One of these days I'm going to have the party stumble upon a group of monsters cutting up another downed party for ingredients.  I've been kind of saving that for the follow up party after a TPK, so that the ones being cut up are their previous characters.   

I've already used the old gambit of:

GM:  "You find a map on tanned leather."
Players:  "Cool, we inspect it."
GM:  "It appears to be written on the tanned skin of an elf." * (Or whatever race most of them are playing).

Great for motivation! 

Quote from: rytrasmi 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.

Not a bad idea... Might suggest that to the party after we help the "Fi, Foo, Fie Giant slayer company" cleanse the ruined city of Giants and Trolls. A couple of Giant Skulls on a pole (fucking tree) might be a good persuader against going there.

Quote from: Steven Mitchell on October 21, 2021, 04:19:52 PM
One of these days I'm going to have the party stumble upon a group of monsters cutting up another downed party for ingredients.  I've been kind of saving that for the follow up party after a TPK, so that the ones being cut up are their previous characters.   

I've already used the old gambit of:

GM:  "You find a map on tanned leather."
Players:  "Cool, we inspect it."
GM:  "It appears to be written on the tanned skin of an elf." * (Or whatever race most of them are playing).

Great for motivation!

Sooooooooooooooo glad we recovered the corpse of our fallen Dwarven comrade in arms...

Must make sure our GM never talks to you/reads this thread.

Quote from: Ghostmaker 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.

Now there's an idea... A shame Necromancy is verboten in our current campaign. Except for the bad guys and the kingdom where my wizard comes from, but living outside of it he would risk death in found practicing it.

Quote from: Steven Mitchell on October 21, 2021, 04:19:52 PM
GM:  "You find a map on tanned leather."
Players:  "Cool, we inspect it."
GM:  "It appears to be written on the tanned skin of an elf." * (Or whatever race most of them are playing).

GM: "You notice an oddly familiar scar on the elf-skin map."

Dungeon Meshi?

Man I need to see if it updated.

Quote from: Shrieking Banshee on October 21, 2021, 04:50:13 PM
Dungeon Meshi?

Man I need to see if it updated.

Dining on dungeon monsters who have probably eaten many adventurers of your species...Now there's a recipe for some incurable magical neurodegenerative disease. Mad Minotaur Disease!

Greetings!

Creature and Animal parts being useful in the campaign? Yes, yes indeed. I have entire lists of notes created detailing various magical and beneficial properties of dozens of mythical, magical creatures, as well as many kinds of various races and monsters. There are specific benefits and uses for different creatures' hide, skin, fur, armour, whatever. Teeth, horns, spines, eyes, and so on. Then, there are various benefits gained from eating the meat of certain kinds of creatures and races.

Limosu

Limosu Humanoid (Limosu are a Crayfish-like Humanoid that typically lives in freshwater and brackish environments of lakes, rivers, marshes, and swamps).

Skinning a Limosu and harvesting the creature's armour scales and body parts can be used in the creation of various useful items of armour and weapons, as well as an ingredient in various kinds of magical potions. Limosu meat is a healthy source of food, and aids in disease resistance.

Standard Limosu Brigandine Armour
Standard Limosu Brigandine Armour provides a +1 non-magical bonus to AC, in addition to the base AC rating or Brigandine Armour. In addition, the wearer of the Limosu Brigandine Armour gains a +1 Constitution bonus and a +1 Dexterity bonus.

Greater Limosu Brigandine Armour
Greater Limosu Brigandine Armour provides the wearer with all of the properties of Standard Limosu Brigandine Armour, with the following additional properties;
Damage Reduction of 3/- from non-magical weaponry. The wearer is extremely tough and resilient against most standard attacks, and easily shrugs off damage that would otherwise severely injure or kill another creature.
Water Breathing 3/Day: The wearer may breathe underwater for a duration of up to 30 minutes. This property can be used 3/Day.

Limosu Claw Axe
The Limosu Claw Axe is crafted from a Limosu Claw. Limosu Claws are large, resilient, and very sharp. The Limosu Claw Axe functions as a Battle Axe, and inflicts 1d8 Slashing damage. In addition, the wielder gains a +2 Strength bonus while wielding a Limosu Claw Axe in combat. The Limosu Claw Axe also empowers a wielder with enhanced speed and reflexes, providing the wielder with a +2 bonus to Initiative checks while engaged in combat.

Limosu Blood and Body Organs
Limosu blood and body organs can be used by skilled alchemists in creating Potions of Water Breathing, Potions of Fortitude, and Potions of Underwater Vision.

EATING A LIMOSU
Consuming Limosu meat, organs, and blood possesses strong health benefits. The regular consumption of Limosu provides the character with a bonus saving throw against normal diseases. Furthermore, even if the individual fails the saving throw, the severity, duration, and/or other related effects of the disease are reduced by 25%. Consumption of Limosu meat as part of a regular diet--at least one meal per week--provides enhanced toughness and resilience against many kinds of standard diseases. In addition to the inherent health benefits, Limosu meat is tasty, and is similar in texture, profile, and flavour to Lobster meat.

This is one example of the benefits gained from harvesting a creature for use in creation of items or food.

I think having a variety of benefits gained from eating different kinds of meat and food is outstanding, and enhances the verisimilitude of the campaign. There is also a huge variety of interesting mundane and magical items that can be created for use in a campaign, inspired by the different animal ingredients and monster parts. There are also a range of interesting diseases and parasites that can be spread through the consumption of different kinds of animals and mnsters, as well as toxins that can be very deadly. Even diseases and toxins that don't kill you can be very debilitating.

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK

Quote from: Ghostmaker 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.

Sounds like it was inspired by "Farmer Giles of Ham."

