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Old 01-08-2014, 03:17 AM   #1
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Default [DF] Looking for drink prices

My group includes a player with a character who is an ogre who likes to drink. He has decided that beer is too weak, and they all have a bit of money now. I am wondering if there is any guidance in any of the DF (or other) books on liquor prices. Should I just use the prices in DF 10? $2 for cheap ale, up to $12 for liquor or glass of wine?
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Old 01-08-2014, 03:25 AM   #2
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Why not increase his weekly cost of living, instead of worrying about the price of individual drinks servings? IIRC the baseline is $150/week, which is proper for a Status 0 adventurer. Someone who wants stronger drink should pay a weekly CoL for Status 1 or even Status 2.
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Old 01-08-2014, 03:45 AM   #3
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Not a bad idea.

We've been tracking it for him, since I let him take Drunken Fighting (PU2:5) as a Perk. Alcohol rules might be a little finicky for DF, but it has given me a little bit of old-school-adversarial-GM delight watching him try to get his character drunk in time for fights.
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Old 01-08-2014, 04:29 AM   #4
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How much does it take an ogre to get drunk?
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Old 01-08-2014, 04:44 AM   #5
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Should I just use the prices in DF 10? $2 for cheap ale, up to $12 for liquor or glass of wine?
I can't see why not. If DF10 establishes drink prices in the DF world, that ought to be fine.

You can justify higher prices too, if you want. And as personalised swag, such GM-inventions as dwarven ale [$10 pint], elven wine [$600 per bottle] and triple-distilled alchemical spirits [$40 a shot] would be fine. Fiddle around with the prices at will and add interesting effects for the most expensive and exotic brands.

Economic simulation is not necessary in DF, so base prices on what seems fair to you for the benefit and entertainment value derived by the player.
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Old 01-08-2014, 05:14 AM   #6
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My group includes a player with a character who is an ogre who likes to drink. He has decided that beer is too weak, and they all have a bit of money now. I am wondering if there is any guidance in any of the DF (or other) books on liquor prices. Should I just use the prices in DF 10? $2 for cheap ale, up to $12 for liquor or glass of wine?
DF10 does cover all of this, yes -- I'm not sure what else you're looking for as far as liquor prices. I suppose we could've done a "universal bar price sheet" for specific alcohols, but offering a range was deemed superior as it gives the GM a reason to come up with custom "menus" for his own taverns. Such things add a lot of flavor to individual drinking holes, which is why each of the sample taverns got a box on the subject.

As for the strength of the drink, that's subsumed pretty well into the drinking rules themselves. A higher ST means it'll take more drinks to get the ogre drunk. So if his ST is twice that of the rest of the party, he should probably get used to ordering doubles every time if he wants to keep up on the inebriation bandwagon. :)
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DF8 also has a few alcohol prices on the Other Materials Table on p13.
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Old 01-08-2014, 06:22 AM   #8
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DF8 also has a few alcohol prices on the Other Materials Table on p13.
Indeed, though those are bulk prices. I'd use DF10 for by-the-drink retail prices and fall back on DF8 for buying alcohol by the bottle or barrel.
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Old 01-08-2014, 06:39 AM   #9
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Indeed, though those are bulk prices. I'd use DF10 for by-the-drink retail prices and fall back on DF8 for buying alcohol by the bottle or barrel.
The character in question is an Ogre, he may well be drinking 'bulk' quantities!
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Old 01-08-2014, 07:12 AM   #10
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The character in question is an Ogre, he may well be drinking 'bulk' quantities!
But is he clever enough to arrange to pay wholesale? If he's IQ 7 with no merchant skills, that would be some out of character shenanigans.
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