Down at the Pangarian fruit and veg stall!

CORN (#1/31, #335/365) [TTHA] 

Appearance: This tall plant has a stalk two or more metres high, with long green leaves and a yellow kernel-covered cob or ear.

Distribution: Plains and grasslands across Titan.

 

Effects: A cob or ear of Corn equals one Provision. It is also an ingredient in many foods, including corn bread, corn dolls, .

 

Cost: City 1gp, Town 1gp, Village 5sp (per cob or ear)

 

Availability: Common

 

Further Notes: Corn is related to Pygmy Corn (see The Titan Herbal, p. 55). It gives its name to the month of Corn Ripening and is a very common staple crop across all regions of Titan (and even grown by Orcs, who call the goddess Galana, the Lady of Corn). Fields of Corn are the habitat of Corn Rats.

 

GRAPEFRUIT (#2/31, #336/365) [TTHA] 

Appearance: This is an evergreen citrus tree with dark green leaves and large yellow-orange globular fruit .

Distribution: Plains, hills and jungles across the warmer areas of Titan.

 

Effects: Each Grapefruit is equivalent to one Provision. They can also be thrown as an Improvised weapon.

 

Cost: City 2gp, Town 1gp, Village 1gp (per fruit)

 

Availability: Common

 

Further Notes: As a citrus tree, the Grapefruit is a distant relative of the Magic Lemon Tree (see p. XX) and the Lemonberry plant (see The Titan Herbal, p. 44).

LEMON (#3/31, #337/365) [TTHA] 

Appearance: This is a twisted, thorny strange-looking tree with white flowers, bright green leaves and ovoid yellow fruit.

Distribution: Woods, plains and hills across Titan

 

Effects: The fruit of the Lemon tree is sour but edible. Eating a Lemon restores 1 STAMINA point, but no more than three can be eaten per day due to their bitter taste. Lemons, or perhaps Magic Lemons, are an ingredient in concocting a Potion of Wound Protection (see Encyclopedia Arcana: Volume 1, p. 118), and also in creating invisible written messages. They are also extensively used in cooking or adding to tea for flavour.

 

Cost: City 6sp, Town 8sp, Village 1gp (per fruit)

 

Availability: Common

 

Further Notes: The Lemon tree is a distant relative of the Lemonberry plant (see The Titan Herbal, p. 44) and the Magic Lemon Tree (p. XX).

PEAR (#4/31, #338/365) [TTHA] 

Appearance: The tree is reasonably tall with long glossy green leaves and large white flowers. Its fruit is greenish-yellow and pear-shaped.

Distribution: Woods, hills and plains across Titan.

 

Effects: Eating a Pear is nutritious and will restore 1-2 STAMINA points. They are also an ingredient in both cooking and the concocting of the Nostalgia Potion.

 

Cost: City 2sp, Town 1sp, Village 1sp (per fruit)

 

Availability: Common

 

Further Notes: A chest made from pearwood can be used as a substitute for Oak when constructing a Chest Creature (see Heroes Companion, p. 17) or a Y-shaped Dowsing Rod (see Advanced Fighting Fantasy, p. 149). The Pear is related to the Poison Pear Tree (see The Titan Herbal, p. 53).

 

PLUM (#5/31, #339/365) [TTHA] 

Appearance: This is a small tree with thorny branches, green oval-shaped leaves, white flowers and plump red-purple fruit.

Distribution: Plains, hills and forests across the temperate areas of Titan.

 

Effects: A bag of plums are sweet and juicy to eat. They taste delicious and restore 1 STAMINA point when consumed.

 

Cost: City 1gp, Town 1gp, Village 2gp (per bag)

 

Availability: Common

 

Further Notes: The Plum tree is one of many fruit trees grown by the Pangarians on their floating islands above the Ocean of Tempests.

 

SEAWEED (#6/31, #340/365) [TTHA] 

Appearance: This takes many forms from blade-like seagrass, to massive kelp vines with thick blubbery leaves, to sargasso weed with grape-like air-sacs, to sheets of thin algae; ranging in colour from brown through orange, yellow, and green to purple.

Distribution: All seas across Titan, including ice-locked polar regions.

 

Effects: Green, sheet-like varieties of seaweed can be eaten as food and restore 1-2 STAMINA points when consumed.

 

Cost: City 1gp, Town 1gp, Village 2gp (per sheet)

 

Availability: Common

 

Further Notes: Other types of Seaweed include Sea Lettuce (see p. XX), and the Underwater Honeypear (see The Titan Herbal, p. 71). All types of Seaweed are grown by many aquatic races including Merfolk, Sea Elves, Water Sprites, Fish Men, and Pelagines. It is the natural food of herbivorous underwater creatures such as the Giant Sea Horse.