when the elves gather tree seeds and/or saplings magically or by gathering them from the ground, and make them grow into furniture, we could also have them weave the growing branches in the big trees into walls of rooms.
This is a cool idea, but I don't think it is possible without dfhack. I believe the game considers "inside" a tile with a tile over it (like a ceiling), so without that, beds, chairs and tables can't be built. I could always just add a "grow log" reaction that makes "grown logs" so that the player could build wooden houses/castles/forts but the elves would no longer look like the vanilla elves (living in trees). I'm not sure the best way to handle this at the moment. Without the ability to build walls, I fear that the elves will not be an enjoyable race to play. With walls they will be closer to nature humans than to vanilla elves. I may be at a standstill on this idea/project again lol
there were cakes even with sugar in medieval ages, but it was hard to come by.
so to make things sweet, they'd use honey or used sweet fruits.
I have to think about how I want to handle these baked items. I think I will add a butter churn workshop to make butter and then make the following obtainable at a baker's oven:
> bread: milk; eggs (2); flour
> honey cake: milk; eggs (2); flour; honey
> honey cookie: egg, flour, butter, water
> custard tart: milk; eggs (3); flour; butter (2)
> strawberry tart: flour; butter (2); strawberry
> blackberry tart: flour; butter (2); blackberry
> blueberry tart: flour; butter (2); blueberry
> rasberry tart: flour; butter (2); rasberry
> honey tart: flour; butter (2); honey
> sweet potato pie: flour; butter; sweet potato, water
> strawberry pie: flour; butter; strawberry, water
> blackberry pie: flour; butter; blackberry, water
> blueberry pie: flour; butter; blueberry, water
> rasberry pie: flour; butter; rasberry, water
Any other requests?
I added a new poll. Should these items boost happiness?