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Purple Worm

An enormous worm-like creature with a hide covered in dark purple, chitinous plates, with a mouth filled with teeth at one end and a poisonous stinger on the other. Its body is over 12 feet wide and 100 feet long.

AC: 18 HP: 247
CR: 15 Size: G

Purple Worm
Harvesting Table

Instructions: Because this creature is an Monstrosity, the player should roll a Nature 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: Monstrosity
Skill: Nature

Item

Description

Value

Weight

Exp.

Crafting

DC: 5

ITEM: Purple Worm Blood (9 vials)

The dark blood of a purple worm has a good deal of healing properties. Once refined with other ingredients, it is often used by the healers of many underground communities. The nutrient-rich substance can also be used to make a fertilizer for fungal crops.

VALUE: 50 gp

WEIGHT: 1lb.

EXPIRE: 7 days

DC: 10

ITEM: Purple Worm Tooth (x6)

The teeth of a purple worm are sharp, stone-like protrusions inside its gigantic maw. The teeth are made of ivory, covered in a layer of stone-textured keratin that is as hard as steel and able to chew through rock. The large teeth are often used by weaponsmiths to create unique weapons, which accept enchantments fairly well.

VALUE: 50 gp

WEIGHT: 20lb.

EXPIRE: ∞

CRAFT: Any melee piercing weapon +2 (DMG)

DC: 15

ITEM: Purple Worm Stomach Acid (3 vials)

The stomach of a purple worm contains a highly acidic mix of chemicals that eats slowly eats through rock and stone. This stomach acid is useful to many craftsmen.

The acid can be hard to harvest. Failing the harvesting DC check by 5 or more results the stomach bursting, spraying acid in a 10-foot radius. Any creature in range immediately takes 2d6 acid damage.

VALUE: 150 gp

WEIGHT: 1lb.

EXPIRE: ∞

DC: 20

ITEM: Purple Worm Stinger

The large stinger on a Purple Worm's tail contains a powerful venom.

Proficiency with the poisoner kit may be used for harvesting this stinger. On a successful check, the character harvests the creature's stinger, which must be refined before producing 3 doses of Purple Worm Poison (see below). On a failed check, the character is unable to extract the stinger. If the character fails the check by 5 or more, the character is subjected to the creature's poison.

Refining the Poison: Once the stinger is extracted, an alchemist (or someone proficient in the poisoner's kit) can spend 6 days and 1500gp worth of material to create 3 doses of Purple Worm Poison (DC 17 Poisoner Kit or Alchemist Supplies check).

Purple Worm Poison (Injury): The poison can be used to coat up to 3 pieces of ammunition or one slashing/piercing weapon. Applying the poison takes 1 action. A creature subjected to this poison must succeed on a DC 19 Constitution saving throw, taking 42 (12d6) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. This poison usually sells for 2,000gp, but the poison is often considered an illicit good (and may not be sold to normal vendors).

VALUE: 2000 gp

WEIGHT: 40lb.

EXPIRE: 7 days

DC: 25

ITEM: Purple Worm Pearl

Small bits of stone often get caught in the creature's digestive tract, and are covered in a thick mucus that quickly hardens. Over time, the object is coated again and again, forming a glistening white pearl with a purple sheen.

VALUE: 5000 gp

WEIGHT: 10lb.

EXPIRE: ∞

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.

Purple Worm
Individual Treasure

This kind of creature does not normally carry treasure.

318 gp, 56 pp

Random Roll: d100 = 73

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d100	cp	sp	ep	gp	pp
01-20	cp: —	sp: 4d6 x 100 (1,400)	ep: —	gp: 1d6 x 100 (35)	pp: —
21-35	cp: —	sp: —	ep: 1d6 x 100 (350)	gp: 1d6 x 100 (350)	pp: —
36-75	cp: —	sp: —	ep: —	gp: 2d6 x 100 (700)	pp: 1d6 x 10 (35)
76-100	cp: —	sp: —	ep: —	gp: 2d6 x 100 (700)	pp: 2d6 x 10 (35)

Purple Worm
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.

