Wizardry: Food Spells II
I've been neglecting one of my favorite GURPS Magic colleges, and that is the College of Food. It may seem silly to many, but in my opinion, this is an extremely welcome addition and the most unD&D things that Magic has. It does provide genuine utility both in downtime and in adventuring situations, and I definitely can see why some wizards would like to learn some of these spells from the in-universe standpoint. From a point of view of an actual player, I will try to make these spells cheap enough to be used with normal improvisation.
I do not recall any such spells in D&D books, but if I'm mistaken, feel free to call me a midwit in the comments.
Cook is a spell that lets you save time and effort with cooking. I'd love to know this spell.
Decay is a spell for jerks.
Distill concentrates a liquid, just in case you want a stronger alcoholic beverage.
Far-Smelling was decoupled from Far-Tasting. *snifffffffffffffffffff* Quite pungent indeed! Technically speaking, this should have been an Indefinite spell, but I made it instantaneous because I can. The most important thing here is to spell this spell's name correctly.
Far-Tasting can be used to identify potions and poisons without actually drinking the liquid in question or even without opening the container.
Hunger is a fatigue attack spell. Its Thirst counterpart is not present as it's covered by Horrid Wilting.
Know Recipe can be a useful spell not only for chefs, but also for alchemists.
Mature gave me a lot of food for thought, pun unindended. Back in the day, I made this spell as an expensive Affliction that afflicts Unaging with Age Control. Now, at first I thought I'd do it via Control as per GURPS Powers: The Weird, but that would be way too expensive. Instead, I went with the simplest option available - Create. Now, you simply transform food/drink into matured food/drink. Simple, cheap, and exactly what the original spell in GURPS Magic does.
Monk's Banquet lets you circumvent the need for sustenance entirely.
Poison Food is a rather expensive delayed damage spell.
Prepare Game can be quite useful, carefully separating a slain animal into meat, bones, skin, etc. for cooking and crafting. In addition, the spell does it 60 times faster than you'd be able to do it manually.
Preserve Food has shorter duration than its GURPS Magic counterpart. Since I'm making these spells for my games, this one incorporates a houserule that makes Unaging cost 5 points instead of 15. If you're not using this rule, increase the cost by 9 points, or pretend that this is Immunity to Rot [5].
Season can enhance (or worsen) an existing meal's flavor.
Seek Food is much more expensive, but it can be very useful even in adventuring situations. Even more useful to predatory casters.
Test Food is a crucial spell for court wizards.
Water to Wine does exactly that - turns water to wine.