lordofdc Posted December 29, 2011 I have a question. Would the wizards not have been able to produce another food source besides mushrooms, which was obvious to be unable to have been cured. For example those fruit trees. Perhaps have those trees be easier to grow? Or perhaps have them deliver more fruit and have those fruit be more sustainable? What about trying to adjust some other types of crops to grow in Avernum? Albeit in a worse state than on the surface of course, since it is caves. How about make a new breed of lizards which is far more docile, delivers more meat and is able to breed faster and survive on less food. Or somehow make the fish able to breed faster somehow. How about a type of moss or slime that is edible? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Randomizer Posted December 29, 2011 It has to do with the rate at which new food is produced. Mushrooms have a shorter time cycle than fruit trees that take years before they produce their first fruits. Same with animals where it takes years before they are large enough to be worth eating. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lilith Posted December 30, 2011 Yeah, all of this is discussed in-game. There are wizards who are working on improving the fruit trees, but they don't have the same yield as the mushrooms so they can't support as large a population. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lordofdc Posted December 30, 2011 So lets say they get enough fruit trees to begin to grow to support sucha large population, I guess it would take about 10 to 20 years for them to actually begin to properly support the population? In a minor way that is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dantius Posted December 30, 2011 Also, in terms of caloric efficiency, meat is a bad food source, since it requires way, way more calories of grain/whatever to produce a given caloric value of mean, even if that meat may be tastier. Although, come to think of it, it might still be necessary in small quantities for amino acids and proteins that you wouldn't get from mushrooms. So the idea of "Let's eat meat instead" as a magic way to get out of a famine is really, really not going to help you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brocktree Posted December 30, 2011 It's stated in-game that the cave lizards can live off blighted mushrooms. So I don't understand why the Avernites don't just breed more lizards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lilith Posted December 30, 2011 Originally Posted By: Brocktree It's stated in-game that the cave lizards can live off blighted mushrooms. So I don't understand why the Avernites don't just breed more lizards. It's also stated that feeding lizards on blighted mushrooms makes their meat inedible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lordofdc Posted December 30, 2011 So...isnt it possible that the Slitherikai can eat blighted mushrooms and thats why the horde isn't weakened like Avernum is? Interesting idea. Wizards making the anatomy is humans closer to lizards so they can digest the blighted mushrooms Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Earth Posted December 30, 2011 1. Sliths aren't normal lizards. 2. No1 eats Sliths so it wouldn't matter. 3. They most likely had food delivered to their location. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sudanna Posted December 30, 2011 This is in the wrong forum. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erebus the Black Posted December 30, 2011 Originally Posted By: Earth Empires 2. No1 eats Sliths so it wouldn't matter. Cave Lizards eat about anything, and baby sliths constantly try to eat their care takers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Earth Posted December 31, 2011 how come in wrong forum? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