19469 gp, 2299 pp
Art: 7 art objects worth 750 gp each
[2 Small gold idol, 1 Bottle stopper cork embossed with gold leaf and set with amethysts, 2 Obsidian statuette with gold fittings and inlay, 1 Painted gold war mask, 1 Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems]
Magic Items (6): [1 Potion of Healing (2d4 + 2), 1 Acid Splash Scroll (Cantrip), 1 Potion of Greater Healing (4d4 + 4), 1 Mariner's Armor, 1 Dust of Sneezing and Choking, 1 Potion of Animal Friendship]

Random Roll: d100 = 22

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	cp	sp	ep	gp	pp
Coins	cp: —	sp: —	ep: —	gp: 4d6 x 1000 (1400)	pp: 5d6 x 100 (1750)
d100	cp: Gems or Art Objects	sp: —	ep: Magic Items
01-03	cp: —		ep: —
04-06	cp: 2d4 (5) 250 gp art objects		ep: —
07-10	cp: 2d4 (5) 750 gp art objects		ep: —
11-12	cp: 3d6 (10) 500 gp gems		ep: —
13-15	cp: 3d6 (10) 1,000 gp gems		ep: —
16-19	cp: 2d4 (5) 250 gp art objects		ep: Roll 1d4 times on Magic Item Table A and 1d6 times on Magic Item Table B
20-23	cp: 2d4 (5) 750 gp art objects		ep: Roll 1d4 times on Magic Item Table A and 1d6 times on Magic Item Table B
24-26	cp: 3d6 (10) 500 gp gems		ep: Roll 1d4 times on Magic Item Table A and 1d6 times on Magic Item Table B
27-29	cp: 3d6 (10) 1,000 gp gems		ep: Roll 1d4 times on Magic Item Table A and 1d6 times on Magic Item Table B
30-35	cp: 2d4 (5) 250 gp art objects		ep: Roll 1d6 times on Magic Item Table C
36-40	cp: 2d4 (5) 750 gp art objects		ep: Roll 1d6 times on Magic Item Table C
41-45	cp: 3d6 (10) 500 gp gems		ep: Roll 1d6 times on Magic Item Table C
46-50	cp: 3d6 (10) 1,000 gp gems		ep: Roll 1d6 times on Magic Item Table C
51-54	cp: 2d4 (5) 250 gp art objects		ep: Roll 1d4 times on Magic Item Table D
55-58	cp: 2d4 (5) 750 gp art objects		ep: Roll 1d4 times on Magic Item Table D
59-62	cp: 3d6 (10) 500 gp gems		ep: Roll 1d4 times on Magic Item Table D
63-66	cp: 3d6 (10) 1,000 gp gems		ep: Roll 1d4 times on Magic Item Table D
67-68	cp: 2d4 (5) 250 gp art objects		ep: Roll once on Magic Item Table E
69-70	cp: 2d4 (5) 750 gp art objects		ep: Roll once on Magic Item Table E
71-72	cp: 3d6 (10) 500 gp gems		ep: Roll once on Magic Item Table E
73-74	cp: 3d6 (10) 1,000 gp gems		ep: Roll once on Magic Item Table E
75-76	cp: 2d4 (5) 250 gp art objects		ep: Roll once on Magic Item Table F and 1d4 times on Magic Item Table G
77-78	cp: 2d4 (5) 750 gp art objects		ep: Roll once on Magic Item Table F and 1d4 times on Magic Item Table G
79-80	cp: 3d6 (10) 500 gp gems		ep: Roll once on Magic Item Table F and 1d4 times on Magic Item Table G
81-82	cp: 3d6 (10) 1,000 gp gems		ep: Roll once on Magic Item Table F and 1d4 times on Magic Item Table G
83-85	cp: 2d4 (5) 250 gp art objects		ep: Roll 1d4 times on Magic Item Table H
86-88	cp: 2d4 (5) 750 gp art objects		ep: Roll 1d4 times on Magic Item Table H
89-90	cp: 3d6 (10) 500 gp gems		ep: Roll 1d4 times on Magic Item Table H
91-92	cp: 3d6 (10) 1,000 gp gems		ep: Roll 1d4 times on Magic Item Table H
93-94	cp: 2d4 (5) 250 gp art objects		ep: Roll once on Magic Item Table I
95-96	cp: 2d4 (5) 750 gp art objects		ep: Roll once on Magic Item Table I
97-98	cp: 3d6 (10) 1,000 gp gems		ep: Roll once on Magic Item Table I
99-100	cp: 3d6 (10) 1,000 gp gems		ep: Roll once on Magic Item Table I

Purple Worm
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 112 pieces of meat, weighing a total of 448 lbs.

Random Roll: 8d20 = 112

Gargantuan creatures produce 8d20 worth of meat.

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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.

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