ChildishChimera
A umbran summon
- Location
- New York
Dang I missed the vote for Terry, Kiss, or Quinn
Battle Chef: A Cooking/Dungeon Exploring Adventure
- Thread starter Emperor Toast
- Start date
- Original Fantasy
Prok
Go play Star Fetchers
- Location
- Scotland
Aw, dangit. Is the Leviathan at least amphibious, or is it going to be relegated to a fish tank until we need it for hunting?
- Location
- United States
It can breathe air, no issues there. It just won't move well on land, but you can carry it on your neck and have it attack things with its basic spells.
- Location
- Leeds
[Q]Wrap it around your leg. Attempt to fit the line 'Is this a Snake in my pocket or am I just happy to see you?' into every conversation.
- Location
- US
If it's a snake, can't it just slither to move or am I missing something?
Prok
Go play Star Fetchers
- Location
- Scotland
It's a Leviathan. Less snake, more ridiculously large eel-shark whose mate was killed by God because if they bred they'd kill everything else in the ocean at best.
In Biblical texts, it's the king of fish- a titanic being that ate one whale a day according to some stories. It was one of three primordial monsters, alongside the Ziz and the Behemoth, monsters of the air and land respectively. Its enormous size is described in the Baba Bathra as such-
"Once we went in a ship and saw a fish which put his head out of the water. He had horns upon which was written: 'I am one of the meanest creatures that inhabit the sea. I am three hundred miles in length, and enter this day into the jaws of the Leviathan.'"
That's our pet.
Granted, I'm probably putting more thought into this than I should. I somehow doubt that our new pet is actually based on the Abrahamic Leviathan- we're probably going to get something more along the lines of the Maple Story Leviathan more than anything else. Which, granted, is still fuckoff powerful, but it's probably not gonna be... well, you know, murder its mate before they breed bad.
... Hopefully.
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- Location
- US
The vote flavor did say it'd be hundreds of meters long when fully grown. I wonder how much food it'll take to keep it fed once it's fully grown. Thanks for the info.
- Location
- Who Knows
Making general decisions and playing it safe is for the WEAK.
Spectrum
Tell me a secret~
- Location
- Behind you~
A specialist background was voted from the start. If American cuisine won, branching immediately would have been far more viable.
Prok
Go play Star Fetchers
- Location
- Scotland
"I fear not the man who has practised ten thousand kicks once, but I fear the man who has practised one kick ten thousand times."
Specialisation isn't necessarily a bad thing, as long as we specialise hard enough. Better than half-assing it and just being good at it, while still being shit at everything else, compared to being the best at it. While, still being shit at everything else. Besides, specialising in sushi could lead to maritime shenanigans, which are in my experience the best kind of shenanigans.
Yes,but specialising too much is also a problem. To continue the analogy it would be like the man continues practicing his specific kick some million times but in doing so forgoes the rest of the martial arts and ends up beaten by that brown-belt because the brown belt at least has a idea of the rest of the moves and out performs the specalised kicker.
And the man who practices one kick ten thousand times gets taken down by a high school wrestler with a single leg take down.
And the sushi master, Jiro Ono, travels the world tasting and learning different types of cuisine.
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- Location
- Boston
Okay, so from what I'm seeing, it looks like choosing tea ceremony gave us a bonus to a mystery fighting style. Obviously, from the whole focus on Chanoyu and tranquility means that it's some mystical, inner-peace Kung Fu type style. Did I get it right?
Also, another question. Our PC is someone who, by her own admission, has dedicated a good fraction of her life to the art of the tea ceremony, yet she only has a Boiling skill of 20. What's up with that? I mean, heck, that's lower than her Frying skill. Shouldn't it be higher?
- Location
- Leeds
Boiling is a cooking skill as in boiling potatoes. This is different from applying hot water to leaves.
Although on the subject of poorly defined skills what does 'Curing and Fermenting' and 'Alcohol' cover. Fermenting I assume is the process of making alcohol so Alcohol is actually using in the process of cooking? Or would that come under 'Sauces'?
- Location
- United States
From my experience heating the water is the least important process of a Japanese tea ceremony because it isn't even really about the tea so much as what all the actions represent.
