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Balhannoth

A balhannoth has an ovoid body, six tentacles, and a large mouth of jagged teeth.

AC: 17 HP: 114
CR: 11 Size: L

Balhannoth
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

Item

Description

Value

Weight

Exp.

Crafting

DC: 10

ITEM: Balhannoth Teeth (large bag) DC: 10

Balhannoth's teeth can be used to craft exotic weapons, decorations and trinkets.

VALUE: 20 gp

WEIGHT: 15lb.

EXPIRE: ∞

CRAFT: Dagger (DMG)

DC: 15

ITEM: Balhannoth Mucus (3 vials) DC: 15

Balhannoth mucus can be quickly harvested for use in various alchemy concoctions.

VALUE: 20 gp

WEIGHT: 1lb.

EXPIRE: 7 days

DC: 20

ITEM: Balhannoth Tentacles (x6) DC: 20

A balhannoth has 6 thick, rubbery tentacles with sharp barbs near the end. 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: 50 gp

WEIGHT: 10lb.

EXPIRE: 2 days

CRAFT: Whip +1 (DMG)

DC: 25

ITEM: Balhannoth Heart DC: 25

A balhannoth's heart beats with soft harmonic rhythm that hypnotically lures creatures to its lair. The tissue of the heart can be stretched into thin fibrous strings, which are valued by instrument makers and craftmen.

VALUE: 500 gp

WEIGHT: 3lb.

EXPIRE: 2 days

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.

Balhannoth
Individual Treasure

This kind of creature does not normally carry treasure.

260 gp, 15 pp

Random Roll: d100 = 53

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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)

Balhannoth
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.

7234 gp, 1022 pp
Art: 7 art objects worth 250 gp each
[2 Silk robe with gold embroidery, 1 Box of turquoise animal figurines, 1 Large well-made tapestry, 2 Carved ivory statuette, 1 Silver necklace with a gemstone pendant]
Magic Items (1): [1 Potion of Speed]

Random Roll: d100 = 53

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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

Balhannoth
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 34 pieces of meat, weighing a total of 136 lbs.

Random Roll: 6d6 = 34

Large creatures produce 6d6 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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