Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-67.197.215.234-20170609130042

Thanks to StormDragon28's post on my Jungle plants suggestion (which can be viewed here), I decided to make a suggestion also covering some food-bearing plants in Rhun. Some of these would be added as more individual biomes are made, but some could be put directly into the current Rhudel biome.

1. Cassia Trees

Cassia trees (also known as Chinese Cinnamon trees) would grow in the Rhudel biome, and possibly beyond. Their bark would resemble aspen in appearance, but with a darker or more gray hue. The leaves would be bright green, covered with bright yellow flowers (similar to the way pomegranate trees are). Planks, stairs and slabs could of course be made from the wood, and these would have a rich medium brown color (as would the inside of the trunk). However, the primary use for the wood would be to craft cinnamon with. This would be done by placing a raw trunk piece in a crafting space, yielding two cinnamon. The cinnamon would have a texture identical to salt, but with the same rich brown as the wood. Cinnamon would be used in a Rhunic crafting table with two wheat to make cinnamon bread, which would restore 6 hunger points. The Dalishmen would rarely give out quests to acquire cinnamon, or cassia saplings, for they would envy the easterlings this delicious spice, but have no easy way of obtaining it by trade.

2. Chili Peppers

Ok, so this may seem to be more of Near Harad thing, and maybe it is, but some sort of hot peppers would be nice for Rhun. My suggestion would be to have a new kind of pepper specific to Middle-earth and to Rhudel. I am at a loss for what to call it, but perhaps some of you more acquainted with the languages of Tolkien can propose a name (I was thinking something along the lines of fire-fruit, but in Sindar). It would be a red pepper, found wild throughout Rhudel, somewhat resembling a red sand gem, but with bright peppers instead of flowers. Upon harvesting the plant it would yield itself, and could be crafted in a normal crafting table into one [fire-fruit]. The men of Rhudel would give quests for these, and they could be eaten restoring 2 hunger points. There are also some great opportunities for other crafting recipies that use this pepper, but I am at a loss for ideas at the moment. Some kind of stew perhaps.

3. Rice

My thoughts on rice is that it would not be native to Rhudel, but imported from farther east. It would therefore not be found wild there, but in some yet to be added biome eastwards of Rhudel. It would however, be grown in farms by the men of Rhudel and could be found in chests in their cities, or bought from them. It would grow the same as wheat, but would need to be placed immediately next to water in order to grow. Rice would be like potatoes in that, when planted and harvested would yield more of itself (so no rice seeds). Raw rice could be eaten to restore 2 hunger points. However, when two rice and a bowl are put together on a Rhudel crafting table, it would yield a "Bowl of Rice" (oddly enough...) which would restore 5 hunger points.

Well, there it is! Hope you enjoy. Please Kudo and leave a reply! 