Mindwitness
Harvesting Table
Instructions: Because this creature is an
Aberration, the player should roll a
Arcana Check using the DCs in the table below. On a success, the player is able to harvest the item. On a failure, the item cannot be harvested (either because the character is not skilled enough, or because the item is ruined). The DM should note that many of the items have an expiration, and can not be sold or used after the expiration has passed.
Type: Aberration
Skill: Arcana
DC
Item
Description
Value
Weight
Exp.
Crafting
DC:
10
ITEM:
Mindwitness Tentacle (x4)
A mindwitness has four long, fleshy tentacles. An expert craftsman can stretch the tentacles and carefully comb them into long, thin fibers. These fibers are then soaked and treated with oils, making them useful filaments for creating ropes and whips.
VALUE:
5 gp
WEIGHT:
12lb.
EXPIRE:
2 days
CRAFT: Mind Whip (HHH2)
DC:
15
ITEM:
Mindwitness Eye Stalk
The eye stalks of a mindwitness each have unique psionic properties, and are prized by spellcasters, artificers and anyone studying psionics. Once successfully harvested, roll 1d6 for the type of eyestalk received (1. Aversion, 2. Fear, 3. Psychic, 4. Slowing, 5. Stunning, 6. Telekinetic). [see VGM p176 for more details on the Mindwitness]
VALUE:
30 gp
WEIGHT:
8lb.
EXPIRE:
2 days
CRAFT: Mutated Eye Stalk Wand (HHH2)
DC:
20
ITEM:
Mindwitness Large Eye
A mindwitness is a telepathic hub or beacon for mind flayers. This link is tied directly to the large eye of the mindwitness, which acts like a signal dish, receiving and transmitting telepathic messages. The large eye can be used by spellcasters, artificers and anyone that studies psionics. Alchemists may be able to mash the eye into a fine paste to create potions and salves.
VALUE:
75 gp
WEIGHT:
15lb.
EXPIRE:
2 days
CRAFT: Telepathic Lens (HHH2)
Most crafting items have an acronym associated with it, such as "DMG". These acronyms refer to specific guide books. For example, "DMG" refers to the "Dungeon Master's Guide". The acronyms for HHH and HHH2 refer to Hamund's Harvesting Handbook, a homebrew harvesting guide that offers a variety of homebrew (not official) magic items. To view and purchase Hamund's Harvesting Handbook,
click here.
Mindwitness
Individual Treasure
This kind of creature does not normally carry treasure.
203 gp
Random Roll: d100 = 90
|
d100 |
cp |
sp |
ep |
gp |
pp |
|
01-30 |
cp:
4d6 x 100 (1,400) |
sp:
— |
ep:
1d6 x 10 (35) |
gp:
— |
pp:
— |
|
31-60 |
cp:
— |
sp:
6d6 x 10 (210) |
ep:
— |
gp:
2d6 x 10 (70) |
pp:
— |
|
61-70 |
cp:
— |
sp:
— |
ep:
1d6 x 100 (350) |
gp:
2d6 x 10 (70) |
pp:
— |
|
71-95 |
cp:
— |
sp:
— |
ep:
— |
gp:
4d6 x 10 (140) |
pp:
— |
|
96-100 |
cp:
— |
sp:
— |
ep:
— |
gp:
2d6 x 10 (70) |
pp:
3d6 (10) |
Mindwitness
Treasure Hoard
This kind of creature does not normally have or collect treasure. However, the creature may have a lair full of bodies, or reside somewhere that treasure already exists.
Coins: 434 cp, 2017 sp, 1355 gp, 127 pp
Art: 3 art objects worth 25 gp each
[1 Copper chalice with silver filigree, 1 Black velvet mask stitched with silver thread, 1 Carved bone statuette]Magic Items (1)
: [1 Potion of Vitality] Random Roll: d100 = 76
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|
cp |
sp |
ep |
gp |
pp |
|
Coins |
cp:
2d6 x 100 (700) |
sp:
2d6 x 1000 (7000) |
ep:
— |
gp:
6d6 x 100 (2100) |
pp:
3d6 x 10 (105) |
|
d100 |
cp:
Gems or Art Objects |
sp:
— |
ep:
Magic Items |
|
|
|
01-04 |
cp:
— |
|
ep:
— |
|
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|
05-10 |
cp:
2d4 (5) 25 gp art objects |
|
ep:
— |
|
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|
11-16 |
cp:
3d6 (10) 50 gp gem |
|
ep:
— |
|
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|
17-22 |
cp:
3d6 (10) 100 gp gems |
|
ep:
— |
|
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|
23-28 |
cp:
2d4 (5) 25 gp art objects |
|
ep:
— |
|
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|
29-32 |
cp:
2d4 (5) 25 gp art objects |
|
ep:
Roll 1d6 times on Magic Item Table A |
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33-36 |
cp:
3d6 (10) 50 gp gems |
|
ep:
Roll 1d6 times on Magic Item Table A |
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37-40 |
cp:
3d6 (10) 100 gp gems |
|
ep:
Roll 1d6 times on Magic Item Table A |
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41-44 |
cp:
2d4 (5) 250 gp art objects |
|
ep:
Roll 1d6 times on Magic Item Table A |
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45-49 |
cp:
2d4 (5) 25 gp art objects |
|
ep:
Roll 1d4 times on Magic Item Table B |
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50-54 |
cp:
3d6 (10) 50 gp gems |
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ep:
Roll 1d4 times on Magic Item Table B |
