Using the Supply Action In Strotherhine

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A while back I wrote a blog post about food & drink in Strotherhine, the setting I created to run a Cairn 2e West Marches game in. The setting is based on the fauna, flora, and geography of the Southeastern United States. The blog post has a lot of great information in it, but it's not the easiest thing to actually make use of at the table. I often found myself struggling to find the information I was looking for while running the game.

The solution I landed on was to take the information from that original post and turn it into a series of d6 tables, which you can find below, that can be used to determine what kind of food the players find when they take the supply action during wilderness exploration. Seasonality is an important theme of the setting, so in addition to organizing these table by the different regions, I also created a different table for each season.




Fields of Moseley (Piedmont Prairie) 

Spring
1 Spring Wild Greens: Dandelion, Chicory, Plantain, Purple Deadnettle, Henbit
2 Knotweed Shoots
3 Wild Asparagus
4 Wild Carrot
5 Spring Wild Roots: Burdock Root, Field Thistle Roots
6 Small Game: Groundhog, Rabbit

Summer
1 Summer Wild Greens: Wild Mustard, Lamb's Quarters, Purslane, Sheep Sorrel, Shiso
2 Summer Wild Roots: Chicory, Dandelion
3 Summer Wild Fruit: chokeberries, elderberries
4 Feral Plants: squash, corn
5 Small Game: Groundhog, Rabbit
6 Honey Comb + Honey (if vessel) possibly dangerous to collect

Fall 
1 Goldenrod Greens & Flowers
2 Crabapples
3 Giant Puffball Mushrooms
4 Fall Wild Roots: Sunchokes, Salsify
5 Pheasant
6 Deer

Winter
1 Chickweed
2 Yarrow Greens
3 Field Mice
4 Curly Dock Seeds
5 Rock Doves
6 Deer

The Fenlands (Salt Marsh)

Spring
1 Marsh Periwinkles
2 Pennywort Stems and Leaves
3 Marsh Tuckahoes Rhizome
4 Marsh Wapatos Tubers
5 Duck Eggs
6 Oysters

Summer
1 Marsh Periwinkles
2 Zebra Mussels
3 Sea Rocket Leaves
4 Sea Aster Leaves
5 Wild rice
6 Teal Duck

Fall 
1 Marsh Periwinkles
2 Saltwort Leaves
3 Sea Purslane Leaves and Steams
4 Beach Plum Fruit
5 Blue Crabs
6 Fall Waterfowl: Black Duck, Sea Duck, Merganser, Rail

Winter
1 Marsh Periwinkles
2 Winter Shellfish: Bay Scallops, Ribbed Mussels, Quahogs
3 Oysters
4 Blue Crabs
5 Muskrat & Nutria
6 Snow Goose

The Burning Weald (Longleaf Pine Savanna)

Spring
1 Spring Wild Greens: Dandelion, Chicory, Plantain, Purple Deadnettle, Henbit
2 Knotweed Shoots
3 Wild Asparagus
4 Wild Carrot
5 Spring Wild Roots: Burdock Root, Field Thistle Roots
6 Small Game: Groundhog, Rabbit

Summer
1 Summer Wild Greens: Wild Mustard, Lamb's Quarters, Purslane, Sheep Sorrel, Shiso
2 Summer Wild Roots: Chicory, Dandelion
3 Summer Wild Fruit: chokeberries, elderberries
4 Feral Plants: squash, corn
5 Small Game: Groundhog, Rabbit
6 Honey Comb + Honey (if vessel) possibly dangerous to collect

Fall 
1 Goldenrod Greens & Flowers
2 Crabapples
3 Giant Puffball Mushrooms
4 Fall Wild Roots: Sunchokes, Salsify
5 Pheasant
6 Deer

Winter
1 Chickweed
2 Yarrow Greens
3 Field Mice
4 Curly Dock Seeds
5 Rock Doves
6 Deer
The Greenwids (Oak–Hickory Forest)

Spring
1 Redbud Blossoms
2 Greenbrier Tips and Roots
3 Garlic Mustard Greens and Roots
4 Ramps
5 Morels
6 Squirrel

Summer
1 Cicadas
2 Mayapples
3 Squirrel
4 Summer Mushrooms: Chanterelles, Black Trumpet, Boletes, Chicken of the Woods, Blue Milkcaps, Hedgehog Mushrooms, Old Man of the Woods
5 Wild berries: blueberries, blackberries, and mulberries
6 Pawpaws

Fall 
1 Garlic Mustard Greens and Roots
2 Nuts (hickory, walnut, hazelnut and beech) & acorns
3 Squirrel
4 Persimmons
5 Fall Mushrooms: Oyster Mushrooms, Hen of the Woods, Lion’s Mane, Lobster
6 Deer

Winter
1 Wintergreen Leaves and Berries
2 Deer Mice
3 Squirrel
4 Winter Mushrooms: Wood Blewit, Enoki, Turkey Tail, Wood Ear
5 Deer
6 Boar

Freshwater Fishing

Spring
1 Crappie
2 Bluegill
3 Sunfish (green, redbreast, redear)
4 Perch (white, yellow)
5 Shad (hickory)
6 Trout (rainbow, brown, brook)

Summer
1 Pumpkinseed
2 Bluegill
3 Warmouth
4 Smallmouth Bass
5 Pike
6 Sturgeon

Fall 
1 Carp
2 Walleye
3 Bass (white, rock, spotted)
4 Catfish (blue, channel, flathead, white)
5 Trout (rainbow, brown, brook)
6 Muskie

Winter
1 Bluegill
2 Saugeye
3 Bass (largemouth, black, stripped)
4 Catfish (blue, channel, flathead, white)
5 Pike
6 Muskie

Saltwater Fishing

Spring 1 Small Mid-Migration Fish (Shad, Herring, and Alewife) 2 Spadefish 3 Amberjack 4 Cobia 5 Striped Bass (aka Rockfish, trophy-size!) 6 Sturgeon
Summer 1 Spot 2 Cownose Ray 3 Summer Flounder/Fluke, Sturgeon 4 Red Drum 5 Blue(bigger) & White(smaller) Marlin 6 Bluefin(bigger) & Yellowfin(smallter) Tuna
Fall 1 Eel 2 Halibut 3 Bluefish 4 Blackfish aka Tautog 5 Striped Bass 6 Mahi-Mahi
Winter 1 Puppy Drum (juvenilia red drum) 2 Speckled Sea Trout 3 Winter Flounder/Black Back 4 Blackfish aka Tautog 5 Black Drum 6 Striped Bass (big)

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