ok, I'm a wood elf, so I started with 50 in forage (or so I hear). I
have NEVER bought food for myself. I occasionally have to buy milk,
(although not for the past 10 levels).

The "grapes" you forage that do not stack are actually 2 different
items, Berries, and Fruit.

When foraging i usually arrage my food items so that whatever i have the
most of gets eaten last. This is useful for saving on weight, i carry 20
of one item, less weight than carrying 5 of 4 items. Also is good when i
actually find someone who needs food (just foraging I usually have 60
food or more at all times) i can give it to them.

BTW, you know that message "you cannot try to forage while attacking"?
well, you CAN try, you just can't succeed. I have forage hotkeyed on my
main combat hotkeys. Occasionally i have hit it during combat
accidently. One time when i did this i got the above message and then i
got "you have increased your skill in Forage (43)". This was with my
druid, since my bard has been maxed in forage since he got it.

Uldar Ulfangson
29th Bard Rodcet Nife

> Message: 16
> Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 17:34:24 PST
> From: "Tom Henschel" <tomhenschel@...>
> Subject: Poor Foraging
>
> I have forage maxed, and hardly ever succesfully forage. It leveled so
> slowly that i put about 20 practice points into it (I still have about 30
> points). I get water so seldom that i always buy milk. I usually get
> grapes, and they don't always stack together. Forage is a letdown for me.
>
> Fflewdeur Fflamson
> Cazic-Thule
>