Well, Ami, if you do a quick search this subject has been breached before. Essentially we couldn't agree, but personally I think cider suits, butmakes no sense. A lot of people say expensive things from far away lands imported in because of our great trade. However, logically, it'd be someting akin to vodka, hooch or something equally strong (methanoic spirits mayhaps?) because it requires little plant life and creates a strong, harsh drink.
I don't have a clue why cider
Also, technically, the ash etc from volcanic eruptions is VERY fertile, so they would likely have fields of a sort around volcanoes(sp?) and possibly FORCE a volcanic eruption each year after harvest...
Excisely
However, they probably have some method of keeping it dormant and having a larger eruption when they let it off, then have Hobgoblins begin cultivating. Also, as I aforementioned, trade is likely to get them a lot of their food etc...
I always just imagined they farmed the areas around Golgoth and the like, away from Zharr Naggrund's complete devastation.
You could say that, but what about the forces of Chaos? Also, the ogres prize food as valuable, so they are likely to give us food instead of slaves in some cases...
Sojourn explains it better than I
Thank you, kindly... There isn;t much meat around, unless it has something to eat itself. Those slaves that die (only live ones are used in sacrifice), must be fed to carnivorous chickens, fed to us. Nah, we'll have pork, methinks...
Importing food seems to be the main thing. For the CDs or at least the middle-upper class CDs anyway. the rest would be gruel, POSSIBLY left overs and various other mush made from these crops and stuff. Sometimes other slaves end up in it. Gotta dispose of them somehow
It may be true, but it could keep you alive if there's nothing else around (as SO many survival program people say).
Still, it doesn't seem like a dish for the CDs, IMO. Two humanoids they might eat: lizardmen and beastmen... (same thing in a sense
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Beastmen would taste like goat. Mutant goat
I'd eat a tramp
I guess I'd try hobgoblin too... Alas, I have no pets (hold on, could this be why? FLUFFY!
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They could have large, industrial fishing ships like the modern counterparts, sucking up the water and filtering out anything edible.
The CDs could grow crops anywhere that isn't around Zharr Naggrund, as nowhere puts out nearly as much pollution. Their 'fangs' are in fact tusks, like a boars, and as such don't indicate a race that depends on meat (living where they live that would be a rather foolish race). They could also fish out of Uzkulak and trade for animals etc with the ogres and marauders (both of which have to have some form of farming going, its not as if the models constitute their entire culture).
I could see them using a fleet of steam-powered fishing trawlers to dragnet the hell out of the Sea of Dread. They'd pillage ocean resources with the same ruthlessness they do minerals. Most of what they catch would be smoked and/or heavily salted for the trip back up the River Ruin.
Anything else they'd probably have to trade or raid for since the sky is perpetually choked with ash and I don't think Greenskins are good for growing anything other than fungus.
On the plus side, Kera's pirates could keep us well supplied with spices from all those Cathayan trading vessels...
The fungus is a possible answer. Runequest trolls are supposed to brew all sorts of beers from mushrooms they grow as are WFB Night Goblins. Maybe CD's brew odd psycho-active mushroom beers to enhance their magical abilities.
I have always thought of the sorcerers as fairly decadent so they may well favour exotic wines, which they would need to trade for.
I would imagine they must eat a lot of meat. Surely there can't be that many plants in the Dark Lands.
They may trade for some vegetables from foreign traders, but surely not enough to feed their entire population.
CDs are the ultimate omnivoures, whether it is resouces like metals gems and iron or food supplies. Basically I'm thinking they will consume anything if need be.
I'd say they drink something along the lines of poitÃn. Having said that, when I went to Mt.Etna years ago we bought a bizzare spirit called Mt.Etna's fire, which was 80% or something stupid like that so that could be a bit more Chaos Dwarfish.
This is obviously what hobgoblins drink:
Seems entirely to clean for a hobgoblin establishment.
That's a pretty funny picture.
We don't get Hobgoblin beer over here, sadly.