[quote=“Coolthulhu, post:3232, topic:5570”]I thought about it, but now they (NPCs) are a bit dumb, which could result in keeping NPCs just for companionship. Though it makes a lot of sense for realism and could give a good reason to keep useless friends around.
They could give a higher bonus when happy too, though this could end up abusive in a funny way (“eat those toastems, pig, my piggy”, “do this heroin bro, I need that morale bonus of yours”, “get drunk for me, will you?”, “hey babe, use this vibrator, make me happy”).[/quote]
Hah! By the time I have enough speech that NPCs stop either fleeing in terror or shooting me it pretty much is just because I want a buddy around. A corpse pulping buddy that constantly whines at me about being tired and thirsty. Very “Last of Us”.
Honestly that bone broth thing isn't exactly realistic. IRL bone broth contains less calcium than vegetable broth.
As for eating bones: it is a bad idea to eat them raw. We could have some simple bone frying recipe or even boiled bones as a byproduct of bone broth.
Not sure how well do humans absorb calcium from chewed bones. Human digestive system isn't even truly omnivorous (like bear's) and from what I've heard, properly extracting calcium from bones requires acidic environment. Human stomach acid is weaker than vinegar.
That said, bone meal is so well absorbed that it's actually a health hazard to dogs and cats, so should provide plenty of calcium to humans too. And that could be more harmful to humans than dogs and cats, since those two feed on bones naturally and so are more likely to have more robust calcium metabolism. However we don't simulate hypervitaminoses from food sources.
Yeah, the whole nutrition thing could use a little tweaking across the board (Iron in the Vegan Diet -- The Vegetarian Resource Group), but it’s not very “simple”.
Junk Bread having so much calcium in it from the bone meal that it’s actually bad for you would be awesome, though, and a great reason why it’s classified as junk food.
Add context menu option: "Treat wound with alcohol." to consume a unit of strong liquor in order to give a 50% chance to sterilise a wound.
From what I’ve heard in the discussions on the forums, it’s not actually a good idea to cauterize a wound. We have current cauterization system mostly because it serves a gameplay purpose and we can’t just throw it away without upsetting balance.
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Yeah, cauterisation isn’t a good idea unless you’re straight up bleeding out and going to die without it, and should carry a chance of causing an infection if you do it.
New suggestion: Make “Beans” be “Soya Beans”.
These are a pretty common food crop and can be found around the North East.
Soy fermentation recipes lead into things like soy sauce and fermented tofu. Fermented tofu would be more nutritious than regular, unfermented tofu.
As well as just plain “beans” recipes, soya beans also allows cooking recipes leading to soya milk.
Having made it myself before it’s pretty time intensive - 60 minutes or so, easy - without a blender, but very simple. This milk substitute that stays fresh longer and can be used as a dairy substitute. Premade pre-catacylsm soya milk would be common in Coffee Shops, and could substitute for milk in many recipes.
Cooking soya milk also supplies okara as a byproduct. This is also edible (healthy, but not super enjoyable, uncooked, since it’s pretty well tasteless) and can be made into vegetarian burgers, added to bread, granola bars, porridge, or dried for long term storage.
Okara is also a commonly used animal feed (hence being a possible find in barns particularly those near soy processing factories) and can even be used as a component in fertiliser.
Beans beans the magical fruit indeed.
