Quimby's enchanting gourmet was an arcane conjuration and summoning spell dedicated to cooking a meal and to cleaning up a kitchen afterwards.[4][1][2][3] It was also a spell of the Servant's Path in the paths of power system of magic.[5][6]
Effect[]
It was a specialized version of the unseen servant spell, producing a magical force capable only of activities related to cooking and other kitchen tasks, such as measuring and cutting ingredients, carrying pots and pans, stirring and turning foodstuffs as they cooked, adding a garnish, and even minding a fire and washing dishes. It was just as strong as an unseen servant and just as dexterous as the mage who cast it. It appeared within 40 feet (12 meters) of the caster and was under their control, but could be left unattended provided it was cooking something the caster had once seen prepared or had prepared themselves, enabling the caster to focus on on other things.[4][1][2][3] If there was some catastrophic interruption, it would pause to seek the caster's advice.[1][2][3]
It functioned for at least an hour, or longer according to the caster's capabilities. It could be dispelled by the caster at will or by dispel magic, or else destroyed by attacking it or by forces that affected the area it was in.[4][1][2][3]
Components[]
As well as verbal and somatic components, the spell required as material components a block of wood and some string,[4][1][2][3] and previously a drop of the caster's blood.[4]
Usage[]
It was more often used by sedentary or retired wizards and sages. Though it was incapable of brewing potions or other enchanted beverages, it was sometimes put to use creating simple poisons, and once served as a bartender.[1][2][3] For example, the mage Landraf the Grey regularly employed it in the kitchen of his home in Ravens Bluff, where he was served by several unseen servants. He dubbed it "Quimby" and it delivered meals and bottles of wine to him.[7]
History[]
Quimby, a mage of the city of Procampur in the the Vast who lived some time prior to the late 9th century DR,[note 1] was a devoted gourmand but an impatient cook. For aid in preparing fine meals, Quimby modified the unseen servant spell to create Quimby's enchanting gourmet.[4][1][2][3]
Due to its narrow usefulness, it was not often studied by adventuring mages[1][2][3] and remained a rare spell into the 1360s DR.[8]
In the month of Eleasis, of the Year of the Unstrung Harp, 1371 DR, the city of Ravens Bluff's Ministry of Art and Wizards Guild jointly declared it illegal to cast a number of spells including Quimby's enchanting gourmet within city limits due to a raging unnatural storm at the time called the Soulstorm.[9] These spells had an even chance of either not functioning or summoning a creature of the Outer Planes.[10] In addition to threatening arrest for those that broke this decree, it was declared that breaking this prohibition would result in a permanent expulsion from either organization.[9] Later, when the planes-traveling Tower of the rakshasa Nimlimm Dinarr appeared outside the city, the wild magic around it would transform a fire burst spell into Quimby's enchanting gourmet, and vice versa; countless spells were swapped in this way.[11][note 2]
Sources[]
A copy of Quimby's enchanting gourmet could be found in Jaluster's Orizon, the last traveling spellbook of the mage Jaluster (died 882 DR).[2][3]
The spell was also stored in the ring of wayfaring, one of the Seven Lost Rings of Mhzentul (1250–1340 DR).[12]
This spell was likely one of a number found in the pamphlet Volo's Guide to All Things Magical published in 1359 DR, which detailed a number of forgotten spells, and quickly spread to the mages of the world.[13]
Known Users[]
- Landraf the Grey, a mage of Ravens Bluff[7]
- Andros Canterbury, an inventor mage of the Vast's Underdark[14]
- Dostrealt, a blind drow mage aboard the spelljammer Erevan's Clutch.[15]
- Rouarthek, a drow mage of the Vast's Underdark[16]
Appendix[]
Notes[]
- ↑ As Quimby's enchanting gourmet appears in Jaluster's Orizon, and Jaluster died at the fall of Ascalhorn (Hellgate Keep) in 882 DR, this implies that Quimby and the gourmet were in existence some time prior to that date.
- ↑ The events of the Living City Ravens Bluff campaign took place on a timeline that advanced together with the real world's time. Even though all Living City adventures and issues of Ravens Bluff Trumpeter were dated with real-world dates, there were events that received a DR year. The Living City timeline can be derived from Myrkyssa Jelan's historic events of the late 14th century DR. Myrkyssa Jelan attacked Ravens Bluff in 1370 DR, according to The City of Ravens Bluff and Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition; these events are chronicled in an in-and-out of universe issues of Ravens Bluff Trumpeter. This places the real world year 1997 as 1370 DR, and in 1998 (1371 DR), Myrkyssa was at last arrested and tried and said to have been executed, only to reappear in 1372 DR in The City of Ravens novel. As the real world's months and the Calendar of Harptos are virtually identical, we can also date all events of the Living City Ravens Bluff as close as an in-universe month.
See Also[]
Appearances[]
Organized Play & Licensed Adventures
Live and Let Die • Soulstorm
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Jeff Grubb and Ed Greenwood (1990). Forgotten Realms Adventures. (TSR, Inc), pp. 47, 148, 150, 152. ISBN 0-8803-8828-5.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 Ed Greenwood, Tim Beach (November 1995). Pages from the Mages. Edited by Jon Pickens. (TSR, Inc.), p. 63. ISBN 0-7869-0183-7.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 Mark Middleton et al (March 1998). Wizard's Spell Compendium Volume Three. (TSR, Inc), p. 721. ISBN 978-0786907915.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Ed Greenwood, Steve Perrin (May 1988). The Magister. Edited by Karen S. Boomgarden. (TSR, Inc.), pp. 10, 28. ISBN 0-88038-564-2.
- ↑ Wolfgang Baur and Steve Kurtz (April 1995). “Paths of Power”. In Kim Mohan ed. Dragon #216 (TSR, Inc.), p. 46.
- ↑ Mark Middleton et al (September 1998). Wizard's Spell Compendium Volume Four. (TSR, Inc), p. 1092. ISBN 978-0786912094.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Wes Nicholson (February 1993). The Wizard's Guard. Living City (RPGA), pp. 10, 18.
- ↑ Jeff Grubb and Ed Greenwood (1990). Forgotten Realms Adventures. (TSR, Inc), p. 152. ISBN 0-8803-8828-5.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Daniel S. Donnelly ed. (August 1998). The Trumpeter 2, no. 8 (link). (RPGA), p. 2.
- ↑ Daniel S. Donnelly (May 1998). Soulstorm. Living City (RPGA), p. 5.
- ↑ Eugene Luster (June 1998). Live and Let Die: Slot 3. Living City (RPGA), pp. 22, 25.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood, Eric L. Boyd (1996). Volo's Guide to All Things Magical. (TSR, Inc), pp. 66–68. ISBN 0-7869-0446-1.
- ↑ Jeff Grubb and Ed Greenwood (1990). Forgotten Realms Adventures. (TSR, Inc), p. 44. ISBN 0-8803-8828-5.
- ↑ Gary Watkins (November 1996). Renegades (adventure). Living City (RPGA), p. 8.
- ↑ Dale "slade" Henson (April 1991). Realmspace. Edited by Gary L. Thomas, Karen S. Boomgarden. (TSR, Inc), pp. 67–68. ISBN 1-56076-052-4.
- ↑ Jean Rabe, Bruce Rabe (June 1998). Crawl. Living City (RPGA), pp. 6, 18.