Curmudjinn
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D&D 5E What Do Dwarves Eat?
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Drink the ale, eat the barrels.
Ahrimon
Bourbon and Dice
AD&D 2e had an underground species of goat/sheep. I believe they were called Roth or something like that. But mostly I see dwarves as living near the surface. "Deep underground" is a subjective thing. Most people associate underground with caves and such with easy access to the surface. Deep underground could easily mean just a few hundred feet below the ground. It wouldn't be that much of a commute to the surface for raising crops and animals. I could even see a type of conscription where they have to spend a couple of years tending to crops and animals when they are young adults since most dwarves would prefer to stay under the mountain.
As others have said, traditionally there were hill and mountain dwarves, and the hill variety were certainly capable of farming and herding. The mountain kinds probably have high mountain meadows to work with for agriculture.
Or, with all those wonderful gems and metals, they trade for a whole lot of their foodstuffs.
Or, with all those wonderful gems and metals, they trade for a whole lot of their foodstuffs.
Henry
Autoexreginated
Aaaaaaaaah! Pass the tanning butter!
They "eat" this
http://wiki.lspace.org/mediawiki/Dwarf_Bread
http://wiki.lspace.org/mediawiki/Dwarf_Bread
delericho
Legend
Diet is problematic for all the underground-dwelling races, and especially any that are described as having large communities. The best explanation is simply to invoke magic: they either use magic to create food and water out of nothing, or they have some magical means of farming. Either way, they eat whatever you choose to describe.
For a race like dwarves, though, which can be described as living close to the surface, the same issue doesn't apply as strongly, because they can farm on the surface and import what they can't produce themselves. And so you can have hill dwarves raising crops, plus animals such as sheep and goats which are pretty hardy.
Indeed, one could well see imagine schism forming in dwarven societies: perhaps the older generations lived deep underground and subsisted on manna for generations, while the younger generations have adopted surface foods with great gusto (malt beer, ripe meat off the bone!), leading to a conflict of culture between tradition and modernity.
(Oh, and if you want to go with the Dwarves = Scots thing: porridge made with oats for breakfast; hearty stews made with mutton, lamb, and root vegetables; and soup, lots of soup. (Apparently, Scots are the biggest consumers of soup, per capita, in the world.) And if you're going for a more modern flavour, batter everything and deep fry it.)
For a race like dwarves, though, which can be described as living close to the surface, the same issue doesn't apply as strongly, because they can farm on the surface and import what they can't produce themselves. And so you can have hill dwarves raising crops, plus animals such as sheep and goats which are pretty hardy.
Indeed, one could well see imagine schism forming in dwarven societies: perhaps the older generations lived deep underground and subsisted on manna for generations, while the younger generations have adopted surface foods with great gusto (malt beer, ripe meat off the bone!), leading to a conflict of culture between tradition and modernity.
(Oh, and if you want to go with the Dwarves = Scots thing: porridge made with oats for breakfast; hearty stews made with mutton, lamb, and root vegetables; and soup, lots of soup. (Apparently, Scots are the biggest consumers of soup, per capita, in the world.) And if you're going for a more modern flavour, batter everything and deep fry it.)
Saeviomagy
Adventurer
Poison berry pie
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