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Zerowolf2nd 06-11-06, 08:03 PM	Ya know sometimes there are jsut certain things you need for a good game... and i Dont just mean crunch stuff although you do need that i mean stuff to liven the game and make the world come alive. For example: When running a game in the dalelands the players stopped at the old skull for some drinks and instead of just giving them the same old "Ale" i made up a drink called Elimensters finest :) and well things grew from there... A whole night af drinking and song about one simple Alchoholic beverage. (and please pardon my Atrocious spelling, Nvr was good at spelling :D) (i also think faster then i write and type ;) ) So what i was wondering is if any of you all had ideas for different drinks, foods or even clothing stylesof the realms? or just other things youd like to add for realms culture? :) hope to hear from everyone soon
NecroticBanana 06-11-06, 10:34 PM	i remember an issue of dungeon magazine, sorry cant remember which one at the moment that had a complete random list of meals. one of the things that stuck in my mind the most as both odd and very feesable was boiled eel and potatoes. but as for my own made up nonsence, i had something called "ColdStone's brew" it wasnt really diffrent than any other beer except for the way it was magically cooled to be almost frozen. prepared in magically cooled, dwarven made, stone vats. coincedently i also had an evil dwarven necromancer from that same clan. "Ivar Coldstone" i always did like tieing things in like that.
Alac Luin 06-11-06, 10:49 PM	There are many "Realms specific" drinks and such listed in Arura's whole realms cataloge. It's worth th $5 download. Sure it is 2ed, but it has almost no rules, so it's easy there. The few that are there, just think 5% = 1 (a +5% = +1 on a d20)
Zerowolf2nd 06-12-06, 04:07 AM	Thanks for that, ill have to go grab that, although could you offer a website to do so at? and i was actually hoping i could get the people of these boards to add there own two cents for different drinks, food, etc... So if you have anything for there let me know :) Also if i can i might try to get all of them compiled once we get a decent amount on here ;)
GothicDan 06-12-06, 04:40 AM	Sources like Volo's Guide to the North actually give specific "ratings" for various inns' food, comfort, prices, etc. The Volo's guides are all very good for "fluff" like this.
Ripe 06-12-06, 11:04 AM	Yeah, you definatelly need Volo's Guide series for those info. You can find guides to Dalelands, Cormyr and North on WotC download page here (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/downloads). You should note that Guide to Dalelands DOES NOT cover Shadowdale because Elminster threatened Volo to make him permanently feebleminded if he wrote anything about Shadowdale.
coastiemike 06-12-06, 11:08 AM	Here are some menus I use in my game. Thought they may be leaning towards waht you were looking for: Dawnfry Oatmeal 1 cp Dried & Salted Fish 1 cp Biscuits and Butter 1 cp Frybread 1 cp Bacon 1 cp Eggs 1 cp Special Eggs Ask- We will cook any eggs you bring in. Fried Potatoes in Mushroom Broth3 cp Fried Blood Pudding with Cranberry Sauce 4 sp Fry Plate - Bacon, Tomatoes, Sliced Almonds, Mushrooms, & Butter 2 cp Sausage Fry 3 cp Dawn Roast 9 sp Cream and Fruit 2 sp Highsunfeast Melted Cheeses Sandwiches Sprinkled with Spices 1 cp Cheese and Cucumber Buns 2 cp Cheese and Sausage Platter 6 sp Cold Potato Soup 2 cp Mussel and Basil Soup 6 cp Fried Eel Soup 2 cp Stew of Fowl 3 sp Stewed Hare 6 cp Roasted Wildfowl 2 sp Hot Bites 1 cp - Cheese, Mustard, and Leek Sandwiches Sprinkled with Basil, Pepper, and Wine Cooked Vegetables - Greens, Potatoes, & Carrots 2 cp Biscuits and Butter 1 cp Bustard in Clay 6 sp - Quail Encased in Clay and Baked (Ideal for Transport by Adventurers) Braised Bustard on Buns 2 sp - Roast Ground Quail on Bread