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Food & Trade Goods
Trade Goods come in all shapes and sizes, but the most common are food and bulk materials. Below are some examples of each.
Table: Food Goods
Generally, a character must consume one meal of Food Goods every 2 days, and 1 lb. of water every day, to survive and work and/or travel 8 hours a day (adventuring, crafting, etc.). A character eating every day may instead work 12 hours a day. Unless otherwise listed, the food quantities listed below serve as a single meal.
We're well aware a pound of water isn't the most accurate measurement. However, we did it this way for the convenience of the player.
| Meal Food | TU Value | Weight | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jarred Food | 2 | 0.5 lb. | Normally pickled or otherwise preserved food in an airtight container. |
| Preserved Food | 1 | 1 lb. | Jerky, Trail Rations, and other such meals. Typically ruined if they become wet. |
| Trade Food | 1 | 2 lb. | Grains, Tubers, Mushrooms, and the like - must be prepared with an appropriate check, but can feed two creatures instead of one. |
| Vegetables | 1-3 | 2 lb. | A variant of Trade Food that can vary in value based upon your region and it's corresponding scarcity. |
| Water (4 lbs.) | 1 | 4 lb. | The stuff of life. Usually readily available, but when you can't find it, you need it. |
| Additional Foods | TU Value | Weight | Notes |
| Cheerfood | 3+ | - | Sweets, nice cigars, and other such luxuries - cheerfood gives the user a +1 on all d20 rolls for 24 hours. |
| Alcohol | 4+ | 1-100 lb. | Ale, beer, wine, mead, and any other number of brews fit into this category. Quality and value can vary widely, as can the effects! |
Table: Common Trade Materials
The examples below are not an exhaustive list, but are intended to serve as a guideline for estimating value and weight of transported goods. Note that Silver is most commonly used as a “trade metal”, on account of a pound of silver (coins or otherwise being valued at 1 TU. As will all prices, these may vary in the campaign world. The prices listed here are for “ready to work” materials - barrels or powder kegs of salt, spindles of wool, and metal ingots, rather than raw product.
| Foods & Spices | TU Value | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Chocolate | 2 | 1 lb. |
| Cinnamon | 1 | 1 lb. |
| Saffron | 5 | 1 lb. |
| Salt | 2 | 1 lb. |
| Sugar | 1 | 5 lb. |
| Tobacco | 1 | 2 lb. |
| Vanilla | 5 | 1 lb. |
| Textiles & Furs | TU Value | Qty. |
|---|---|---|
| Cotton | 2 | 1 sq. yard |
| Leather | 1 | 1 sq. yard |
| Silk | 5 | 1 sq. yard |
| Wool | 2 | 1 sq. yard |
| Metals & Misc. | Weight | TU Value |
|---|---|---|
| Adamantium | 1 lb. | 10 TU |
| Coal or Charcoal | 20 lb. | 1 TU |
| Cold Iron | 1 lb. | 5 TU |
| Copper | 5 lb. | 1 TU |
| Darkwood | 1 lb. | 3 TU |
| Glass | 1 lb. | 1 TU |
| Gold | 1 lb. | 5 TU |
| Iron | 10 lb. | 1 TU |
| Marble | 1 lb. | 2 TU |
| Mithril | 1 lb. | 15 TU |
| Platinum | 1 lb. | 15 TU |
| Silver (coinage) | 1 lb. | 100 TU |