I just realized that making food necessary and good food a buff will make cooks significantly better, and I think a lot more playable. Even at low levels they\'ll be valuable, though if we work the hunger thing right (ie it doesn\'t kill you TOO fast) they shouldn\'t be unbalanced. Having to truck back to town for food should be roughly equivilent to having to truck back to town for healing. If you have a cook with you, and someone who can hunt, it shouldn\'t be necissary, so cooks will prove nearly as usefull as healers even at low (skill) levels.