I had a halfling Cleric once that made sure the party had 7 meals a day. Even averted a battle once by feeding everyone.
And the tea breaks were mandatory
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My Pathfinder Society Bard, Reed Starling, is a halfling who grew up on a small family vineyard near Carpenden in Andoran. A devout worshiper of Desna possessed of a powerful drive to see and experience new things, he's always curious about exotic local dishes. In his time with the society he's sampled lye fish and strong mead in Kalsgard, palm wine and peppersoup in Bloodcove, and delicate canipés with strong elven absinthe in Iadara, to name just a few.
At the end of the day, however, his preferred comfort food is good, old-fashioned halfling home cooking. Vegetable stews flavored with wild herbs and red wine, fermented dry sausages, warm bread with farm-fresh butter or cheese, and savory stuffed grape leaves - these are a few of his childhood favorites that have sustained him in times of trouble. Coming from a family of vintners, he firmly believes that no proper meal is complete without a glass or two of wine, and there's nothing he loves more on a cold winter's night than a hot mug of mulled wine.
Third halfling character here, from Bellis, and his food is described in detail. When we got kicked out of a town because the fighter was brawling, he insisted on swimming an icy river, climbing the wall and sneaking in past the guards to get the lunch he'd ordered: Venison fillet with winterberry jus, stuffed with chestnuts and Blue Andosh cheese. Opparan truffle potato. Cherry and almond profiteroles.
Other foods mentioned in his log include crumpets, honey cakes, fish, pork, apples, pork pies, rabbit stew (with bacon, apples, turnip and barley), venison, various berries, honey, beans, ham sandwich, fish broth, bread and roast game, porridge and eggs, trout, steak, roast suckling pig, apple porridge, cold mutton, black bread, cheese, ryebread, eggs, honeyed porridge, oats, an unidentified but nasty fruit and assorted drinks.
He's nearly 3rd level.
I've had a couple distinctive characters with food. One was a Kuthite warpriest who ate nothing but water and raw meat. Pretty fun, although not the most nitritious. Another character was a half-elf pirate who became the ship's cook. He was also a druid, and would coerce fish onto the deck of the ship to cook. His favorite meal to cook was fish boiled in seawater with a side of goodberries.
The Geryon deific obedience seems mandatory for a character who truly wants to stretch his experiences in this area. Bon appetit!
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I had a vegan Druid once.
GM let me use it as a flaw for extra feat because he could not use leather or hide armour. He used padded then Darkleaf Cloth. Herbivore animal companions only too.
It was interesting as a mechanical challenge but easy to roleplay a vegan Druid. I made him a militant environmentalist with dreadlocks.
In that vein, my bard in a PbP has all but sworn off alcohol...in a Skull & Shackles game. We'll see where this leads on a pirate ship!
My changeling had to grow up surviving with her older adoptive sister as a pariah from elven society and in a very cold environment. That made them survive mostly stealing food in human towns or eating whatever they could find in the woods. The latter made her used to eat barely edible things like tree's bark and she even knows how to cook leather shoes to be edible. So when she found trees that could provide syrup she was like the happiest girl in the world. Now she loves maple syrup and similar as it brings happy memories from her childhood. She loves also any kind of candy/sweets as she couldn't have any as a child.
Also I played for a short time a cleric who had grown up in a tavern as her father was a cook. She always asked the cooks to give her the grease from the bottom of the cauldron. The very best part of the stew!
My boyfriend also played a druid who kept giving her party goodberries as a substitute for meals. They ended hating them! He also plays an antipaladin who is a cannibal for religious reasons and a character who got a sustainance ring because he barely could stand the idea of eating anything that had been alive. My boyfriend is not a very picky eater but it seems his characters are!
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For my first few PFS characters I tried to give each one a distinctive food.
My cold caster rode a yak, and made Ice Cream from its milk. Kept it in her Haversack to keep it from melting (No air = no convection)
My pistolero liked cake, and kept instant cake mix with her. One time we were exploring a house and rescued a little girl, so I got to bake her a cake and lend her my back-up gun.