Spread with Gravy Based on Onions and Meat Shepherds Pie 6 sp Kidney Pie 9 sp Chicken and Pheasant Pies 4 cp Pork Pastries 2 cp Oat Cakes 1 cp Fried Blood Pudding with Cranberry Sauce 4 sp A Trio of Trumpets 1 gp - Crisp Crackers Stuffed with Melted Cheese, Chopped Nuts, & Fried Mushrooms Eel 2 cp River Clams 6 cp Oysters with Cider & Vinigar Oyster Suace 5 cp Goudats - Panfried and Pepper-Spiced Mushrooms Rolled in Melted Cheese 1 sp Onion and Mushroom Fireside Tarts 1 cp Pate 2 cp Cream and Fruit 2 sp Eveningfeast Melted Cheeses Sandwiches Sprinkled with Spices 1 cp Cheese and Cucumber Buns 2 cp Cheese and Sausage Platter 6 sp Stew of Fowl 3 sp Stewed Hare 6 cp Roasted Wildfowl 2 sp Fried Blood Pudding with Cranberry Sauce 4 sp Hot Bites 1 cp - Cheese, Mustard, and Leek Sandwiches Sprinkled with Basil, Pepper, and Wine Cooked Vegetables - Greens, Potatoes, & Carrots 2 cp Biscuits and Butter 1 cp Bustard in Clay 6 sp - Quail Encased in Clay and Baked (Ideal for Transport by Adventurers) Braised Bustard on Buns 2 sp - Roast Ground Quail on Bread Spread with Gravy Based on Onions and Meat Shepherds Pie 6 sp Kidney Pie 9 sp Goudats - Panfried and Pepper-Spiced Mushrooms Rolled in Melted Cheese 1 sp Succulent Stag 1 gp Roast Boar 1 gp Venison 9 sp High Dale Lamb 8 sp Stuffed Snake 4 sp Special Roast Ask - We will cook a roast of any monster you kill. (No sentient beings please.) Wyveren Tail 2 gp Roasted Cockatrice 3 gp Turkey Pie - A Delicacy from Essembra 7 cp Boar and Chestnut Deep Pot 9 cp Variety Deep Pots 7 sp Old Tower Fowl 6 cp - Roast fowl in a delicate sauce of mushrooms and wine, from Highmoon Pork Pastries 2 cp Chicken and Pheasant Pies 4 cp Oyster and Wild Rice in Mushroom Soup 1 gp Oysters with Cider & Vinigar Oyster Suace 5 cp Pate 2 cp Brassla - Rice with Eels, Onions, Fish, Oysters, and Frogs 4 sp Cold Potato Soup 2 cp Pheasant Tail Soup 8 sp Fried Eel Soup 2 cp Turtle Soup 3 sp Mussel and Basil Soup 6 cp Dragon Soup 900 gp Roast Gammon - Fruit Glazed Ham in a Pastry Shell 3 sp Mutton with Mint Jelly 7 sp Spiced River Fish 5 sp Three Crabs 1 sp - Softshelled Crabs Baked & Spread with White Sauce and Spices Wine Simmered Goose 6 cp A Trio of Trumpets 1 gp - Crisp Crackers Stuffed with Melted Cheese, Chopped Nuts, & Fried Mushrooms River Trout - On Toast With Sauce of Lemon, Cream, & Pepper 3 sp Salmon with White Wine Sauce 8 sp Onion and Mushroom Fireside Tarts 1 cp Eel 2 cp River Clams 6 cp Chicken Dumplings 1 sp Fresh Garden Salad 2 cp - Lettuce, Tomato, Radish, Spinach, Carrots, & Other Fresh Garden Vegetables Cream and Fruit 2 sp Rice Candies 1 gp Litchi Fruit 9 sp Drinks Mint or Lemon Water 1 cp Milk 5 cp Coffee 2 gp Cocoa 5 gp Tea -We have more types of tea than a Druid can name Herbs 1 sp Shoung Lou Tea 1 gp Fruit Juice 1 sp House Ale 2 cp Iriaeboran North Brew 3 cp Bitter Black 3 cp Tantul’s Dark 3 cp Dragon’s Breath Beer 2 cp Elminster’s Choice 2 cp Golden Sands Brew 3 cp Lurien’s Best 6 cp Old One Eye 4 cp Old Smoke Ale 2 sp Blackwater Stout 4 cp Shadowdark Ale 3 cp Tanagyr’s Stout 4 cp Arlho’s Ashaben Ale 5 sp Black Boot Stout 7 sp Blackeagle Brew 6 cp Purple Dragon Ale 6 cp Highwater Ale 9 cp Suzale 6 cp Mead 3 cp Stout 4 cp Kneecracker Cider 4 cp Purple Hill Cider 8 cp Vilhon Cider 9 cp House Wine 5 cp Fern & Mint Wine 1 sp Westgate Ruby 8 cp Arabellan Dry 6 sp Berduskan Dark 3 gp Saerloonian Glowfire 2 sp Saerloonian Special Vat 3 sp Saerloonian Topaz 3 sp Blood Wine 4 sp Undermountain Alurlyath 1 gp Spiced Wine 1 sp Gluug 3 sp Pearls of the Moon - A Delightful Green Grape Wine 7 sp Karoph - A Blue, Floral, Sweet wine 1 sp Dandulus “Xoblob” Green Wine 4 sp Neverwinter Black Icewine 7 sp Winter Wine- A Delectable Blue Wine from Neverwinter 2 gp Firewine 2 gp Fruit Smoothwater 1 sp Coolthroat Sip 7 cp Fruit Liquers 2 sp Rollrum - Tastes Like Licorice 1 sp Sherry 7 cp Clarry 1 sp Sluth 3 cp Zzar - Tastes Like Amaretto 6 cp Brandy 