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55-59 |
cp:
3d6 (10) 100 gp gems |
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ep:
Roll 1d4 times on Magic Item Table B |
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60-63 |
cp:
2d4 (5) 250 gp art objects |
|
ep:
Roll 1d4 times on Magic Item Table B |
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64-66 |
cp:
2d4 (5) 25 gp art objects |
|
ep:
Roll 1d4 times on Magic Item Table C |
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67-69 |
cp:
3d6 (10) 50 gp gems |
|
ep:
Roll 1d4 times on Magic Item Table C |
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70-72 |
cp:
3d6 (10) 100 gp gems |
|
ep:
Roll 1d4 times on Magic Item Table C |
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73-74 |
cp:
2d4 (5) 250 gp art objects |
|
ep:
Roll 1d4 times on Magic Item Table C |
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75-76 |
cp:
2d4 (5) 25 gp art objects |
|
ep:
Roll once on Magic Item Table D |
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77-78 |
cp:
3d6 (10) 50 gp gems |
|
ep:
Roll once on Magic Item Table D |
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|
79 |
cp:
3d6 (10) 100 gp gems |
|
ep:
Roll once on Magic Item Table D |
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|
80 |
cp:
2d4 (5) 250 gp art objects |
|
ep:
Roll once on Magic Item Table D |
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81-84 |
cp:
2d4 (5) 25 gp art objects |
|
ep:
Roll 1d4 times on Magic Item Table F |
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85-88 |
cp:
3d6 (10) 50 gp gems |
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ep:
Roll 1d4 times on Magic Item Table F |
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89-91 |
cp:
3d6 (10) 100 gp gems |
|
ep:
Roll 1d4 times on Magic Item Table F |
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92-94 |
cp:
2d4 (5) 250 gp art objects |
|
ep:
Roll 1d4 times on Magic Item Table F |
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95-96 |
cp:
3d6 (10) 100 gp gems |
|
ep:
Roll 1d6 times on Magic Item Table G |
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|
97-98 |
cp:
2d4 (5) 250 gp art objects |
|
ep:
Roll 1d6 times on Magic Item Table G |
|
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|
99 |
cp:
3d6 (10) 100 gp gems |
|
ep:
Roll once on Magic Item Table H |
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|
100 |
cp:
2d4 (5) 250 gp art objects |
|
ep:
Roll once on Magic Item Table H |
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Mindwitness
Meat
The meat of many monsters is considered vile and distasteful. Monstrosities and aberrations, in particular, may have tainted blood or rancid tasting meat. Dungeon Master's discretion.
This creature produces 18 pieces of meat, weighing a total of 72 lbs.
Random Roll: 6d6 = 18
Large creatures produce 6d6 worth of meat.
The table below shows how much meat an
inexperienced butcher may be able to harvest from a creature, especially after a battle may have ruined some of the meat (i.e. burned, frozen, poisoned, etc.). If a
whole creature's carcass is brought to a butcher, the butcher may pay 4x the value rolled in the chart below for the carcass (if the butcher even WANTS this kind of creature - DM discretion). Of course, carrying a heavy carcass can be difficult, and the creature's bacteria that kept it alive will begin to ruin the meat, spoiling it within a day.
|
Beast Size |
DC |
Meat |
Weight (x4)† |
Expire ‡ |
Value (x2sp)⋆ |
|
Tiny |
DC:
5 |
Meat:
1 |
Weight (x4)†:
4 lb. |
Expire ‡:
1 day |
Value (x2sp)⋆:
2 sp |
|
Small |
DC:
5 |
Meat:
1d4 |
Weight (x4)†:
4-16 lb. |
Expire ‡:
1 day |
Value (x2sp)⋆:
2-8 sp |
|
Medium |
DC:
5 |
Meat:
2d6 |
Weight (x4)†:
8-48 lb. |
Expire ‡:
1 day |
Value (x2sp)⋆:
4-24 sp |
|
Large |
DC:
5 |
Meat:
6d6 |
Weight (x4)†:
24-144 lb. |
Expire ‡:
1 day |
Value (x2sp)⋆:
12-72 sp |
|
Huge |
DC:
5 |
Meat:
8d12 |
Weight (x4)†:
32-384 lb. |
Expire ‡:
1 day |
Value (x2sp)⋆:
16-192 sp |
|
Gargantuan |
DC:
5 |
Meat:
8d20 |
Weight (x4)†:
32-640 lb. |
Expire ‡:
1 day |
Value (x2sp)⋆:
16-320 sp |
† The weight of a raw piece of meat is 4 pounds. And one slab of meat (4 lbs.), can be used to make 1 dried ration (2 lbs.).
‡ Raw meat has a very short shelf-life, and will go bad within a day if it is not refridgerated or cured.
⋆ The table above uses a standard price of 5cp per pound for regular a piece of animal meat (such as cattle or deer). The value of meat can vary drastically, depending on the quality, rarity and the creature it is sourced from. For example, dragon meat could cost 10x more than standard livestock meat, while insect meat could cost only a copper or two per pound. A DM can decide if that is adequate, and if certain meat is worth more or less.
