What does it taste like?

Another redditor and I whipped up this quick table for determining what something tastes like a couple of days back. After having done a Tavern Name Table and a Food & Drink Table all I need to do is come up with a way to generate innkeepers and tavern patrons and I'll never have an empty tavern again.

What's it taste like?

	Taste (d6)	Intensity (d10)	Sensations (d20)
1	Bitter	Just a hint	Itching
2	Sweet		Spicy
3	Sour		Slimy
4	Salty	Subtle	Metallic
5	Umami		Earthy
6			Smokey
7		Strong	Gamey
8			Dry
9			Fatty/Gristley
10		Overwhelming	Chewy/Tough
11			Crunchy
12			Tingly/Minty
13			Hearty
14			Fermented
15			Rancid
16			Stringy
17			Greasey
18			Yeasty
19			Mushy
20			Gritty & Saccharine

 

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Food & Drink For Your Random Tavern

Last week I posted this set of tables aimed at generating a random tavern name. I made that table for a spot of fun on a lazy Sunday afternoon and I thought I would enjoy supplementing it with a pair of tables for random food and drink.

This interest in tables is a new thing. I don't recall ever making more than a basic table before last week and here I am cranking out another two. I'm finding table creation to be a strangely engrossing pastime.

Food Table
To use the Food Table roll d6 once per ingredient you wish to have in the food, I suggest 2-4 times. Then roll d10 under the corresponding category. Roll d10 again under the Preparation heading to find out how the food is prepared.

For example, I want to come up with a menu item for the The Dancing Kobold Tavern. I decide to use two ingredients and roll 2d6. I get a 1 and a 4, which means I need to roll once for meat and once again for Fruit. I roll d10 on each and end up with pork and plumb. Finally, I roll Preparation and get stewed. The menu item is Stewed Pork and Plum, a combination I can't say I have tried in my life. I never claimed that the tavern would have good food.

	Ingredients	d6	1	2	3	4	5	6
d10	Preparation	d10	Meat	Fish	Veggie	Fruit/Berry	Other	Seasoning
1	Roasted	1	Beef	Trout	Potato	Apple	Cheese	Pepper
2	Boiled	2	Goose	Salmon	Corn	Plum	Cream	Nutmeg
3	Grilled	3	Chicken	Clam	Squash	Pear	Almond	Chives
4	Baked	4	Pork	Oyster	Tomato	Gooseberry	Wine	Basil
5	Fryed	5	Duck	Squid	Carrot	Blackberry	Olive Oil	Garlic
6	Steamed/Smoked	6	Lamb	Herring	Onion	Raspberry	Butter	Rosemary
7	Souped	7	Pheasant	Cod	Turnip	Strawberry	Walnut	Mugwort
8	Stewed	8	Goat	Shark	Beet	Currant	Chestnut	Cinnamon
9	Coldcut	9	Venison	Bass	Celery	Figg	Hazelnut	Coriander
10	Salad	10	Exotic*	Exotic*	Exotic*	Exotic*	Exotic*	Exotic*

* Choose a monster, humanoid or monstrous plant as the source of this ingredient.

Drink Table

The Drink Table is easier, simply roll 1d8 once under each of the headings to find out what is being served. The thing to remember with this table is that the Accents column could be the full blown flavour (Apple Cider) or just a hint (a touch of orange in an India Pale Ale).

d8	Source/Preparation	Accents	Alcohol Type
1	Aged	Orange	Ale
2	Dwarven	Berry	Cider
3	Elven	Spice	Lager
4	Gnomish	Herbs	Kumis
5	Stilled	Apple	Wine
6	Iced	Oak	Liquer
7	Mulled	Pear	Rum
8	Casked	Nuts	Brandy

Well, now I'm thirsty. Time to swing by the fridge and see what I've got to drink. I doubt it is anything so exotic as Gnomish spiced kumis.

Categories: fantasy, flavour, Food and Drink, tables, taverns

Random Tavern Names

Last weekend I decided to try my hand at making a tavern name generation table. Well, it actually consists of three tables. Is that too complicated to use outside of a computer application? What is too complex for dice tables? I don't know the answer to that, but maybe you do. Let me know in the comments.

