Tired of Serving the Same Old Tavern Stew?

Let’s face it, your adventurers are tired of bland stew and cheap ale. Every tavern starts to feel the same. It’s time to inject some serious flavour and personality into your world’s watering holes! A truly memorable local dish can make a village unforgettable, add rich detail to your world building, and even spark a brand-new plot hook.

That’s where this simple D&D food generator comes in. Next time your players ask, “What’s on the menu?”, roll a d20 and surprise them!

Unexpected Local Speciality Dish (d20)

Just roll a d20 to find out what strange and wonderful delicacy this establishment is known for.

1. Dream Weaver Soup: Hallucinogenic mushroom broth, grants visions.
2. Grub Gumbo: Spicy insect stew, great protein boost.
3. Stone Fruit Surprise: Fermented fruit paste, sweet and alcoholic.
4. Singed Whisker Broth: Rat whisker soup, rumoured to bring good luck.
5. Blood Bread: Dough enriched with animal blood, high in iron.
6. Pickled Hydra Tongue: Chewy and spicy, grants temporary resistance to poison.
7. Eel Pie: A savoury pie filled with local river eels and spices.
8. Glowshroom Omelet: Made with bioluminescent fungi, emits a faint light.
9. Fermented Beak Beer: A foul but surprisingly potent local brew.
10. Roasted Cave Cricket: A crunchy snack, tastes oddly like popcorn.
11. Lizard Jerky: Dried lizard meat, a good source of trail energy.
12. Dire Boar Sausage: A spicy sausage from dire boar, very filling.
13. Honeycomb Tripe: Tripe served with wild honey, a strange but popular combination.
14. Mudfish Stew: A hearty stew with local mudfish and root vegetables.
15. Worm Wine: Wine fermented with large grubs, giving it an earthy flavour.
16. Nut Loaf: A dense loaf made with various local nuts and seeds.
17. Skald’s Mead: A potent mead said to inspire creativity and song.
18. Giant Snail Soup: A creamy soup with giant snail meat, considered a delicacy.
19. Junglefowl Eggs: Bright blue eggs, served hard-boiled and salted.
20. Rainbow Lichen Salad: A colourful salad with a surprisingly tangy flavour.

Add a Regional Quirk! (d6)

Want to make things even more interesting? Roll a d6 and add this quirk to how the dish is prepared or served. It’s a fantastic GM tool for creating a truly memorable meal.

1. Served with a side of live, wriggling grubs.
2. Secretly infused with a mild love potion.
3. Causes uncontrollable (but harmless) hiccups for 10 minutes.
4. It’s traditionally served inside a skull.
5. You must say a secret password to order it.
6. Infused with a weak truth serum.

Bring Your World to Life

Using small details like this is a game-changer for any Dungeon Master. It turns a simple meal into an experience. Feel free to adapt these ideas, mix and match them, or use them as inspiration for your own unique fantasy tavern menus. Happy gaming!