Besides the jaws that bite and claws that catch, many monsters are also made of meat. A party down on their luck or feeling particularly adventurous may take advantage of that fact and turn slain beasts into food. But beware! Exploring new culinary frontiers is not without risk.
Available Food
A creature’s maximum yield is determined by its size.
| Tiny | 1 portion |
| Small | 5 portions |
| Medium | 10 portions |
| Large | 100 portions |
| Huge | 500 portions |
| Gargantuan | 1000 portions |
| Titanic | As many as you can harvest before it spoils |
A slain creature has a 1-in-6 chance of being unsuitable to eat. This can be adjusted up if burned, eviscerated, attacked with magic, or at the Referee’s discretion.
Harvesting
Once a creature has been killed, it needs to be field dressed and butchered. This time consuming and laborious process is the primary limiting factor. Each Turn spent butchering a creature yields 1 raw portion per point of Flesh. This rate can be doubled by a skilled butcher.
In the wilderness, a Watch spent harvesting a creature yields 250 raw portions.
Raw portions fit 3 to a slot and spoil within a day if unprepared.
Preparing
Once harvested, meat must be prepared. There are 3 options:
| Time | Yield | Requirements | |
| Smoking | 1 Watch | 10 iron rations | Fire and a makeshift smoke rack |
| Curing | 2 Days | 50 iron rations | 50 lb salt barrel |
| Cooking | 1 Watch | 10 standard rations | Fire, spices, and a skilled cook |
Certain meats may require special preparations beyond these.
Special Properties
The meat of certain magical or supernatural creatures can convey strange properties upon those that consume it. Cooks are advised to proceed at their own risk!
Cannibalism and The Hunger
Cannibalism is not limited to members of the same species, but instead refers to sapient humanoids that eat other sapient humanoids. Participating in cannibalism risks contracting The Hunger.
Note that formians are not strictly humanoid and are therefore immune to The Hunger. Their lack of a cannibalism taboo is a sore point between them and other races.
Among sapient humanoids, exceptions to the cannibalism rule exist. Creatures like trolls, ogres, and hags that occasionally consume other humanoids are seemingly immune to The Hunger and cannot spread it. Or perhaps they are universally afflicted by a variant of The Hunger, which is non-transferable. Scholars differ on this point.
Ghouls
Once The Hunger has been contracted, the cannibal begins to transform into a Ghoul.