I had a good time making this and combing adjectives and nouns that I thought could be fun. I looked at a lot of traditional English pub names for inspiration (which was also fun). I am thinking about following up with some tables for finding out more stuff about the tavern. Things like rumours, house special, quality of accommodations and other customers. I don't think I will need two d100 tables to make those work. I didn't really need them for this one, but I just couldn't fit all the words I wanted on d66.

Random Tavern Name

1. Roll d100. If result is even roll once on the Table 1 and add to name, else proceed to 3.
2. Roll d100 on Table 2 and add result to name.
3. Roll d100 on Table 3, if result 1-60 then continue to 5.
4. Roll d100. If result is even roll once more on Table 1 and add to name, else continue to 6.
5. Roll d100 on table 2 and add result to name.
6. Add "The", "Ye", "Inn", "Pub" and similar words to taste.

Table 1

1	Abandoned	21	Batty	41	Curious	61	Fancy	81	Faithful
2	Dashing	22	Bawdy	42	Caged	62	Red	82	Gentle
3	Jumpy	23	Wandering	43	Illustrious	63	Festive	83	Yellow
4	Absent	24	Bent	44	Purring	64	Fierce	84	Gleaming
5	Keen	25	Dead	45	Greedy	65	Vulgar	85	Graceful
6	Dancing	26	Timid	46	Charming	66	Determined	86	Green
7	Purple	27	Mad	47	Cheerful	67	Discreet	87	Grey
8	Drunken	28	Black	48	Delicate	68	Furtive	88	Gusty
9	Magic	29	Bloody	49	Shivering	69	Dusty	89	Golden
10	Dazzling	30	Blue	50	Chubby	70	Eager	90	Happy
11	Ambitious	31	Blushing	51	Silver	71	Nimble	91	Haunted
12	Amused	32	Wicked	52	Kind	72	Educated	92	Heavenly
13	Old	33	White	53	Clever	73	Sharp	93	Lucky
14	Angry	34	Brash	54	Cowardly	74	Elegant	94	Hollow
15	Jolly	35	Brave	55	Moaning	75	Orange	95	Friendly
16	Sleeping	36	Bright	56	Stormy	76	Last	96	Husky
17	Arrogant	37	Broken	57	Mysterious	77	Lazy	97	Ignorant
18	Juicy	38	Brown	58	Crooked	78	Lively	98	Iron
19	Thirsty	39	Plucky	59	Cultured	79	Enchanted	99	Imaginary
20	Bashful	40	Burly	60	Cynical	80	Exotic	100	Jealous

Table 2

1	Pig	21	Dragon	41	Custard	61	Dancer	81	Shield
2	Dog	22	Unicorn	42	Sausage	62	Knight	82	Night
3	Cat	23	Goblin	43	Ale	63	Knave	83	Day
4	Stag	24	Kobold	44	Cheese	64	King	84	Hound
5	Cock	25	Orc	45	Wine	65	Queen	85	Potato
6	Fox	26	Beast	46	Pot	66	Lady	86	Bone
7	Bull	27	Elf	47	Kettle	67	Lord	87	Pie
8	Duck	28	Gnome	48	Boot	68	Harlot	88	Star
9	Toad	29	Dwarf	49	Throne	69	Mage	89	Moon
10	Elephant	30	Basilisk	50	Tavern	70	Monk	90	Steed
11	Lion	31	Ghost	51	Wheel	71	Saint	91	Lute
12	Wolf	32	Man	52	House	72	Robber	92	Drum
13	Rat	33	Soul	53	Inn	73	Baron	93	Thief
14	Snake	34	Angel	54	Flag	74	Wife	94	Bard
15	Ox	35	Devil	55	Mug	75	Sailor	95	Cave
16	Shark	36	Beholder	56	Bottle	76	Adventurer	96	Wish
17	Fish	37	Giant	57	Potion	77	Piper	97	Lie
18	Horse	38	Slime	58	Drink	78	Hunter	98	Leftovers
19	Badger	39	Nymph	59	Stop	79	Fool	99	Coin
20	Lamb	40	Witch	60	Chair	80	Beggar	100	Bed

Table 3

1-20	Add “and” to name.
21-40	Add “and the” to name.
41-50	Add “or” to name.
51-90	N/A - No further rolling needed.
91-95	The sign is broken and no further title can be made out.
96-100	As 61-90, but the sign is a picture/carving and features no writing.

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