Xjyuk

A delve into extraordinary chess problems: Selfmate 1

Can Northern Ireland's border issue be solved by repartition?

What exactly did this mechanic sabotage on the American Airlines 737, and how dangerous was it?

Do we have any particular tonal center in mind when we are NOT listening music?

Why weren't the Death Star plans transmitted electronically?

Is this Portent-like spell balanced?

Do wheelchair aircraft exist?

Is it impolite to ask for an in-flight catalogue with no intention of buying?

How do I set a custom order for folders on Windows 7 and 10?

Building a nine - region cluster chart with Tooltip to display labels associated with 2D points

Is the mass of paint relevant in rocket design?

Examples of "unsuccessful" theories with afterlives

Hiking with a mule or two?

What is the need of methods like GET and POST in the HTTP protocol?

How to justify a team increase when the team is doing good?

My manager quit. Should I agree to defer wage increase to accommodate budget concerns?

Does the Prepare Food ability from Cook's Utensils stack?

What is the meaning of word 'crack' in chapter 33 of A Game of Thrones?

What is the meaning of "heutig" in this sentence?

while loop factorial only works up to 20?

What is the difference between an astronaut in the ISS and a freediver in perfect neutral buoyancy?

Is it possible to encode a message in such a way that can only be read by someone or something capable of seeing into the very near future?

Could Apollo astronauts see city lights from the moon?

A high quality contribution but an annoying error is present in my published article

Does the Prepare Food ability from Cook's Utensils stack?

When a creature is hit with more than one fireball simultaneously, do they take damage from all of them?If two Lore Bards used the Cutting Words feature on an ability check or attack, would they stack?Do proficencies with one thing from multiple different sources stack?Do bonuses from proficiency and Fighting Style stack?What are the restrictions on the use of Slayer's Prey?Does the Medic feature negate the +CON modifier healing when resting?Are long rest “activities” performed in addition to sleep, or instead of sleep?Is my adaptation of the Battle Master as a Wizard subclass balanced relative to other Wizard subclasses and to the original Battle Master?Is this homebrew Elementalist Fighter class balanced?Is this homebrew Supernatural warlock patron (v2) balanced?Is this homebrew druid Circle of Chaos (2.0) balanced?Which ability applies to cooking meals with Cook's Utensils?

.everyoneloves__top-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__mid-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__bot-mid-leaderboard:empty margin-bottom:0;

4

$begingroup$

Here's the relevant ability from Xanathar's guide to Everything:

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.

This ability comes as part of proficiency with cook's utensils.

Does this ability stack? Is there anything in the rules that would prevent it from stacking? I have a group where we allow custom backgrounds (per the rules in PHB), and three players out of the five independently took cook's utensils. I'm wondering if they all get +3 healing per Hit Die.

dnd-5e proficiency

share|improve this question

asked 10 hours ago

DacromirDacromir

6,29811 gold badge2626 silver badges5858 bronze badges

$endgroup$

add a comment
 | 

4

$begingroup$

Here's the relevant ability from Xanathar's guide to Everything:

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.

This ability comes as part of proficiency with cook's utensils.

Does this ability stack? Is there anything in the rules that would prevent it from stacking? I have a group where we allow custom backgrounds (per the rules in PHB), and three players out of the five independently took cook's utensils. I'm wondering if they all get +3 healing per Hit Die.

dnd-5e proficiency

share|improve this question

asked 10 hours ago

DacromirDacromir

6,29811 gold badge2626 silver badges5858 bronze badges

$endgroup$

add a comment
 | 

$begingroup$

Here's the relevant ability from Xanathar's guide to Everything:

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.

This ability comes as part of proficiency with cook's utensils.

Does this ability stack? Is there anything in the rules that would prevent it from stacking? I have a group where we allow custom backgrounds (per the rules in PHB), and three players out of the five independently took cook's utensils. I'm wondering if they all get +3 healing per Hit Die.

dnd-5e proficiency

share|improve this question

asked 10 hours ago

DacromirDacromir

6,29811 gold badge2626 silver badges5858 bronze badges

$endgroup$

share|improve this question

asked 10 hours ago

DacromirDacromir

6,29811 gold badge2626 silver badges5858 bronze badges

share|improve this question

asked 10 hours ago

DacromirDacromir

6,29811 gold badge2626 silver badges5858 bronze badges

asked 10 hours ago

DacromirDacromir

6,29811 gold badge2626 silver badges5858 bronze badges

asked 10 hours ago

DacromirDacromir

6,29811 gold badge2626 silver badges5858 bronze badges

2 Answers
2

active

oldest

votes

8

$begingroup$

It's limited by the need to actually eat the food.

Because Xanathar's was written entirely inside a Magic Circle Against Editing, the writers didn't think to say "You and up to five other creatures can eat the meal to regain 1 extra Hit Point, etc." But that's clearly what's happening.