My Musketmaster liked coffee, and always kept quite a bit of it around.
My Overrunner dwarf keeps a large assortment of dwarven beers with him, most of which have potent alchemical effects.
I know there were others that I can't remember right now.
Once played an Android who didn't quite understand yet the concept of flavor and thought that the addition of spices and sauces (regardless of their amount or compatibility) was supposed to enhance the flavor of food. Thus at every meal, he broke out a cupboard's worth of of spices and sauces to add. The party only made the unwise decision to let him handle dinner once after he added anchovy paste, black licorice, a whole head of garlic, and fermented chili sauce to pot...
It might be good to note that he had Poison Use.
Once played an Android who didn't quite understand yet the concept of flavor and thought that the addition of spices and sauces (regardless of their amount or compatibility) was supposed to enhance the flavor of food. Thus at every meal, he broke out a cupboard's worth of of spices and sauces to add. The party only made the unwise decision to let him handle dinner once after he added anchovy paste, black licorice, a whole head of garlic, and fermented chili sauce to pot...
It might be good to note that he had Poison Use.
I don't know... that sounds pretty similar to some of my own cooking techniques xD
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My changeling had to grow up surviving with her older adoptive sister as a pariah from elven society and in a very cold environment. That made them survive mostly stealing food in human towns or eating whatever they could find in the woods. The latter made her used to eat barely edible things like tree's bark and she even knows how to cook leather shoes to be edible. So when she found trees that could provide syrup she was like the happiest girl in the world. Now she loves maple syrup and similar as it brings happy memories from her childhood. She loves also any kind of candy/sweets as she couldn't have any as a child.
That's a great way to integrate the character's history and personality into her current roleplaying / behaviors!
I grew up on a farm, and got used to eating goat's meat and drinking goat's milk, which I now associate with being on the farm and unable to afford buying meat or milk, so I totally shun those things, but I never really thought of applying that to a character (either making them crave / treasure foods they couldn't get as a child, associating them with 'having finally made it' or disliking foods they did have as a child, associating it with a place they are glad to have gotten away from).
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Nice both good stuff. I'm amused that the two people talking about their characters and food have halfling characters. I really would like to see more on local dishes. There's a whole pathfinderwiki page dedictd to drinks, but nothing on foods.
Great thread.
There's a really fun sidebar at p. 33 of the Guide to Korvosa called "Ten Korvosan Delicacies" that I wish was emulated in more setting guides.
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There's a really fun sidebar at p. 33 of the Guide to Korvosa called "Ten Korvosan Delicacies" that I wish was emulated in more setting guides.
There's a similar sidebar in Cities of Golarion on p. 32 called 'Top Ten Drinks of Ilizmagorti' that's pretty fun as well. That sort of thing makes me want to try one of the meals or drinks mentioned (although I'm pretty sure that a 'Kiss of the Mantis' is just a bloody mary...). :)
Now I want to play an Irriseni and complain when eating bread outside of the old country that it doesn't taste right (because they bake their bread with ground up bones, which likely gives it a gritty texture and hint of marrow flavor...).
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they bake their bread with ground up bones, which likely gives it a gritty texture and hint of marrow flavor...).
They do? That's disgusting!
I'm never eating it again! *munch munch* I'll stop eating it tomorrow! *munch munch* ... maybe.|
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Marv--The King of Orcish Barbacue is an expert in Orcish Barbacue and runs a chain of resturunts in the innner sea region. He has a "code" of Orcish Barbacue he learned from his father which is really a code of not getting arrested in human areas. Things like don't eat anything that you've had a conversation with.
I also have a Tiefling whose stomach isn't the best due to her heritage. She needs something to rip things apart a little more delicately. Unfortunately, what works perfectly to solve this problem is.....a live kitten or puppy swallowed whole. Unfortantly, she finds them cute and cuddly as well.
Aasimar Vigilante, who as part of her changing identities ritual eats dark chocolate and looks at Cayden Cailen porn.