2 sp Rubyfire 1 sp Whiskey 1 sp Rum 1 sp Best Old Mintarn Whisky 1 gp Wyvern Whisky 2 gp Tethyrian Distilled Dragonsblood 1 gp Elverquisst- A Fiery Elven Liquer 1 gp Evermead 50 gp (Elves only please) Feywine 100 gp Breads Biscuits 1 cp Hard Tack 1 cp Crackers 3 cp Blackbread 9 cp Fruit Cakes 1 gp Ginger Bread 5 sp Sourdough 1 sp Sausage Bread 4 sp Corn Bread 5 sp Elven Bread 2 gp Cheeses Cheddar Cheese 1 cp Arabellan Cheddar 4 cp Farmers Cheese 3 cp Damarite Red 6 cp Elturian Grey 6 cp Nut Cheese 1 sp Chessentan Lotus Cheese 1 sp Green Calishite 2 sp Waterdhavian 2 sp Pepper Cheese 2 sp Blackeagle Bold 2 sp Turmish Brick Cheese 2 sp Yak Butter-- Very Much Like a Brie Cheese 3 sp Brie Cheese 5 sp Vilhon Blanc Cheese 3 sp Amaratha’s Marbled Green 4 sp Mist Cheese 5 sp Death Cheese 1 gp Lurien Spring Cheese -- Sorry, none for Halflings 10 gp Smoking Products[COLOR=DarkOrange] Cigars 10 gp Tobacco 5 gp Pipeweed 2 cp Pipes 2 sp
Zerowolf2nd 06-12-06, 10:55 PM	FIrst thanks for the Volo guides suggestion, im actually grabbing those and intend to sit down and read them at some point and time. I also want to say i appreaciate the LONG list given, thats definitly one of the things i was looking for :D. If anyone else would like to add anything else Please do :)
Alac Luin 06-12-06, 11:20 PM	Thanks for that, ill have to go grab that, although could you offer a website to do so at? The normal places; SVGames, RPGnow, and Pezio (sp) is also doing this now. I've not used these sevices myself so I can't say any one is better then the other.
Old Sage 06-13-06, 12:31 AM	SVGames don't offer TSR PDFs anymore. And paizo.com has the PDFs at the cheapest price (US$) at $4.00 US.
DraconsNighthawk 06-14-06, 10:53 AM	:weep: I feel uncreative after that long list, but here is a few of my inventions. Dragon meat. Huge platter of roasted red dragon meat. The near black meat is the hottest. Orc's Blood Ale: Whooooo boy this'll get ya drunk Fort DC: 16 to start, plus 1 per drink after. Black liquid that is thick, taste like rocks, and burns your throat. Druid's Nightmare Salad: Shreeded pork, viel, beef, ham bacan. (Basiclly toons of different shreeded meat) mixed together.
Faraer 06-14-06, 05:33 PM	See also "The Adventures of Volo: Dragonwing Stew" in Dragon #277.
Zerowolf2nd 06-15-06, 04:55 AM	Cool, thanks for all the refrences being given out as well as people actually giving some stats as well as some story for the different ale and foods. If anyone else has ideas keep them coming.
WayneTheGame 06-15-06, 10:56 AM	Just a note to keep in mind if you get Aurora's Catalogue (I was fortunate to find a copy on eBay): The prices are somewhat skewed (my DM thinks, anyways) because the value of money changed between editions.. I think a bushel of apples is like 1gp in Aurora's, which would mean that a commoner would need to save up money for what, a month in order to buy it? :confused: Same with the prices in Volo's guide.. some inns are like 5gp a night (the lower-class ones!); no one but rich merchants and adventurers (well, and thieves) could afford that. It isn't a big deal, but my DM dropped the prices quite a bit to make them more reasonable.
Mr.Sinister 06-15-06, 06:58 PM	Well, here's two "homebrew", each has a special place in my player's hearts: - Lionblack brew, a dark ale (akin to porter) originally brewed by the Black Lion Uthgardt tribe at Beorunna's Well. It is sold only by a merchant named Prudhosk Goldhand. It has a good reputation at Quaervarr's Whistling Stag and at several others inns throughout the Silver Marches. - Feldys' mushy stew, as my players called it. It is a sweet and sour wild mushrooms stew made by Feldys Oakshadow, a halfling druid they met in Deadsnows. Feldys specializes in all kinds of fungi as my players came to know...
Djail 06-18-06, 06:56 PM	In my eyes, a must-have for every tavern in the Realms is the kind of white wine called Château Migraine. :)