Rock Foraging (sage ability)

Rock Foraging is an amateur-status sage ability in the study of Mountaineer. Similar to the foraging ability, this provides the character with an ability to locate edible animal and vegetable matter in a high alpine setting, above the treeline, or in natural caves underground. With regards to edible subterranean flora and fauna that is raised by underground intelligent species, the ability also gives knowledge of what domesticated foods can be eaten safely and by which races.

Unfortunately, there is usually very little food to be located in such settings. As such, in a period of 1 to 10 hours of searching outdoors or underground, there is but a 3 in 6 chance of finding 1d4 pounds of food. The character may not be able to find food at all, which is why the length of time spent searching is "1 to 10 hours"; the random roll represents the character concluding that no food can be found, and giving up early.

The sort of food that is found will typically be birds' eggs, grubs, beetles, leaf plants, moss and the like.