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Beverage
s
Beverage Cost Weight
1 . Ale,
tankard
of
2 s.
p.
1 pint
( 2 lbs.
)
2 . Beer,
tankard
of
1 s.
p.
1 pint
( 2 lbs.
)
3 . Mead,
bottle
of
1 0 s.
p.
½ gallon
( 3.
5 lbs.
)
4 . Milk,
bucket
of
5 s.
p.
1 gallon
( 7 lbs.
)
5 . Water,
bucket
of
1 s.
p.
1 gallon
( 8 lbs.
)
6 . Wine,
bottle
of
1 00
s.
p.
½ gallon
( 3.
5 lbs.
)
A beverage is a liquid for drinking, and is
usually prepared. Following are descriptions of each
beverage:
Ale: This is a malted and hopped beverage
that is usually higher in alcoholic content than beer,
heavier in body, more bitter, and is brewed by top
fermentation. Crooked innkeepers and
tavernkeepers dilute ale with water and sell it as
though it is pure ale. Consuming ale affects a
character’s body (see Intoxication in Chap. 2: Body).
Dwarves love ale. BCT is 3 months.
Beer: This is a malted and hopped beverage
that is somewhat bitter and brewed by bottom fermentation.
Beer usually has less alcoholic content
than ale. Crooked innkeepers and tavernkeepers
dilute beer with water and sell it as though it is pure
beer. Consuming beer affects a character’s body
(see Intoxication in Chap. 2: Body). BCT is 3 months.
Mead: This is a fermented beverage made
of water and honey with malt, yeast, and sometimes
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other ingredients. Mead usually has more alcoholic
content than ale, beer, or wine. The first alcoholic
beverage discovered was mead. Crooked innkeepers
and tavernkeepers dilute mead with water. Consuming
mead affects a character’s body (see Intoxication
in Chap. 2: Body). Bugbears love mead. BCT
is 1 year.
Milk: This is a white or yellowish fluid secreted
from the mammary glands of female mammals
for the nourishment of their young. Usually, it
is drawn from cows and drank.
Water: This liquid falls from rain clouds and
fills streams, rivers, and seas. As a drinking beverage,
water may range from clear and pure to brown
and cloudy, from healthy to disease-ridden.
Wine: This is fermented juice of grapes.
Wine usually has more alcoholic content than ale or
beer, but less than mead. Since a container of wine
cannot be fully sealed, wine tastes best when fresh
and spoils within a year; vintage wine is nonexistent.
Average wine sells for 10 s.p. less for each month
of age. Wine is never drank straight, but always
diluted with water, and then it is heated. This concoction
is called a hot toddy. At banquets of the
rich, wine is sometimes chilled with snow. Crooked
innkeepers and tavernkeepers dilute wine with water
and sell it as though it is pure wine. Consuming
wine affects a character’s body (see Intoxication in
Chap. 2: Body). BCT is 6 months.
Chapter 9: Equipment