The Set

A large pot.

Two Medium-Sized pots

A saucepan

Frying Pan

Spatula

Ladle

Fork

Chef's-style knife.

History

"Corran, you've created art, but the minute you step into the kitchen... it's anti-art."

Corran was a terrible cook. His culinary creations bordered on torture and poisonous, his sauces were weak, watery, or capable of causing harm with their overpowering taste. Corran burned what should have been lightly scorched, could ruin a salad, and tended to make guests sick. Many quickly learned not to partake of his offered victuals.

The problem continued into his middle age. Corran hired many cooks through the years to cook for him, an arrangement that served him well until his romantic life flourished upon meeting his wife, Bethany. Bethany quickly learned of her beloved's inability- and as women are wont to do- set out to change that.

Cooking lessons failed. Instruction curbed the disasters, and while his meals were no longer lethal in taste, they still worked as troll repellent. No matter how expert the mind watching his hands, the result was the same.

Bethany despaired. If she could not improve her husband in that one simple way, what hope did she have for stopping his late night visits to the workshop, his forgetfulness regarding the chamberpot lid, and the sulfur explosions that were common?

Corran soon realized the effect his lacking skills were having on his fiance. Resolute to create an artifact to help with his cooking, he grabbed Vulcan's Walking Stick and set out to make his woman happy.

Starting with the royal court, Corran heckled furiously to get the aid of the royal chef.

"Five gold for entrance to the royal kitchens."

Corran glared at the pompous man blocking his way, pointing the pointy end of his walking stick at the guard.

The man laughed, moving forward to dispose of the old man.

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"Look, he was being an ass, I melded him into the wall with my stick here, now shuttup and listen to what I need before I use it on you." Corran snapped at the royal chef.

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Fine food lavishly arrayed for him, spices of all kinds collected by Bethany, with ingredients scrounged from all across town, Corran was ready. Corran began by creating the implements themselves. Heating the necessary metals to a white-hot glow, allowing the flames of Vulcan's Walking Stick to remove his taint. The tools thus created, he set to imbibing them with the essences of well-cooked food, immolating them together with the food the royal chef had so carefully prepared. As the set began to cool, he liberally spread every spice and ingredient available over them, seasoning them as a cook would food. Again he allowed the walking stick to purify and mix the essences together.

Once finished, Corran ensured to seal the power within the new items, so as to protect them against his corrupting influence.

Cooking with the Set

The set is nigh-indestructible. The frying pan in particular has seen consistent use as a bludgeon. All pieces of the set can be used without being cleaned, and remain immaculate with a simple rinse with water, or other available liquid. They are highly resistant to magic, a consequence of the technique Corran used to keep the set from inheriting his food-killing essence.

Any food cooked in the set comes out perfectly prepared, seasoned, and presented. Any dish touched by a piece of the set is affected. The cook has great control over this, able to spice and flavor as he wishes, for the utensils respond to a cook's desire. Left alone, all pieces of the set are capable of correctly spicing and seasoning any food. The set has powerful sanitizing effects on food, rendering it safe to eat in all but the rarest circumstances.

The set needs not be all in one place to be effective, and any one piece works as strongly as having them all.

DM Notes:
The level of technology evident in these items may not be -exactly- historically correct. Frankly, I don't care :)

The cooking set items are all powerful items in their own right, so giving the party a bunch of heavy pots and pans to lug around might not be a good idea.... or is it?

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