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Food in a Fantasy World Information for role players on the fine art of eating . It is simple enough in a campaign to have the character order 1 common meal for 3 silver pieces and a mug of ale for 4 coppers. Or to load their backpack with 5 days of “trail rations”. But good role-playing consists of telling a story, immersing ones self in a fantasy world. Since most fantasy worlds are just that, FANTASY, the food could be anything. The GM could use common foods of today, pick a modern culture different than his own and follow their diet or pull out one of his gaming reference books, randomly pick a creature, and serve it for dinner. However would you really want to eat roasted cockatrice with violet fungus sauce, and what kind of wine goes with dragon? The following article provides information about food that could easily be used in a fantasy world. Since most fantasy worlds are modeled on a medieval European setting I have used that as a basis for food in this article. Additionally I have tried to answer questions like what some of the common fantasy races would eat. How to use this information? The sections on meats, potherbs, and others will consist of a list. It is my contention that this list be the basis of foods for the most common race, usually humans. Since humans are usually the most diverse and adaptive of the races, it stands to reason that they would have the most variety of foods. However the other races inhabit the same lands as humans and have the same resources, so the list of food should not be discarded when it comes to food for the other races. This list would be the basis for the other races as well. Modified slightly so that some foods are more common and some less. A section on each of the common races of a fantasy world is provided so you can see how this basic list can be modified to give each race a distinct diet. As stated earlier the foods found on web site are foods that were eaten in medieval Europe. Europe is a large continent with different cultures and climates. Not all the foods listed would be found everywhere in Europe. These foods are primarily from Western Europe with a heavy emphasis on the British. While meat, poultry and potherbs would stay fairly consistent throughout the continent, fruits, nuts and spice (herbs) would very from region to region. you can e-mail me at morandj@gmail.com Information should follow the guidelines and format within this web site (ie mideavel European foods). If you are contradicting information here or presenting new information please site sources for the information. You will be given credit for your information. |
