Discussion on question by Theik: How to season a character?

Feeds

14:51

Granny Bells, the Night Hag, has captured a player (half-elf bard) and plans to eat her, as hags are wanton to do. Granny Bells has a preference for sour and bitter food and an extensive array of monster parts and spices available for her cooking adventure. She's originally from Chult, but has si...

Pierre Cathé

Related : How do I season a relatively new solo player?

Pyrotechnical

Are you just looking for a list of things specifically described as sour and/or bitter?

Theik

@NautArch I've reduced the scope to Curse of Strahd and Tomb of Annihilation and the rulebooks, because that's the campaign I'm running, and Bells moved from Chult (ToA) to Ravenloft (CoS)

John Dvorak

I was going to comment that it takes thyme to become seasoned at something ... then I found out you actually are talking about spices.

Pierre Cathé

That's gonna leave the half-elf's player with a bitter taste in their mouth

Theik

14:51

@Pyrotechnical And they have to be edible (to a hag, anyway, so human edibility isn't particularly important), but essentially, yes.

NautArch

Just a user trying to add flavor to their encounters.

Not sure why this is now getting close votes. This is a very tightly bounded list question and is definitely answerable (items/monsters with description as sour or bitter in 5e rulebooks or CoS/ToA).

Theik

While I could see why somebody would think the question is too broad, I'm not entirely certain how people think it is opinion based. I do not need anybody's opinion on if the elf-soup will taste good or not, I need objectively bitter/sour tastes.

Pierre Cathé

@NautArch Guess people are pretty salty about this question

as.beaulieu

When the mods close these comments down it will be a sad day for the internet...

I just love the puns getting peppered in with the comments.

Catar4

@Theik lol you really want to spice things up after seeing that other question huh ? I love this question !

DonFusili

14:51

Not the close-voter, but what's rpg.SE's stance on list-questions? Because I don't see how any non-wiki answer can be anything but half-cooked.

Pierre Cathé

@as.beaulieu We still had good fun, so it'll be a bittersweet ending

NautArch

@DonFusili Unbounded lists are generally frowned upon. But a tightly bounded list like this is an okay question (but you can still not like it :) )

DonFusili

@NautArch Oh, I like it, just wanted to do my due diligence before upvoting, cheers

KorvinStarmast

I did an edit to make sure that Granny isn't breaking the fourth wall and tossing the player into the stew. ;-)

Catar4

I did edit the title too

to change "player" with "character'

side note: I enjoy the puns.

Pierre Cathé

14:55

I love how my tongue-in-cheek "Related:" comment was not moved with the rest of the puns

KorvinStarmast

Yeah, I approved that edit, but there was the same thing inside the text. I also tossed in a few syntax and completeness bits into the prose.

@PierreCathé Your gloating is noted. I'm not bitter. XD

Catar4

perfect !

Pierre Cathé

@KorvinStarmast looks like it's staying there, for bitter or for worse

KorvinStarmast

@PierreCathé For lunch, I'd guess that Granny would want to cook up a nice Theik stew or pot of chili, not so much a soup, but it's someone else's question.

Pierre Cathé

@KorvinStarmast Go on and ask if you think you can cook up a better question

Just make sure it's a good one or you'll sour your relations with the mods

KorvinStarmast

15:35

@PierreCathé I am sure that if I make something just for curse of strahd, it will have to be beer or coffee - brood is a theme in that setting ... ducks