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Old 11-08-2015, 07:30 PM   #42
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Default Re: [Basic] Skill of the week: Housekeeping

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Originally Posted by khorboth View Post
Housekeeping has become a mainstay of fantasy campaigns in my group. Cooking says (if I remember correctly) that it's good for commercial kitchens. We decided that a steep penalty would be in order for using cooking on a campfire, but for Housekeeping in a TL 4- setting, we don't apply a penalty. Every group decides who is cooking, and when nobody has Housekeeping we get to eat half-burned half-raw rabbit-on-a-stick. No rolls, but it adds a lot of flavor (or subtracts flavor).

I'd also let it be used in place of merchant for haggling a wide variety of purchases.
Close but not quite, It's not a commercial kitchen that it for, it for commercial cooking. This means high cuisine means and presentation are the focus not special equipment. Though it might be needed to get the most out of some equipment but doesn't require it.

Cooking would be used on TL3 Banquet so it not equipment based.

But yes Housekeeping would be the more appropriate for campfire cooking than cooking though

Housekeeping = cook the family meal
Cooking = impress with cooking.
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