what do bosmer eat? : The Elder Scrolls Series Discussion

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 9:26 am

I can't recall any specific valenwood fauna being eaten by them, aside of them drinking "fermented pig milk". So, was there something specific?

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 4:38 am

Oh man. Wasn't there that creepy flying parrotbeetle thing? The one in which poor Scotty practices some archery. It was the most hilarious scene.

The things followed him, chatting and repeating his voice, all googily eyed and flying.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb7z1p6Dz80#t=0m15s
They run away, knowing how dangerous that thing is
He misses.
They come back full force, laughing and chirping.

Cut scene, gilligan moment, He's sitting over a fire, roasting one on a stick.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:40 pm

Why corpse of course.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 2:12 am

Anything that is not a plant. They'll even eat dead relatives.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 3:41 am

Each other, if they get ambitious enough. Makes laying siege to a Bosmeri city a bit of a pain (let alone the fact that at least one of them seems to have no problem just getting up and walking away).

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 2:04 am

Men.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 7:36 am

Anything and everything that kicks, squawks, runs, flies, cries, and calls, even each other.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 5:40 am

Surely this cannot be all, it's not particularly healthy for one.
I dimly remember them mentioned as importing wood from outside of Valenwood. Perhaps they import vegetables and fruits too.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 11:19 am

They can eat whatever they want so long as it is not a plant in the Valenwood. That would violate the green pact. Meat though is fine. Better be thorough in cleaning animal carcasses though. Don't want to break the green pact by accidentally ingesting some twigs and such that was in a deer carcass.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 4:53 am

It varies from person to person. :disguise:

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:16 pm

From http://uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Pocket_Guide_to_the_Empire,_1st_Edition/Aldmeri_Dominion:

[Bosmer] are exclusively and religiously carnivorous. They cannot, or will not, eat anything that is plant-based. They eat game, beastfolk, each other, or meats imported from other regions. This part of the Green Pact is known as the Meat Mandate, and, among its other rules, it requires that a fallen enemy must be eaten completely before three days pass. The family members of the warrior that slew the enemy may help him with his meal. Needless to say, the Wood Elves do not like to engage in large battles if they have not undergone a suitable starvation period.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 6:32 am

Surely this cannot be all, it's not particularly healthy for one.
I dimly remember them mentioned as importing wood from outside of Valenwood. Perhaps they import vegetables and fruits too.

It's perfectly healthy for a carnivorous animal. You ever try to feed a carrot to a shark or an eagle?

You're correct about the imported wood, though.

» Thu Dec 08, 2011 8:00 am

Yeah, Bosmer won't eat imported vegetables, at least according to the pocket guide.

Actually, the Meat Mandate is pretty much the one reason I was deterred from playing Bosmer. I normally play the treehugger races but, I couldn't get over the meat thing. I pretty much heard "they smoke caterpillars from a pipe" and I walked away.