theme for a fantasy campaign

Bengt · 04-30-2013, 09:51 AM

If they want to grow mushrooms, they wont need light.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungiculture
They will need some kind of compost to grow it in. The dwarfs would probably need to go outside to get enough organic material for the compost though, dwarfpoop and dwarfcoprses* only go so far. But with proper fertilizer wood mulch from shrubs growing on the side of the mountain could be enough. It would mean the dwarfs have to control at least some above ground territory.

For fertilizer they could use bat guano. Obviously the bats will hunt outside, but they live in caves that are guarded and protected by the dwarves.

* It might be the most honourable thing for a dwarf to be ground (finely ground bones is the thing) into the compost and very sad to die abroad and be lost to the great circle of dwarfdom.

04-30-2013, 09:51 AM	#12
Bengt Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Ronneby, Sweden	Re: theme for a fantasy campaign If they want to grow mushrooms, they wont need light. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungiculture They will need some kind of compost to grow it in. The dwarfs would probably need to go outside to get enough organic material for the compost though, dwarfpoop and dwarfcoprses* only go so far. But with proper fertilizer wood mulch from shrubs growing on the side of the mountain could be enough. It would mean the dwarfs have to control at least some above ground territory. For fertilizer they could use bat guano. Obviously the bats will hunt outside, but they live in caves that are guarded and protected by the dwarves. * It might be the most honourable thing for a dwarf to be ground (finely ground bones is the thing) into the compost and very sad to die abroad and be lost to the great circle of dwarfdom.