> > From: Mikko Rintasaari <mikrin_at_...>
> >That's scary! I mean, people do joke about english cooking, but... And
> >no, I think I have a decent upbringing educating me on germs and food
> >preservation (home and school).
> > My food may not always taste too good, but you won't die of it. Id
> >think I have a skill of 12, parhaps even 14, but no more.
>
> Which might mean that against normal resistance you make barely edible food
> 50% of the time ...(BTW Food poisoning is very common, probably increasing
> in frequency and mostly undiagnosed. Refrigeration doesn't necessary
I think that the normal resistance in our world is very low, and as David pointed out I do have the magical +20 fridge. I'm no chef, but I definitely don't endanger myself when making food.
> protect against it - in fact it can make the problem worse if foods are
> cooked, chilled and warmed again. Buying bacteria free food is also
> potentially dangerous as any bacteria it comes in contact with will have
> no competetion).
Parhaps I'm augmenting with my Biology 17 but it's still under a mastery.
> >Parhaps for a cottar. And even so, I'd say the main ability is farming,
> >or some kind of craft. I still think speeh herding is simple (at least
> >considering that learning it costs as much HP as difficult crafts or
> >fighting skills (especially if CC is just 1HP to advance)).
>
> I think shepherding is difficult. A shepherd will have to constantly tend
> the sheep to avoid disease and probablty treat common ailments too. You can
> lose the entire flock through inattention (I'm reminded of Gabriel Oak at
> the beginning of Far from The Madding Crowd).
>
> Thom
Ok if sheep care and animal madicine are included in sheepherding. So the skill is actually "keeping and growing sheep", is it?
-Adept
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