Stover the Sizzling
Troika! / Character
Stover seeks rare ingredients that appear only during dreaming hours in the Waking Bazaar to finish his pacifying rec...
Field notes
- Background
- Cook of the Infinite Griddle
- Luck
- 4
- Skill
- 12
- Stamina
- 13
Advanced Skills
- Culinary Alchemy 3
- Knife Dance 2
- Extraterrestrial Herbology 1
Possessions
- gleaming meat cleaver forged from a fallen star fragment
- pocket-sized spice box containing powders gathered from dreamworld markets
- worn leather apron stitched with runic recipes
- a preserved glimmering eyeball of a giant fungal beast in a jar
Spells
- Flamekiss (Stamina 3): Ignites food and objects in a swirl of scented, harmless flame that calms or agitates nearby creatures
Behavior
Bright and affable with an unsettling calm; sharp-eyed when things go wrong but speaks in soothing kitchen metaphors.
Description
A rotund man with hands stained deep purple from exotic spices, wearing a patched apron perpetually smelling of scorched caramel and singed basil.
Hook
Stover seeks rare ingredients that appear only during dreaming hours in the Waking Bazaar to finish his pacifying recipe.
Secret
Stover’s culinary techniques subtly weave in burgeoning sentience from the spores he picks—he fears his meals might sometimes think back.
Wants
To perfect a recipe that can render a hostile creature utterly pacified through taste alone.
GM notes
- Uses culinary metaphors to defuse or escalate conflicts.
- Spells feel warm and fragrant but drain stamina noticeably.
- Possesses unusual knowledge of alien plants and fungi.