Example Item for Cooking Crafts
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2018 9:00 pm
I don't mean this idea to be accusatory, so please do not take anything I say in here personally! 
I've noticed a lot of cooking recipes get tooled to be much higher class versions of themselves. While I understand that it is not fun to make peasant food, I think many versions of 'simple' dishes are tooled in a way almost indistinguishable from their 'gourmet' counterparts. Example: adding vanilla to the description of a simple cake.
To help bring lower-skill (lower-class?) recipes back in line with crafting guidelines, would it be possible to add an example or two to the notes of the craft recipe?
Example (proposed addition in italics):
Name : (210) Simple Cake
Known recipe
Notes: A simple sweet baked good with simple, non-exotic flavorings. A simple apple sweet bread, a dense honey loaf, a maple-glazed walnut cake.
Skill: Cooking
Ranks required: 30
Steps taken : 5
Energy spent : 2 (10 total)
Consumed:
1x a large white, speckled egg.
OR 1x a brown egg.
OR 1x a plump brown egg speckled with darker spots.
1x a small crock of honey.
OR 1x a small pail of maple syrup.
1x a handful of flour.
Produced:
1x a simple cake.
Other required components:
1x a wooden spoon with a long leather-wrapped handle.
1x a covered earthenware pot.
1x a modest, crackling campfire.
OR 1x a brick-lined hearth.
While this idea might be cumbersome to institute, I think it will go a long way towards helping newer players have confidence in tooling recipes and also limiting the gentrification of 'simple' recipes.
I've noticed a lot of cooking recipes get tooled to be much higher class versions of themselves. While I understand that it is not fun to make peasant food, I think many versions of 'simple' dishes are tooled in a way almost indistinguishable from their 'gourmet' counterparts. Example: adding vanilla to the description of a simple cake.
To help bring lower-skill (lower-class?) recipes back in line with crafting guidelines, would it be possible to add an example or two to the notes of the craft recipe?
Example (proposed addition in italics):
Name : (210) Simple Cake
Known recipe
Notes: A simple sweet baked good with simple, non-exotic flavorings. A simple apple sweet bread, a dense honey loaf, a maple-glazed walnut cake.
Skill: Cooking
Ranks required: 30
Steps taken : 5
Energy spent : 2 (10 total)
Consumed:
1x a large white, speckled egg.
OR 1x a brown egg.
OR 1x a plump brown egg speckled with darker spots.
1x a small crock of honey.
OR 1x a small pail of maple syrup.
1x a handful of flour.
Produced:
1x a simple cake.
Other required components:
1x a wooden spoon with a long leather-wrapped handle.
1x a covered earthenware pot.
1x a modest, crackling campfire.
OR 1x a brick-lined hearth.
While this idea might be cumbersome to institute, I think it will go a long way towards helping newer players have confidence in tooling recipes and also limiting the gentrification of 'simple' recipes.