What you're describing is each member of the party eating three complete meals in one hour. That's probably impossible, and even if it was possible, it's not clear that you'd get extra healing from it. If that worked, then since you can make six servings of food with Prepare Food, you could just as well eat all six servings yourself and get +6 HP per hit die. Nothing in the ability indicates that you can do that--it's a buff that applies to up to six creatures, not six buffs that you can distribute among creatures.

share|improve this answer

answered 9 hours ago

Mark WellsMark Wells

8,66955 gold badges2525 silver badges6060 bronze badges

$endgroup$

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  I think that this is a sound and logical ruling, but I could see the fuzziness of HP allowing the opposite. Nutritious food might help an adventurer feel more hale and hearty, but it won't stitch any wounds closed. It could also matter if the cooking requires resources (like rations or forage), but that gets beyond the question.
  $endgroup$
  – Upper_Case
  9 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  While it seems sensible to rule against eating three meals in an hour, I think most players wouldn't bat an eye at a character chugging three gallons of healing potions and scarfing 30 goodberries in a shorter timeframe.
  $endgroup$
  – user2357112
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment
 | 

6

$begingroup$

No - Effects of the same name don't stack

After asking this question, I found a relevant tweet by Jeremy Crawford:

A class feature doesn't stack with itself. In fact, nothing in the game that has the same name stacks.

That means that two different instances of an effect named Prepare Meals wouldn't stack. You can't regain more than one extra hitpoint per Hit Die with this feature.

share|improve this answer

answered 8 hours ago

DacromirDacromir

6,29811 gold badge2626 silver badges5858 bronze badges

$endgroup$

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  Rather than the unofficial tweet, quoting the DMG errata would be a much better source.
  $endgroup$
  – NautArch
  3 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  The actual DMG errata is specific to effects with overlapping durations (and it pretty much has to be - imagine if you could only benefit from drinking one Potion of Healing ever, because additional effects of the same name wouldn't stack). For the anti-stacking rule to apply here, you would have to rule that the durations of the effects overlap. There's no stated duration, and the argument for non-overlapping seems at least as strong as the argument for overlapping.
  $endgroup$
  – user2357112
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment
 | 

Your Answer

StackExchange.ready(function()
var channelOptions =
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "122"
;
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);

StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function()
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled)
StackExchange.using("snippets", function()
createEditor();
);

else
createEditor();

);

function createEditor()
StackExchange.prepareEditor(
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: false,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: null,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader:
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"u003ecc by-sa 4.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
,
noCode: true, onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
);



);

draft saved

draft discarded

Sign up or log in

StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);

Sign up using Google

Sign up using Facebook

Sign up using Email and Password

Post as a guest

Name

Email

Required, but never shown

StackExchange.ready(
function ()
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2frpg.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f156569%2fdoes-the-prepare-food-ability-from-cooks-utensils-stack%23new-answer', 'question_page');

);

Post as a guest

Name

Email

Required, but never shown

8

$begingroup$

It's limited by the need to actually eat the food.

Because Xanathar's was written entirely inside a Magic Circle Against Editing, the writers didn't think to say "You and up to five other creatures can eat the meal to regain 1 extra Hit Point, etc." But that's clearly what's happening.

What you're describing is each member of the party eating three complete meals in one hour. That's probably impossible, and even if it was possible, it's not clear that you'd get extra healing from it. If that worked, then since you can make six servings of food with Prepare Food, you could just as well eat all six servings yourself and get +6 HP per hit die. Nothing in the ability indicates that you can do that--it's a buff that applies to up to six creatures, not six buffs that you can distribute among creatures.

share|improve this answer

answered 9 hours ago

Mark WellsMark Wells

8,66955 gold badges2525 silver badges6060 bronze badges

$endgroup$

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  I think that this is a sound and logical ruling, but I could see the fuzziness of HP allowing the opposite. Nutritious food might help an adventurer feel more hale and hearty, but it won't stitch any wounds closed. It could also matter if the cooking requires resources (like rations or forage), but that gets beyond the question.
  $endgroup$
  – Upper_Case
  9 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  While it seems sensible to rule against eating three meals in an hour, I think most players wouldn't bat an eye at a character chugging three gallons of healing potions and scarfing 30 goodberries in a shorter timeframe.
  $endgroup$
  – user2357112
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment
 | 

8

$begingroup$

It's limited by the need to actually eat the food.

Because Xanathar's was written entirely inside a Magic Circle Against Editing, the writers didn't think to say "You and up to five other creatures can eat the meal to regain 1 extra Hit Point, etc." But that's clearly what's happening.

