theme for a fantasy campaign

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Originally Posted by Brett

Ogretrolls and selkies, lacking starchy and sugary foods, are probably physiologically unaccustomed to and very susceptible to alcohol. Whereas halflings would probably die of dysentery if they didn't ferment every drop they drank into beer. Elves I think make wine, cider, and perry where they can, fermenting other fruit juices where they don't have grapes and pomes. Could they make beer out of some low-fat nut such as a chestnut, and what on Earth would it be like?

Tropical elves very likely drink palm wine. Perhaps they could come up with a technique for producing it that doesn't kill the palm, or perhaps they don't worry about it as long as they can make room for a new one. Tolkien makes much of "treeherds," but shepherds don't necessarily grieve at killing a single sheep.

Incidentally, I want to note that I've now stored a large share of your posts (and a couple by other people) in a file on my own computer, so that if my players buy this campaign I don't have to search old threads. The discussion will be invaluable.

Bill Stoddard