abilities, RCC bonuses and any bonuses provided by Master Chef.

5. Notes: Each Baker Mage possesses his own equipment which he will not let others use.

6.Alignment: Any, but typically Principled, Anarchist, Aberrant or Diabolic.

7.Attribute Requirements: An IQ of 14 and an MA of 13 or higher. A high ME and PE are useful but not required.

8. Special Skill: Baking: The baker is skilled in knowing how much heat and in what measure ingredients must be added to successfully create tasty dessert items, pastries and other foodstuff. A failed roll means his cake fell,the cookies were burnt or hard, orit just tastes bad. Base Skill: 30%,+5% per level. Adds +15% to the Cook skill.

9. Specialty Skill: Lore: Recipes: The baker knows the stories surrounding the invention of different desserts and breads. Base Skill: 60%, +5% per level.

10. O.C.C. Skills:

Cook (+30%)

Basic Math (+30%)

Writing (+10%)

Research (+20%; recipe related)

Chemistry (+20%)

Chemistry: Analytical (+20%)

Chemistry: Pharmaceutical (+20%)

Botany (+30%)

Brewing (20%)

Masonry (+10%)

Fasting (+20%)

Preserve Food (+30%)

Identify Palnts and Fruits (+30%)

W.P. Blunt (for use of pots, pans and rolling pins as weapons)

One additional skill program of choice (+5%)

+1d6+5 secondary skills