[MUD-Dev] RP thesis...

[Travis S Casey]

On Tue, 20 May 1997 clawrenc at cup.hp.com wrote:

> >A troll might like to chow down on a goat's carcass after he biffs it
> >over the head, but a human would almost certainly cut it up and cook
> >it first. This is an important distinction. Different races will have
> >to eat slightly different things.
> 
> Don't forget that cooked food is significantly less nourishing than
> uncooked.  As a friend once put it, "All cooking does is make food
> more dead."  There's a lot to be said for going au naturale, and I'd
> expect your players to notice that.

It can also make food more digestible and safer to eat... anyone
for trichinosis and salmonella on muds?  :-)
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