Quote from: SHARK on October 21, 2021, 05:20:06 PM
Greetings!

Creature and Animal parts being useful in the campaign? Yes, yes indeed. I have entire lists of notes created detailing various magical and beneficial properties of dozens of mythical, magical creatures, as well as many kinds of various races and monsters. There are specific benefits and uses for different creatures' hide, skin, fur, armour, whatever. Teeth, horns, spines, eyes, and so on. Then, there are various benefits gained from eating the meat of certain kinds of creatures and races.

Limosu

Limosu Humanoid (Limosu are a Crayfish-like Humanoid that typically lives in freshwater and brackish environments of lakes, rivers, marshes, and swamps).

Skinning a Limosu and harvesting the creature's armour scales and body parts can be used in the creation of various useful items of armour and weapons, as well as an ingredient in various kinds of magical potions. Limosu meat is a healthy source of food, and aids in disease resistance.

Standard Limosu Brigandine Armour
Standard Limosu Brigandine Armour provides a +1 non-magical bonus to AC, in addition to the base AC rating or Brigandine Armour. In addition, the wearer of the Limosu Brigandine Armour gains a +1 Constitution bonus and a +1 Dexterity bonus.

Greater Limosu Brigandine Armour
Greater Limosu Brigandine Armour provides the wearer with all of the properties of Standard Limosu Brigandine Armour, with the following additional properties;
Damage Reduction of 3/- from non-magical weaponry. The wearer is extremely tough and resilient against most standard attacks, and easily shrugs off damage that would otherwise severely injure or kill another creature.
Water Breathing 3/Day: The wearer may breathe underwater for a duration of up to 30 minutes. This property can be used 3/Day.

Limosu Claw Axe
The Limosu Claw Axe is crafted from a Limosu Claw. Limosu Claws are large, resilient, and very sharp. The Limosu Claw Axe functions as a Battle Axe, and inflicts 1d8 Slashing damage. In addition, the wielder gains a +2 Strength bonus while wielding a Limosu Claw Axe in combat. The Limosu Claw Axe also empowers a wielder with enhanced speed and reflexes, providing the wielder with a +2 bonus to Initiative checks while engaged in combat.

Limosu Blood and Body Organs
Limosu blood and body organs can be used by skilled alchemists in creating Potions of Water Breathing, Potions of Fortitude, and Potions of Underwater Vision.

EATING A LIMOSU
Consuming Limosu meat, organs, and blood possesses strong health benefits. The regular consumption of Limosu provides the character with a bonus saving throw against normal diseases. Furthermore, even if the individual fails the saving throw, the severity, duration, and/or other related effects of the disease are reduced by 25%. Consumption of Limosu meat as part of a regular diet--at least one meal per week--provides enhanced toughness and resilience against many kinds of standard diseases. In addition to the inherent health benefits, Limosu meat is tasty, and is similar in texture, profile, and flavour to Lobster meat.

This is one example of the benefits gained from harvesting a creature for use in creation of items or food.

I think having a variety of benefits gained from eating different kinds of meat and food is outstanding, and enhances the verisimilitude of the campaign. There is also a huge variety of interesting mundane and magical items that can be created for use in a campaign, inspired by the different animal ingredients and monster parts. There are also a range of interesting diseases and parasites that can be spread through the consumption of different kinds of animals and mnsters, as well as toxins that can be very deadly. Even diseases and toxins that don't kill you can be very debilitating.

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK

That's my line of thought too brother!

turns out Dungeons & Delvers has an interesting way of dealing with this, using the benefits from the monster/creature parts instead of the bugbear shitting gold pieces when you kill it.

Need to finish reading the book.

There's a whole manga specifically about this that my kids love. It's called Delicious in Dungeon and it's a pretty old school take on Dungeoneering & Delving. You can check out the whole series at https://amzn.to/3Ejl78f

Some of the Starfinder monster entries have a bit of equipment derived from the creature. There's no real rules for actually crafting the item, they're just additional equipment.
I was always a bit dissapointed that they didn't have rules for harvesting and crafting that stuff.

Quote from: rytrasmi on October 21, 2021, 05:00:22 PM

Quote from: Shrieking Banshee on October 21, 2021, 04:50:13 PM
Dungeon Meshi?

Man I need to see if it updated.

Dining on dungeon monsters who have probably eaten many adventurers of your species...Now there's a recipe for some incurable magical neurodegenerative disease. Mad Minotaur Disease!

Yes! I don't make it incurable though.  You just need to find a powerful healer to do a more potent form of cure disease--that probably needs some specific monster parts used in a ritual to work. 

Harvesting monster parts is kind of like buying all your goods at the company store and living in company housing while you work at the mill.  You get on that merry go round, hard to get off.

Quote from: rytrasmi on October 21, 2021, 05:00:22 PM

Quote from: Shrieking Banshee on October 21, 2021, 04:50:13 PM
Dungeon Meshi?

Man I need to see if it updated.

Dining on dungeon monsters who have probably eaten many adventurers of your species...Now there's a recipe for some incurable magical neurodegenerative disease. Mad Minotaur Disease!

Murderhobo disease!

Quote from: Pat on October 21, 2021, 06:39:33 PM

Quote from: rytrasmi on October 21, 2021, 05:00:22 PM

Quote from: Shrieking Banshee on October 21, 2021, 04:50:13 PM
Dungeon Meshi?

Man I need to see if it updated.

Dining on dungeon monsters who have probably eaten many adventurers of your species...Now there's a recipe for some incurable magical neurodegenerative disease. Mad Minotaur Disease!

Murderhobo disease!

Not as bad as some of the diseases these 5e Bards keep getting, if rumors are true.
See the "Sexy Goblins" thread over there..?