I think I wrote this all out in the third post about transcendent cuisine? Alcohol is strictly about making alcohol. It's a route you can choose to develop but not a particularly important one in the spectrum of being a great chef though i do think drinks are relevant to meals. Fermenting is things like kimchi, cheese, and sausages.
Sauces is more broad and covers things from gravy to bearnaise and so on.
- Location
- Leeds
Cheese I could see. Kimchi, well I don't know how that's made. I could even understand the rotten shark dish that the Icelanders are feared for. But if my sausages start fermenting then they're going in the bin.
- Location
- United States
I Think
The category is curing and fermenting so that covers salting meats and drying them. I'm probably rolling smoking stuff into that too. A lot of the categories are strictly broader than they would otherwise be to prevent skill bloat. I didn't want too many culinary skills.
Its pretty much for the development of your own beer, wine, liquor etc.
zamin
The Watcher in the Dark
So we could develop our own version of sake with it? Cool.
- Location
- Leeds
Shit internet.
Umi-san
Procrastinating.
- Location
- ꙮ
that's the fish our pet is going to eat
Kimchi (/ˈkɪmtʃiː/; Korean: 김치, translit. gimchi, IPA: [kim.tɕʰi]), a staple in Korean cuisine, is a traditional side dish made from salted and fermented vegetables, most commonly napa cabbage and Korean radishes, with a variety of seasonings including chili powder, scallions, garlic, ginger, and jeotgal (salted seafood).[1][2] There are hundreds of varieties of kimchi made with different vegetables as the main ingredients.[3][4] In traditional preparations, kimchi was stored underground in jars to keep cool, and unfrozen during the winter months.[2] These days, kimchi refrigerators are used instead.
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A 2003 article in the Los Angeles Times said that South Koreans consume 40 pounds (18 kg) of kimchi per person annually.[61] A 2015 book cited a 2011 source that said that adult Koreans eat from 50 grams (0.11 lb) to 200 grams (0.44 lb) of kimchi a day.[62]
Some credit Korea's industrious energy as a people, and their nation's rapid economic growth, in part to eating the dish.[35] Kimchi is made of various vegetables and contains a high concentration of dietary fiber,[63][64] while being low in calories. One serving also provides over 50% of the daily recommended amount of vitamin C and carotene. Most types of kimchi contain onions, garlic, ginger, and chili peppers, all of which are salutary. The vegetables used in kimchi also contribute to its overall nutritional value. Kimchi is rich in vitamin A, thiamine (B1), riboflavin (B2), calcium, and iron,[65][66] and contains lactic acid bacteria, among those the typical species Lactobacillus kimchii.[67][68][69]
- Location
- United States
I originally wanted to fold it into curing and fermenting but I worried the category would cover too many things. Between yogurt, cheese, a number of sauces in east Asian cuisine, sausages, meats and then adding beer and wine and liquor on top...
Ingredient Challenge
- Location
- United States
My trip is finished so I can now dedicate some time to writing. I am working out a few kinks mechanically but while I was at it I wanted to issue a challenge for people to contribute to the ingredients pull. In return I will give out rewards including skill points, items, bonuses to actions and so on.
I will weigh vegetables/plants/grains more heavily since I have far less ideas in that category than with animals and beasts.
Format is nothing too complicated.
Name:
Spirit/Circle Level:
Brief Description:
For names I will give larger benefits to more unique submissions. Spirits/circle levels can be 0-9 corresponding with equivalent tiers for humanoid. A brief description can encompass shape, size, taste, and so on. This is just to give me a better idea how to incorporate it.
The next chapter I wager is going to be fairly long so I am aiming for a weekend update.
I will weigh vegetables/plants/grains more heavily since I have far less ideas in that category than with animals and beasts.
Format is nothing too complicated.
Name:
Spirit/Circle Level:
Brief Description:
For names I will give larger benefits to more unique submissions. Spirits/circle levels can be 0-9 corresponding with equivalent tiers for humanoid. A brief description can encompass shape, size, taste, and so on. This is just to give me a better idea how to incorporate it.
The next chapter I wager is going to be fairly long so I am aiming for a weekend update.