I've been busy teaching and prepping for a move, as well as doing some game design elsewhere for some private projects. I didn't want to neglect my blog much longer than I had, so what follows is a big old generator for making some fancy candy. Your PC might buy it as a gift, receive it as a gift, buy it while drunk and trying to swoon someone, or notice that's what the rich nobles eat while they're sucking down tavern swill.
| d20 | Main Event... | Embellishment... |
| 1 | Savory Caramels | Sweet Custard Filling |
| 2 | Egg White Nougats | Lavishly Dusted Almond Powder |
| 3 | Blackstrap Molasses Toffee | Decadent Flan Foundation |
| 4 | Soft-balled Fudge | Syrupy Peach Rum Drizzle |
| 5 | Hard-crack Sour Drops | Fragile Chocolate Shell |
| 6 | Chewy Liquorice | Rose Syrup and Gold Flakes |
| 7 | Fluffy Marshmallow | Flaky Baklava Base |
| 8 | Jellied Lokum | Drizzled Spring Honey |
| 9 | Creamy Fondant | Drowned in Mead |
| 10 | Sugary Orange Peel | Fluffed Yeasty Doughnut Base |
| 11 | Sour Apple | Bean-Jam Cake Sticks |
| 12 | Dragée Bitter-Sweets | Spiced with Coffee Flakes |
| 13 | Caramelized Peanut Brittle | Boiled Sugar Rock Crumble |
| 14 | Gooey Wine Gums | Raspberry Starry Rock Rods |
| 15 | Sugary Milk Tablet | In a Baked Rum Brownie |
| 16 | Sea-Salt Taffy Chew | With Miniature Pampushky Crumble |
| 17 | Syrupy Jalebi | Dollop of Gianduja Paste |
| 18 | Iced Cream | Crown of Dried Ananas Chips |
| 19 | Sour-Spiced Tarts | Twisted in an Iced Fritter |
| 20 | Cinnamon-dusted Cookies | Dripped in Cream and Mango |
| d20 | What Else?... |
| 1 | Stamped with Confectioner's Seal |
| 2 | Wrapped in Edible Ribbon |
| 3 | Sugar Flower Topper |
| 4 | Served on a Stick |
| 5 | In a Velvety Bag |
| 6 | In the Shape of a Fish |
| 7 | Served with Edible Utensils |
| 8 | Shaped like a Tiny Structure |
| 9 | Stamped with Seal of Government Authority |
| 10 | Decorated with Pictorial Icing |
| 11 | Served in a Layered Jar |
| 12 | Served in a Jug of Alcohol |
| 13 | Cut in Starry Shapes |
| 14 | Layered like a Pyramid |
| 15 | Engraved Lettering |
| 16 | Wrapped in Lavish Paper |
| 17 | Folded in Mint Leaves |
| 18 | Served on a Waffle |
| 19 | Lucky Coin Inside Confection |
| 20 | Served on Crisped Rice Grains |
| d20 | Color | Tastes |
| 1 | Pearlescent | Heavenly |
| 2 | Metallic Gold | Divine |
| 3 | Rainbow Colors | Too Rich |
| 4 | Unnaturally Pink | Gritty-then-Smooth |
| 5 | Ocean Tones | Chunky-then-Robust |
| 6 | Earthen Tones | Silken and Savory |
| 7 | Greasy Reds | Powerful and Heavy |
| 8 | White-and-Green | Sweet-but-Earthy |
| 9 | Golden Yellow | Sour-then-Zesty |
| 10 | Natural Colors | Savory-but-Bitter |
| 11 | Freckled with Red | Lovely, but with notable hints of dairy. |
| 12 | Unnaturally Blue | Smooth-then-Spicy |
| 13 | White with Speckles | Too Powerful |
| 14 | Floral Tones | Intoxicatingly Sweet |
| 15 | Forest Greens | Sweet Enough to Make Ones Spit Hurt |
| 16 | Noble's Cote de Arms Coloration | Saltier than Expected |
| 17 | Stone-like | Surprisingly like a Well-Cooked Steak |
| 18 | Transparent and Crystalline | Sharp-but-Savory |
| 19 | Fruit Color Palette | Rough-but-Hearty |
| 20 | Seasonal Color Palette | Greasy-and-Slick |
I was going to add prices, but such things ought to cost a pretty penny anyway. These are special order foods for nobles, royalty, the rich and the powerful. A single serving should cost 1d8+2 Gold, and servings are smaller than any working folk would like; about the size of ones open palm. They're hedonistic-and-decadent anyway.
You can find a shop for such things in any big city where nobles do gather, but there's always a chance a chef in some backwater knows how to make a single one of these confections. If your system uses Gold for XP, buying oneself candy should count for such things.
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