What you're describing is each member of the party eating three complete meals in one hour. That's probably impossible, and even if it was possible, it's not clear that you'd get extra healing from it. If that worked, then since you can make six servings of food with Prepare Food, you could just as well eat all six servings yourself and get +6 HP per hit die. Nothing in the ability indicates that you can do that--it's a buff that applies to up to six creatures, not six buffs that you can distribute among creatures.

share|improve this answer

answered 9 hours ago

Mark WellsMark Wells

8,66955 gold badges2525 silver badges6060 bronze badges

$endgroup$

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  I think that this is a sound and logical ruling, but I could see the fuzziness of HP allowing the opposite. Nutritious food might help an adventurer feel more hale and hearty, but it won't stitch any wounds closed. It could also matter if the cooking requires resources (like rations or forage), but that gets beyond the question.
  $endgroup$
  – Upper_Case
  9 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  While it seems sensible to rule against eating three meals in an hour, I think most players wouldn't bat an eye at a character chugging three gallons of healing potions and scarfing 30 goodberries in a shorter timeframe.
  $endgroup$
  – user2357112
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment
 | 

$begingroup$

It's limited by the need to actually eat the food.

Because Xanathar's was written entirely inside a Magic Circle Against Editing, the writers didn't think to say "You and up to five other creatures can eat the meal to regain 1 extra Hit Point, etc." But that's clearly what's happening.

What you're describing is each member of the party eating three complete meals in one hour. That's probably impossible, and even if it was possible, it's not clear that you'd get extra healing from it. If that worked, then since you can make six servings of food with Prepare Food, you could just as well eat all six servings yourself and get +6 HP per hit die. Nothing in the ability indicates that you can do that--it's a buff that applies to up to six creatures, not six buffs that you can distribute among creatures.

share|improve this answer

answered 9 hours ago

Mark WellsMark Wells

8,66955 gold badges2525 silver badges6060 bronze badges

$endgroup$

share|improve this answer

answered 9 hours ago

Mark WellsMark Wells

8,66955 gold badges2525 silver badges6060 bronze badges

answered 9 hours ago

Mark WellsMark Wells

8,66955 gold badges2525 silver badges6060 bronze badges

answered 9 hours ago

Mark WellsMark Wells

8,66955 gold badges2525 silver badges6060 bronze badges

6

$begingroup$

No - Effects of the same name don't stack

After asking this question, I found a relevant tweet by Jeremy Crawford:

A class feature doesn't stack with itself. In fact, nothing in the game that has the same name stacks.

That means that two different instances of an effect named Prepare Meals wouldn't stack. You can't regain more than one extra hitpoint per Hit Die with this feature.

share|improve this answer

answered 8 hours ago

DacromirDacromir

6,29811 gold badge2626 silver badges5858 bronze badges

$endgroup$

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  Rather than the unofficial tweet, quoting the DMG errata would be a much better source.
  $endgroup$
  – NautArch
  3 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  The actual DMG errata is specific to effects with overlapping durations (and it pretty much has to be - imagine if you could only benefit from drinking one Potion of Healing ever, because additional effects of the same name wouldn't stack). For the anti-stacking rule to apply here, you would have to rule that the durations of the effects overlap. There's no stated duration, and the argument for non-overlapping seems at least as strong as the argument for overlapping.
  $endgroup$
  – user2357112
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment
 | 

6

$begingroup$

No - Effects of the same name don't stack

After asking this question, I found a relevant tweet by Jeremy Crawford:

A class feature doesn't stack with itself. In fact, nothing in the game that has the same name stacks.

That means that two different instances of an effect named Prepare Meals wouldn't stack. You can't regain more than one extra hitpoint per Hit Die with this feature.

share|improve this answer

answered 8 hours ago

DacromirDacromir

6,29811 gold badge2626 silver badges5858 bronze badges

$endgroup$

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  Rather than the unofficial tweet, quoting the DMG errata would be a much better source.
  $endgroup$
  – NautArch
  3 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  $begingroup$
  The actual DMG errata is specific to effects with overlapping durations (and it pretty much has to be - imagine if you could only benefit from drinking one Potion of Healing ever, because additional effects of the same name wouldn't stack). For the anti-stacking rule to apply here, you would have to rule that the durations of the effects overlap. There's no stated duration, and the argument for non-overlapping seems at least as strong as the argument for overlapping.
  $endgroup$
  – user2357112
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment
 | 

$begingroup$

No - Effects of the same name don't stack

After asking this question, I found a relevant tweet by Jeremy Crawford:

A class feature doesn't stack with itself. In fact, nothing in the game that has the same name stacks.

That means that two different instances of an effect named Prepare Meals wouldn't stack. You can't regain more than one extra hitpoint per Hit Die with this feature.

share|improve this answer

answered 8 hours ago

DacromirDacromir

6,29811 gold badge2626 silver badges5858 bronze badges

$endgroup$

share|improve this answer

answered 8 hours ago

DacromirDacromir

6,29811 gold badge2626 silver badges5858 bronze badges

answered 8 hours ago

DacromirDacromir

6,29811 gold badge2626 silver badges5858 bronze badges

answered 8 hours ago

DacromirDacromir

6,29811 gold badge2626 silver badges5858 bronze badges