ingredients in the dish. generated by this check may be social experience to further improve a party’s used by the GM to upgrade the relationship and ease their mind after stressing following skillcheck or add Setback encounters. A PC may follow the steps dice . Conversly, the use of exotic or described below in order to prepare a meal rare ingredients, along with spices that can alleviate the groups strain. brought along in their inventory, It’s encouraged to name the meal and its key allows the player to add Boost dice ingredients in order to keep the players to the check. immersed and encourage further roleplaying. 3. The player then assembles a dice pool for cooking. They may choose whether 1. Dishes available depend on ingredients to attempt the roll with Knowledge present along with the knowledgebase (Education) or Survival, although the of the cook. GM may request one of the two, given Recipes can be used to substitute specific circumstances. knowledge of the recipe. Cookbooks, The amount of Difficulty dice added datapads and droid memory are valid depends on the complexity of the meal sources of recipes. and the time spent on it, see the table Should any of the recipients belong to below. The GM and player should an uncommon alien species, the GM agree on this. may request a Knowledge (Xenology) 4. On a successful roll, the PC creates a check to determine if the recipe and meal, with enough portions for the its designated contents are suitable for entire party. Every additional may their digestive system. be converted into . Each allows 2. Ingredients can be items within the the characters to recover one strain. player’s inventory or found in the means the meal suffices for a environment. Depending on the second helping; the recovery effect environment, the GM may request may be applied a second time. Knowledge checks from the player. A cook always knows their own kitchen, Should the check generate or and those found in an urban , the food is spoilt, characters environment or on a starship, are need to pass an Average ( ) usually easy to navigate. In an Survival check to avoid taking strain outdoors environment, an Easy ( ) or equal to the amount of or . Average ( ) Survival or Knowledge The additional described in the (Xenology) may be used to determine “Special” column of the table are not the viability of plants and creatures as added to a spoilt meal. Add to the result. Basic knowledge, no Ignore any . Quick Snack Easy ( ) 5-15 minutes recipe or cookbook May be prepared without required. any means of heating. Requires a method of heating the ingredients Basic Lunch Easy ( ) 20-30 minutes Add to the result. (Kitchen, Campfire, Hot Plate, Camp Stove)
The PC needs to know
the recipe or have a source available. Common Dinner Average ( ) 1 hour Requires a method of heating the ingredients (Kitchen, Campfire, Hot Plate, Camp Stove)
The PC needs to know
the recipe or have a source available. Upon a successful roll, Wholesome Meal Average ( ) 1.5 hours Requires access to a gain . kitchen, Mess Kit or Field Kitchen.
The PC needs to know
the recipe or have a source available. Upon a successful roll, Hearty Supper Hard ( ) 2 hours Requires access to a gain . kitchen, Mess Kit or Field Kitchen.
The PC needs to know
the recipe or have a Multiple Course Upon a successful roll, Hard ( ) 3+ hours source available. Dinner gain and . Requires access to a kitchen.
Gain for each
The PC needs to know character offering to help. the recipe or have a They do not need to Delicious Feast Daunting ( ) 3+ hours source available. perform any skill checks. Requires access to a Upon a successful roll, well equipped kitchen. gain and .
The PC needs to know
the recipe or have a Gain for each source available. character offering to help. Requires access to a They do not need to Glorious Banquet Daunting ( ) 6+ hours well equipped kitchen. perform any skill checks. This meal cannot be Upon a successful roll, cooked without the this meal recovers all assistance of other strain. characters.
(Margins of Literature) Hassan Melehy - Writing Cogito - Montaigne, Descartes, and The Institution of The Modern Subject (1997, State University of New York Press)