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<blockquote data-quote="Thunderfoot" data-source="post: 8558154" data-attributes="member: 34175">Oh I concur, but most Dwarven (classical) tropes are beef haunch and a mug of beer.&nbsp; Beef and beer both are foods that are composed of components that need wide open space above ground to be made.My point is every day feasts for Dwarves would be more vegetarian or even 'exotic' (meat wise) and their adult beverages distilled rather than brewed.&nbsp; Dwarven Vodka or Mead vice Ale or Beer.&nbsp; Dwarven whiskey made from mushrooms and algae, that sort of thing.&nbsp; I have always been big on how the races should interact with their ecosystems.&nbsp; Humans (as a generality) are agrarian because we tend to live on or near farm lands, but human cultures like the Polynesians were much more fishing/foraging, which shaped their language, their dress, their weapon choices, and even their tools.&nbsp; I understand most folks don't give a crap about this stuff, but when used as subtle background for your races and cultures, they stand-out more.&nbsp; I believe 'fluff' trumps 'crunch' only because crunch is just rules, fluff is the stuff of stories. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🙂" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" title="Slightly smiling face&nbsp; &nbsp; :slight_smile:" data-shortname=":slight_smile:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thunderfoot, post: 8558154, member: 34175"] Oh I concur, but most Dwarven (classical) tropes are beef haunch and a mug of beer. Beef and beer both are foods that are composed of components that need wide open space above ground to be made. My point is every day feasts for Dwarves would be more vegetarian or even 'exotic' (meat wise) and their adult beverages distilled rather than brewed. Dwarven Vodka or Mead vice Ale or Beer. Dwarven whiskey made from mushrooms and algae, that sort of thing. I have always been big on how the races should interact with their ecosystems. Humans (as a generality) are agrarian because we tend to live on or near farm lands, but human cultures like the Polynesians were much more fishing/foraging, which shaped their language, their dress, their weapon choices, and even their tools. I understand most folks don't give a crap about this stuff, but when used as subtle background for your races and cultures, they stand-out more. I believe 'fluff' trumps 'crunch' only because crunch is just rules, fluff is the stuff of stories. 🙂 [/QUOTE]

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