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Rations for various RPG Races

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[[ Source. Original creator: wats6831. Additional information and images linked under each one. ]]

Universal:

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Homemade artisan herb bread, home grown and dried apples and prunes, uncured beef sausage, munster cheese. Made a small bag from cheesecloth and tied it closed.

Discussion thread here.


Dwarf:

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Garlic chicken livers, smoked and peppered cheese, spiced pork sausages, hard tack, dried vegetables, dried wild mushrooms.

Discussion thread here.


Elf:

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Top left to right: Evereskan Honey Comb, Elven Travel Bread (Amaretto Liquer Cake with custom swirls), Lurien Spring Cheese (goat cheese with garlic, salt, spices and shallots), Delimbyr Vale Smoked Silverfin (Salmon), Honey Spiced Lichen (Kale Chips), and Silverwood Pine Nuts.

Discussion thread here.


Halfling:

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From upper left: “Honeytack” Hard tack honey cakes, beef sausage, pork sausage mini links, mini whole wheat toast, cranberry cheddar cheese mini wedge, mini pickles, pumpkin and sunflower seeds, lower right is my homemade “travel cake” muesli with raisins, golden prunes, honey, eggs and cream.

Discussion thread here.


Half-Orc:

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Wrapped in cheesecloth and tied in burlap package. Forest strider drumsticks, molasses sweet wheat bread “black strap”, aged Munster, hard boiled eggs, mixed wild nuts.

Discussion thread here.


Orc:

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Orcs aren’t known for their great cuisine. Orcs prefer foods that are readily available (whatever can be had by raiding), and portable with little preparation, though they have a few racial delicacies. Toughs strips of lean meat, bones scavenged from recent kills, and dark coarse bread make up the bulk of common orc rations.Fire roasted rothe femur (marrow is a rare treat) [beef femur], Strips of dried meat (of unknown origin) [homemade goose jerky], foraged nuts, only edible by orcs….nut cracker tusks [brazil nuts], coarse black bread, made with whatever grains can be pillaged [black sesame bread], Pungent peppers [Habanero peppers stuffed with smoked fish and olives].

More images here. Discussion thread here.


Gnome:

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Pan fried Delimbyr smelt, spiced goat cheese (paprika crusted hand pressed Fontina), Gnome shortbread (savory pistachio), glass travel jar filled with Secomber Red (wine), hard boiled quail eggs packed in rolled oats (to keep safe), dried figs from Calimshan, and Southwood smoked goat sausage (blood sausage).

More images here. Discussion thread here.


Lizardfolk:

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Lizardfolk are known to be omnivores, forage for a surprising variety of foods found within the confines of their marshy environs, in this case the Lizard Marsh near Daggerford. Fresh caught boiled Delimbyr Crayfish on wild chives, coastal carrageen moss entrapping estuary brine shrimp (irish moss, dried brine shrimp), Brackish-Berries (blackberries), Blackened Dart-Frog legs (frog legs) on spring sprouts (clover sprouts), roasted bog bugs on a stick!

More images here. Discussion thread here.


Drow:

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From top left: Menzoberranzan black truffle rothe cheese (Black Knight Tilsit), Donigarten Moss Snails (Escargot in shallot butter sauce), Blind cave fish caviar in mushroom caps (Lumpfish caviar), faerzress infused duck egg imported from the surface Realms (Century egg), Black velvet ear fungus (Auricularia Black Fungus Mushroom).

More images here. Discussion thread here.

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Drow will also eat A Fucking Rock if it’s goth enough

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Some great ideas for a RPG themed buffet dinner party right there

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It should not be a surprise to any of you that I am a nerd. But were you aware that I’m also a dork? These are custom Magic deckboxes I made way back in high school from (sigh) electrical tape and photocopied Johnny the Homicidal maniac panels....

It should not be a surprise to any of you that I am a nerd. But were you aware that I’m also a dork? These are custom Magic deckboxes I made way back in high school from (sigh) electrical tape and photocopied Johnny the Homicidal maniac panels. Because I was just that fucking fancy. I dug these up a couple of weeks ago as my gentleman caller and I have gotten back into Magic recently. One thing we’ve noticed is that there has been a fair amount of power creep over the years, so since his cards mostly date from the 90s, I figured I’d play him with decks I built in the same era.

I’m sorry, Jhonen.

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NerdNYC Recess

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NerdNYC is an awesome nonprofit group here in New York that organizes events at which nerds can meet other nerds and do nerdy things. We have boardgame nights once a month and occasional other outings like movie nights and picnics, but the big one is Recess, a quarterly all-day gamefest full of RPG and boardgame goodness. The most recent Recess just happened this past Saturday, and my gentleman caller and I nerded it up to the max. D&D boardgames, 7 Wonders, Korean fried chicken, hanging out with lots of folks I don’t get to see too often: all of these things are excellent.

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I got the chance to try out 7 Wonders at boardgame night on Friday and found it to be surprisingly fun. While listening to the rules, it sounded like it was going to be kind of dense and perhaps take a long time to get the hang of it, but in fact...

I got the chance to try out 7 Wonders at boardgame night on Friday and found it to be surprisingly fun. While listening to the rules, it sounded like it was going to be kind of dense and perhaps take a long time to get the hang of it, but in fact it’s not hard at all to pick up and there’s just the right amount of strategy. With plenty of opportunities to screw over your friends.

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Yesterday was Recess, my favorite gaming event in the city. Two sessions with breaks in between for food and hanging out with folks and playing trivia. I played D&D all day in an awesome 4th edition conversion of Isle of Dread. We fought ape-men,...

Yesterday was Recess, my favorite gaming event in the city. Two sessions with breaks in between for food and hanging out with folks and playing trivia. I played D&D all day in an awesome 4th edition conversion of Isle of Dread. We fought ape-men, avoided fighting giant trolls, escaped various traps, and my lil’ wizard even picked up a Deck of Many Things. I was a tired, happy gamer at the end of the night.

Rounding out the awesomeness of my day was the fact that I finally managed to get to the library while it was open and pick up the stack of Scott Pilgrim books I had on hold. I read one on the train home while listening to the new Devo album, which I love. Saturday, fuck yeah!

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