Goats were common herd animals.
Combat[]
Goats were peaceful animals but attacked if cornered. They usually attacked by charging.[2]
Habitat[]
In Zakhara, goats were one of the most common domesticated herd animals, with some human clans claiming herds of thousands of individual goats.[3] Nomadic Jann tribes herded goats,[4] and some ogre giant clans as well.[5] Herds could be found among the many islands of Zakhara, usually tended by reef giants.[6]
In eastern Calimshan, goats and sheep were the only herd animals hardy enough to survive in the harsh environment.[7] In the eastern and southeastern foothill fringes of Anauroch, goats and sheep were likewise herded by the D'tarig.[8]
Eastern breed of cashmere goats produced wool, used in weaving of luxurious fabric simply called cashmere.[9]
Several settlements on Yggdrasil kept goat herds.[10]
Ecology[]
Wild goats near a hermit's abode.
Female goats were called does, male goats were called bucks, and juvenile goats were called kids. They lived in herds of up to two bucks and a dozen does, and twice as many kids.[2]
Uses[]
Goats provided milk, which could be turned into goat cheese.[11] Vilksmaarg was a pungent and salty type of goat cheese made in Vilkstead and was popular in taverns along the Sword Coast.[12] Kragh is an alcoholic beverage made by cyclopskin. It is made from fermented goat's or sheep's milk.[13] The skin of a goat could be fashioned into a handy drinking vessel.[14] Goat hair could be shorn to make wool. In Zakhara, it was common practice to blend the hair from a camel and a goat while making wool.[15]
Goat's meat was referred to as chevon and often was simply cooked as steaks over a campfire, seasoned with roadside herbs and pepper. Single serving of chevon was valued at three gold coins.[16]
In Kara-Tur, a goat was worth up to 5 tael.[17]
In Neverwinter, goat meat was one of the many common fillings used in savory pies.[18]
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- ↑ Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford, Christopher Perkins (2014-09-30). Monster Manual 5th edition. Edited by Scott Fitzgerald Gray. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 330. ISBN 978-0786965614.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Gary Gygax (August 1983). Monster Manual II 1st edition. (TSR, Inc), p. 70. ISBN 0-88038-031-4.
- ↑ Jeff Grubb (August 1992). Land of Fate (Adventurer's Guide to Zakhara). (TSR, Inc), p. 36. ISBN 978-1560763291.
- ↑ Doug Stewart (June 1993). Monstrous Manual. (TSR, Inc), p. 129. ISBN 1-5607-6619-0.
- ↑ Jeff Grubb (August 1992). Land of Fate (Monster Sheets). (TSR, Inc). ISBN 978-1560763291.
- ↑ Doug Stewart (June 1993). Monstrous Manual. (TSR, Inc), p. 144. ISBN 1-5607-6619-0.
- ↑ Scott Haring (1988). Empires of the Sands. (TSR, Inc), p. 48. ISBN 0-8803-8539-1.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (November 1991). Anauroch. Edited by Karen S. Boomgarden. (TSR, Inc.), p. 31. ISBN 1-56076-126-1.
- ↑ Cryptic Studios (June 2013). Neverwinter. Perfect World Entertainment.
- ↑ Monte Cook (December 2, 1997). Dead Gods. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 30. ISBN 978-0786907113.
- ↑ Jeff Grubb (August 1992). Land of Fate (Adventurer's Guide to Zakhara). (TSR, Inc), p. 83. ISBN 978-1560763291.
- ↑ Jennell Jaquays (1988). The Savage Frontier. (TSR, Inc), p. 37. ISBN 0-88038-593-6.
- ↑ Johnathan M. Richards (December 1998). “The Ecology of the Cyclopskin”. In Dave Gross ed. Dragon #254 (TSR, Inc.), p. 104.
- ↑ Jeff Grubb (August 1992). Land of Fate (Adventurer's Guide to Zakhara). (TSR, Inc), p. 28. ISBN 978-1560763291.
- ↑ Jeff Grubb (August 1992). Land of Fate (Adventurer's Guide to Zakhara). (TSR, Inc), p. 34. ISBN 978-1560763291.
- ↑ Larian Studios (October 2020). Designed by Swen Vincke, et al. Baldur's Gate III. Larian Studios.
- ↑ Gary Gygax, David Cook, and François Marcela-Froideval (1985). Oriental Adventures. (TSR, Inc), p. 38. ISBN 0-8803-8099-3.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (2019-11-25). Neverwinter Cuisine (Tweet). theedverse. Twitter. Archived from the original on 2021-11-26. Retrieved on 2021-05-16.