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There are thousands of different '''foods and drinks''' found in [[GemStone IV]]. [[Character]]s are not required to eat or drink; one cannot die of hunger or dehydration. Most food and drink exist merely for the enjoyment of the flavors, and can be consumed with the{{boldmono| [[EAT]] }}and{{boldmono| [[DRINK]] }}verbs, respectively. In addition,{{boldmono| [[GOBBLE]] }}can be used to take multiple bites of food at once, and [[warrior]]s belonging to the [[Warrior Guild]] can learn to{{boldmono| [[GUZZLE]] }}a drink.

==Magical Food and Drink==
{{mono|EAT }}and{{mono| DRINK }}are also used for magical foods and drinks, which are often sold at [[festival]]s and [[pay event]]s. Foods and drinks cannot normally be made with [[Magic Item Creation (420)]], and the spell versions are special in that they do not require any [[Magic Item Use]] (MIU) to use. On the other hand, training in MIU does not increase the duration of a spell effect received from eating a magical food or drink. Most spells of variable duration (dependent on training) last ten minutes. Spells of set duration (e.g. [[Celerity (506)]]) last the duration normal for that spell.

Spoiled food can be made fresh again with [[Consecrate (1604)]].

==Food and Drink Design==
Players of [[Meeting Hall Organization]]s (MHO) and [[Co-operative Houses of Elanthia]] (CHE) officers have regular opportunities to add foods and drinks to their organization's pantry. Purchasers of [[SimuCoin private property|SimuCoin private properties]] will also have the chance to design personalized options for their homes. Food and drink design is also a common activity for MHO and CHE events, as well as [[Premium]] contests.

While the rules and costs for creating the food are different, all foods have the same design elements:

# Base that is (15/15/15) or a [[long description]]. No [[show description]]s
# Up to 2 different 1st person tastes&dagger;
# Up to 2 different 1st person tastes for a specific race (optional)
# 3rd person messaging for each taste (optional)
# Optional effects
:{| {{prettytable}}
|- bgcolor=lightblue
!Food Effects||Drink Effects
|-
|Frosting on face||Froth/foam on face
|-
|Spicy||Icy breath
|-
| ||Instant drunk
|}
:&dagger; In the case of CHEs, using custom tastes may result in additional costs, but specifying an existing food taste from another item is allowed. See the [https://sites.google.com/site/gs4che/influence-guide#TOC-Food-Items Official CHE Website] for details.

==See Also==
*[[/saved posts|Saved posts]]

[[Category: Item Mechanics]]
[[Category: Food and drink]]

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imported>GS4-XERAPHINA: moved magic food mechanics information from EAT to here.