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Newbie: Looking for Elaborate Cooking System

Started by Featheon, June 10, 2012, 06:18:47 AM

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Featheon

June 10, 2012, 06:18:47 AM
I was wondering if there doesn't already exist mechanics to have a cooking skill in a game where a PC would need ingredients and equipment to get certain benefits from food. I want to incorporate such a thing.

jadrax

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June 10, 2012, 06:22:47 AM
The Swords and Sorcery EverQuest d20 game had quite elaborate and weird rules for this to reflect the computer game. Unfortunately from what I remember the Tradeskill system is distributed through several books.

David Johansen

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June 10, 2012, 09:44:07 AM
So are you looking for stats for food items and price lists and text blocks describing their uses or something more general?

It's hard to do it really generically.  Different cultures and cuisines.

In Rolemaster Standard System you could reasonably make Cooking (a combined skill) giving it a skill and a category to develop allowing some knowledge to pass between cultures and you could build ingredient lists like the herb lists but with flavor synergy bonuses or something.

But it's not a task that's been done.
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Featheon

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June 11, 2012, 01:07:00 AM
Then I now wonder if it would interest players at all. I originally conceived of the idea for a single player video game engine (where the player was brought to kind of a cooking mini-game whenever the party rested) but I wanted to think about it in terms of traditional rpg mechanics. Maybe its simply an idea that lends itself better to a video game, but I hadn't heard opinions on it either way (other than to see what kind of alchemy mechanics were enjoyable).

jadrax

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June 11, 2012, 02:35:49 AM
Not sure tbh, I never Ran the EverQuest game I planned, so I cant help you on feedback there.

Although the fact they added new recipes for Stat food in every supplement kind of suggests someone was asking for it.

jadrax

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June 11, 2012, 02:39:56 AM
There is also an Iron Chef prestige class on the D&D Wiki. Although I am not sure that is exactly helpful for what your looking for.

Featheon

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June 11, 2012, 11:28:35 AM
Good look on those examples. How would you criticize this stat scheme?:

Protein centric meals (meats, steps, nuts, etc.) effect strength parameters.

Carb centered meals focus on regeneration and healing.

Herbs and spices effect intelligence parameters (I know, but its a stretch on alchemy or something).

Dex is umm... like teas I guess?

jadrax

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June 11, 2012, 12:38:56 PM
Int should be fish!
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