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Author Topic: Eating/Using the monsters you killed on your campaign.  (Read 5116 times)

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Eating/Using the monsters you killed on your campaign.
« on: October 21, 2021, 02:11:19 PM »
Not all monsters would be a good source of protein due to their meat being foul or poisonous.

But some would not only be a good source of protein but maybe a source of magic powers.

For instance the legend about Unicorn horn being medicinal.

Dragon Scales used as shields?

Dragon blood bringing you from the brink of death?

What have you done in your campaigns?
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Re: Eating/Using the monsters you killed on your campaign.
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2021, 03:00:02 PM »
'Purple worm jerky'. Nuff said.

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« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2021, 03:00:51 PM »
'Purple worm jerky'. Nuff said.

LOL, never thought of that. Any added benefits besides the protein?
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Re: Eating/Using the monsters you killed on your campaign.
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2021, 03:04:28 PM »
I did have the idea that we should market it as an, ahem, 'male enhancement' supplement. You know, make your 'purple worm' a bit bigger.

(Whether it actually had that effect or not is in question. We were somewhat morally ambiguous.)

I saw some suggestions for using variant spell components, and of course potions ALWAYS need some rare ingredients too.


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« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2021, 03:07:13 PM »
I did have the idea that we should market it as an, ahem, 'male enhancement' supplement. You know, make your 'purple worm' a bit bigger.

(Whether it actually had that effect or not is in question. We were somewhat morally ambiguous.)

I saw some suggestions for using variant spell components, and of course potions ALWAYS need some rare ingredients too.

Well... I'm at a loss for words.

If it worked you could have raked the gold pieces.
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Re: Eating/Using the monsters you killed on your campaign.
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2021, 03:14:26 PM »
Some monster body parts are a source of spell components or are valuable to alchemists, warlocks, and witches. Basilisk blood or eye, for example. There have been more than a few instances of players I know ripping apart a monster's corpse to extract body parts.
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« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2021, 03:17:05 PM »
My players generally want to skin, gut and quarter any non-humanoid monster and break it down for meat if its a beast, and marketable parts for magical critters.  I have to handle this on a case by case basis, but generally by an amount of edible meat and a GP value of trophy bits/spell components.  I don't usually give a "eat this and gain benefits" to most things simply harvested in the field.
They did get some Bulette plate shields though.

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« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2021, 03:18:54 PM »
The Ranger class in dungeon world doesn't consume rations when in a dungeon. I always envision him saying "Hey, Giant Rat, there's good eating on them!"

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« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2021, 03:21:25 PM »
I had a player whose hedge wizard PC frequently collected monster parts for research or because he thought it might be "useful someday" (in brewing potions, balms, etc.).

Ogre sweat, giant snakes scales or poison, and so on. I handled it on a case-by-case basis.

Most of the time I invented some use for those things. Of course most knowledge regarding monster parts was taken from setting folklore, so sometimes it didn't work at all (at best) and sometimes it had some unexpected side-effects.  ;D

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Re: Eating/Using the monsters you killed on your campaign.
« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2021, 03:27:10 PM »
Some monster body parts are a source of spell components or are valuable to alchemists, warlocks, and witches. Basilisk blood or eye, for example. There have been more than a few instances of players I know ripping apart a monster's corpse to extract body parts.

This is exactly what my Wizard has been doing in the AD&D2e campaign I'm playing in. He collected so far dragon bones, Wyvern poison (we used to poison some arrows) and other small sutff.
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Re: Eating/Using the monsters you killed on your campaign.
« Reply #10 on: October 21, 2021, 03:30:58 PM »
My players generally want to skin, gut and quarter any non-humanoid monster and break it down for meat if its a beast, and marketable parts for magical critters.  I have to handle this on a case by case basis, but generally by an amount of edible meat and a GP value of trophy bits/spell components.  I don't usually give a "eat this and gain benefits" to most things simply harvested in the field.
They did get some Bulette plate shields though.

Yeah, it should be rare IMHO, but also some stuff might have a + impact just like some stuff has a - impact if touched/eaten.

I once did the Dragon Blood, can't remember right now what type of Dragon it was, but it brought you from the brink of death if ingested within 2 rounds of you being hit.

I remember making a list of the effects of the blood of different dragons, some were only good for potion/spell use and some were poisonous, one left you blind IIRC.
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Re: Eating/Using the monsters you killed on your campaign.
« Reply #11 on: October 21, 2021, 03:33:12 PM »
I had a player whose hedge wizard PC frequently collected monster parts for research or because he thought it might be "useful someday" (in brewing potions, balms, etc.).

Ogre sweat, giant snakes scales or poison, and so on. I handled it on a case-by-case basis.

Most of the time I invented some use for those things. Of course most knowledge regarding monster parts was taken from setting folklore, so sometimes it didn't work at all (at best) and sometimes it had some unexpected side-effects.  ;D

Yeah, "You drink the Wyvern's blood, your skin starts changing color, scales replace hair and your nails become talons, roll to save vs spell/poison to see if you loose your mind".
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Re: Eating/Using the monsters you killed on your campaign.
« Reply #12 on: October 21, 2021, 03:45:08 PM »
Oh, and that one time my players crucified a (dead) monster as a warning to others. Fucking psychos.
The worms crawl in and the worms crawl out
The ones that crawl in are lean and thin
The ones that crawl out are fat and stout
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Re: Eating/Using the monsters you killed on your campaign.
« Reply #13 on: October 21, 2021, 03:58:48 PM »
One of the 2E Volo's guides talks about a Dalelands delicacy, wyvern's tail. Yes, it's exactly what it sounds like -- the tail of a wyvern, cooked. However, because hunting wyverns is not exactly for the faint of heart, there's a dish called 'jack wyvern's tail' which is basically an imitation, using chopped pork and a couple other ingredients.

Someone once pointed out that if a set of dragonhide armor was of relatively recent vintage, it would be a valid target for a resurrection spell (since those spells typically only require a part of the body, not the whole thing). Take care when skinning that red dragon, folks -- it'd be a hell of a thing to have your nemesis be returned from the grave AND lose your custom suit of armor.

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Re: Eating/Using the monsters you killed on your campaign.
« Reply #14 on: October 21, 2021, 04:00:26 PM »
It should be noted that a critter that's been chopped at with axes and swords, fried with fireballs, or poisoned with cloudkill might not be in any kind of usable condition.

(Conversely, a critter that fails its save versus finger of death is probably pristine -- but dead.)