Pack Rations

[Llama]

This is a new object cooks can make, using flour, meat, and/or vegetables and/or fish.

This food is pretty much biscuits made from one of those materials above, aiming at producing a food which is filling, though probably tasteless and not very good for your body in the long run.

Its treated as 'bad food' and gives double effect when you eat it, however it gives a lot to the food bar; it is also lightweight.

It can be made by cooks with circa 50% skill.
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This is aimed to replace food potions, which I never lyked...

[Lrmy]

I like the idea. Would make cooks more useful, but druids more useless.

[Pellandria]

they still would have mana and healt potion..
I like the Idea very much, no more need to carry things around.

[maryday]

"Normal Rations", and with increasing skill "Iron Rations",
with even less weight, and a bit more nutrition worth.


Maybe it is worth considering to implement the lowest of low (yet worldwide most common)food:

Grain + water + bowl ((+fire))= *juck*((but we all love it..especially our purses))

I think it could replace the sausages and mushroom soup as beginner meal.
((And we had something beside apples for these cold winter nights.))

[Juliana D'cheyne]

Sounds interesting.... and since no one can make potions now, it would be nice to carry some light weight food.

[Richard Cypher]

Its called by food potions, they are only 25 copper

At first new characters can eat ham, then once they get just a tiny bit of money buy a food potion, only 25 copper and full food bar. You people are always trying to find ways to complicate this game...the cooking is fine now...

[Gro'bul]

I like Maryday's idea, simple and effective.

[Llama]

Its called by food potions, they are only 25 copper

I don't like the idea that with 25 copper you can fill your food bar instantly, without needing to buy from cooks...

What is a cook going to sell? You can already get free ham and lighweight food potions for free..

At least with rations a cook can sell, and they're light so its a preference to ham or fish, since you'll have more space for the loot...

[Juliana D'cheyne]

What is a cook going to sell?

I don't see why the cook couldn't sell at a lower rate then the potions.

[AlexRose]

What is a cook going to sell?

I don't see why the cook couldn't sell at a lower rate then the potions.

... Food potions restore a whole food bar and are easily bought from npcs. Ham is easily accessible from the tavern to make. Cakes can be bought from npcs and fill a food bar. The only thing cooks can make that you can't get elsewhere are dishes. Who is going to go round looking for a cook to get a dish when you can just get a food potion? Also, dishes are hard to make and need lots of ingredients so ideally you can't sell them cheaper for food potions. How does a cook make money therefore?

[abcfantasy]

Maybe food potions should be highly increased in value.

Maybe food potions may have a chance to temporarily reduce some of the char's attributes, like a sickness or unhealthiness or something like that.

Maybe pies can be increased in value too.

[Keikan Hiru]

[...]
Maybe food potions may have a chance to temporarily reduce some of the char's attributes, like a sickness or unhealthiness or something like that.
[...]

Diet System anyone?

[Kaila Galathil Travinus]

What is a cook going to sell?

I don't see why the cook couldn't sell at a lower rate then the potions.

... Food potions restore a whole food bar and are easily bought from npcs. Ham is easily accessible from the tavern to make. Cakes can be bought from npcs and fill a food bar. The only thing cooks can make that you can't get elsewhere are dishes. Who is going to go round looking for a cook to get a dish when you can just get a food potion? Also, dishes are hard to make and need lots of ingredients so ideally you can't sell them cheaper for food potions. How does a cook make money therefore?

A cook wouldn't make money selling these at 20 copper? If they still fill the food bar... but are very light weight, it would be a positive for miners, and crafters when carrying a heavy load.

[Naerwyn]

Roleplay it Wouldn't YOU get tired of potions and ham all the time? Your poor characters must have numbed taste buds by now!

[abcfantasy]

Diet System anyone?

Oh yes, I think it's being worked on.

Roleplay it Wouldn't YOU get tired of potions and ham all the time? Your poor characters must have numbed taste buds by now!

What? Roleplay? What do you mean?

[Keikan Hiru]

This whole topic as its now:
Afford > Use

Changing this topic into:
"Please make the food potion bad for the Diet-o-Meter"
Afford < Use

[pharse]

Diet System anyone?

Oh yes, I think it's being worked on.

It´s finished, but our chieftains have to give their blessings to it...

Of course I can script that potions count as "free food" and are therefore bad for the char´s condition...but I think with the diet system cooks will earn more money anyway.

Actually I didn´t want food gained by potions or magic to affect the char´s condition.

[Keikan Hiru]

Actually I didn´t want food gained by potions or magic to affect the char´s condition.

I'd add it.

Since its, as already evaluated, a rather cheap and easy way to fill your food bar.
When it does not affect your DoM, I could even go as far as raising my DoM Bonus to the max and then live happily ever after with cheap potions from NPCs.

[Kaila Galathil Travinus]

Roleplay it Wouldn't YOU get tired of potions and ham all the time? Your poor characters must have numbed taste buds by now!

Definitely... and used to do it quite a bit until strawberry cakes got expensive.