Drugs and Fairytales

[JonSetanta]

All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you.

-Username17

Fuck that Hebrew noise, you're looking at 4 drumsticks per flightless bird there.
That's good economics. And eat'ns.

[Prak]

Ugh. I deal with baby mice enough in the last year, helping feed my girlfriend's young rainbow boa.

The concept of humans or humanoids feasting on little live critters would make for a very effective RPG flavor for, say, Dragonfolk or Tieflings.

Screw social penalty modifiers, they eat their snacks raw and wriggling.

Tiefling: "OK, lunch break. This dungeon was brutal."
Human: "Fine by me. I have iron rations, a leg of lamb, some wine. What did you bring?"
Elf: "The usual. Honey, leaf-wrapped Magical Elf Bread, some spring water..."
Tiefling: *begins popping bloodied, squirming baby mice down and chasing it with a brackish concoction of brine shrimp, beetles, and blood.*
Human and Elf lose their lunches.

that's fucking hilarious...

[Crissa]

You know how hard it would be keeping a pocket full of bloodied mice alive on a trek?

-Crissa

[Koumei]

That's a valid point. Mice have a tendency to die for any or no reason at all - they might just feel like it.

[JonSetanta]

That's a valid point. Mice have a tendency to die for any or no reason at all - they might just feel like it.

.... a issue we try to resolve far too many times.
They are fed, kept on soft tissues in a pair, safe and warm.. and every now and then end up dead before being fed to the boa.
Literally, 2 hours after being bought.

Also, they suffocate easily, as my girlfriend found out accidentally with a plastic bag, as it snuggled into a corner of it and ran out of air quickly.
I gave 2 others brain damage by leaving them in the bag for too long.

So, yeah, one would have to resort to some kind of minor chronomancy to store live snacks for long trips.
Sequester does the trick but not until L14. Perhaps a level 1 version for hand-held vermin could be adapted?

[Koumei]

Perhaps a level 1 version for hand-held vermin could be adapted?

But mice are animals, not vermin

[JonSetanta]

But mice are animals, not vermin

Pardons. Both wrong.

Varmints.

MOUSE
Wee Lil' Varmint
Hit Dice: 1/16 d8 (.5 hp)
Initiative: +2 Speed: 15 ft. (3 squares), climb 15 ft., swim 15 ft.
Armor Class: 14 (+2 size, +2 Dex), touch 14, flat-footed 12
Base Attack/Grapple: +0/–12
Attack: Bite +4 melee (1d3–5) nonlethal
Full Attack: Bite +4 melee (1d3–5) nonlethal
Space/Reach: 2-1/2 ft./0 ft.
Special Attacks: —
Special Qualities: Low-light vision, scent
Saves: Fort +2, Ref +4, Will +1
Abilities: Str 1, Dex 15, Con 10, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 2
Skills: Balance +10, Climb +12, Hide +16, Move Silently +12, Swim +10
Feats: Stealthy, Weapon Finesse
Environment: Any
Organization: A Box Full (10–100)
Challenge Rating: 1/8
Advancement: —
Level Adjustment: —

But really, I made a mistake. Maybe that was in AD&D or something.

[Calibron]

The rate at which the conversation has mutated in this thread is astounding.

[Josh_Kablack]

Ignoring the rest of this thread:

So now I'm imagining a setting where every street drug was created by or associated with a supernatural being. Maybe elven dandruff is actually cocaine, and the sight of an elf fills you with such inferiority that only snorting up will make you feel good about yourself again.

Dr Tim's 8-circuit model plays into that sort of thing nicely:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8-Circuit_ ... sciousness

complete with associated drugs for each circuit.

Combine it with a little deconstruction as to what sort of moral the mythical monster was used to illustrate in the source myths and off you go.