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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aura" data-source="post: 6343974" data-attributes="member: 6747658">The inn is small, but agreeable in nature. The aroma of the food is appealing, and a hearth crackles away as a man plays the lute with a bit of skill. The woman seated next to him sings a classic folk song, lifting spirits for all in the dining hall and common rooms.A middle-aged man, apparently the innkeep, finishes talking with another customer and comes to greet you. Listening to Dunkel's question, his eyes focusing on the dwarf. He smiles graciously, flickering light of the hearth making obvious the grey in his short, trim and still mostly-brown beard. "Oh, hey dere! Sleeping in the common room, complete wit a few other lovely people like youselves, is 2 silva a night. We also got private rooms for a two, a crown each. Full fare meals start at a silva and you can spend about three for the good food. As for stablin', we jus do dat for ya." His eyes survey you all as you fill the small entry, leading him to scratch his beard, "Wow, dere's a lot of ya! Please, dis way, let's get you settled for dinner first, come come!"As he leads you into the dining hall, places are cleared and you are seated for dinner. True to his word, when the serving girl comes to take your orders, you can get by on a single silver, and receive a meal with bread, broth, and some basic baked and stewed vegetables (particularly roots such as turnips and onions.) The better meal, for 3 silver, features a chicken soup with small chunks of chicken and a variety of vegetables, a roasted ratatouille, and buttered bread. All the cooking is lightly spiced with mace, apparently the cook's favorite. The service is adequate, but it's immediately obvious the staff is worn thin with all the work. The serving girl, most probably the innkeep's adult daughter, seems curious about the group but hasn't the time for more than polite passing questions.The beds aren't the most comfortable, but after a good day's travel, they certainly look inviting enough.[sblock=Medieval Cooking]Fantasy tavern food is, at least a little, based on medieval cooking. My personal experience: very light on meat and spices, producing subtle tastes that many are not used to. I never got into 'original transcripts' (the measures are all weird), so I have to trust in the accuracy of those porting them into modern terms. However, this light-on-spice approach would make sense: spices were quite expensive.[/sblock][sblock=Cost of Living]If you select the 1 sp meal and a common-room accommodation for the night, you don't have to account the cost at all, it is covered in even the most minimal Cost of Living classification (poor). The better meal and private room (which is 5 sp each for 2 people = 1 gold) are covered by Average Cost of Living status, if you have it.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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