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Nalfeshnee

The creature stands over 15 feet tall [avg. 10 to 20 ft] and looks to weigh over 8,000 pounds. It's body is corpulent, combining the most abysmal features of a boar and ape into a bipedal monstrosity. It has small, feathered wings, greatly undersized compared to its rotund figure. However, despite their flimsy appearance, the small wings enable the heavy creature to fly. When not flying, it waddles, rather than walks. Their glowing red eyes have a hungry look.

AC: 18 HP: 184
CR: 13 Size: L

Harvesting Note: Demons slain on the Material Plane dissolves into a foul ichor, and return to the abyss. To properly harvest a demon, they must be killed in the Abyss.

Nalfeshnee
Harvesting Table

Instructions: Because this creature is an Fiend, 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: Fiend (demon)
Skill: Arcana

Item

Description

Value

Weight

Exp.

Crafting

DC: 5

ITEM: Nalfeshnee Teeth (small pouch) DC: 5

A nalfeshnee's teeth are a strong ivory, covered in enamel as tough as steel. The teeth can be fashioned into ivory crafts, statuettes and tools.

VALUE: 30 gp

WEIGHT: 4lb.

EXPIRE: ∞

CRAFT: Glutton Cutlery (HHH)

DC: 10

ITEM: Nalfeshnee Tusk (x2) DC: 10

A nalfeshnee's tusks often protrude from their bottom lip (although some protrude from their bottom lip, and a few have tusks on both). The tusks are solid, curved ivory. They average around 2 to 3 feet long. The smaller tusks make excellent hilts, while longer tusks can be fashioned into their own weapons.

VALUE: 150 gp

WEIGHT: 18lb.

EXPIRE: ∞

CRAFT: Any piercing weapon +2 (DMG)

DC: 15

ITEM: Nalfeshnee Wing (x2) DC: 15

Dark abyssal magic allows the diminutive wings of a nalfeshnee to support its large weight. The wings also give the nalfeshnee the ability to teleport, which can be used by a skilled harvester.

Use: You may spend an action focusing on a wing in your hand. If you do so, you magically teleport, along with any equipment you are wearing or carrying, up to 60 feet to an unoccupied space you can see. Once this item has been used once, it loses all magical properties and becomes useless.

VALUE: 350 gp

WEIGHT: 15lb.

EXPIRE: 7 days

DC: 20

ITEM: Nalfeshnee Eyes (x2) DC: 20

A Nalfeshnee's eyes grant it the ability to emit a magically scintillating, multicolored light that can instill fear on their enemies (as if their appearance wasn't enough!). A skilled artificer or magic user can transform the eyes into gems that have a similar effect.

VALUE: 800 gp

WEIGHT: 2lb.

EXPIRE: 2 days

CRAFT: Demon Light (HHH)

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, HHH2 and HHH3 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.

Expiration

Many harvested goods will start to rot and decay after a period of time. Below is a quick overview of how we determine expiration dates, and is used as a guide for most harvested items. Note: It is always up to the DM to decide on the exact expiration.

Item Type

Days

Explanation

Body Part

2 days

Flesh rots and decays quickly.

Body Part, Undead

7 days

Undead body parts are already rotting, so their usefulness can last a little longer than regular flesh (which becomes useless when it rots).

Bones

∞

Bones take a very long time to decay.

Feathers

∞

Feathers take a very long time to decay.

Ears

14 days

Ears are predominantly tough cartilage (soft bone). The skin around the ears rot quickly, but the ear remains intact for some time after.

Hair

∞

Hair takes a very long time to decay.

Head

3 days

Like other flesh, it rots and decays quickly, but lasts slightly longer

Hides/Pelts

10 days

Hides/Pelts must be treated and soaks in order to retain its usefulness.

Liquid, Vial (i.e. Blood)

7 days

If contained in a stoppered vial, most fluids have a longer shelf life. However, if exposed to air, it gets ruined VERY quickly.

Liquid, Vial (i.e. Slime)

14 days

Slimes and gels tend to have a longer shelf-life than other fluids. However, if exposed to air, it gets ruined VERY quickly.

Poisons

14 days

Most poisons are viable for about 2 week. However, each poison is different. In additions, proficiency with a poisoner's kit may allow assassins the ability to extend the shelf-life every few weeks (adding other ingredients to extend the poison's usefulness)

Tattoos/Marks

5 days

Usually a strip of skin, which can be preserved with some oil to last a little longer than other flesh.

Wings

7 days

While wings contain flesh, which rots quickly, the bones and leather/feather last much longer, making the wings usefulness last longers.

Nalfeshnee
Individual Treasure

470 gp, 23 pp

Random Roll: d100 = 60

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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)

Nalfeshnee
Treasure Hoard

12728 gp, 861 pp
Art: 6 art objects worth 250 gp each
[2 Silver necklace with a gemstone pendant, 1 Silk robe with gold embroidery, 1 Gold ring set with bloodstones, 1 Brass mug with jade inlay, 1 Gold bird cage with electrum filigree]
Magic Items (3): [1 Potion of Diminution, 1 Oil of Etherealness, 1 Bead of Force]

Random Roll: d100 = 34

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	cp	sp	ep	gp	pp
Coins	cp: —	sp: —	ep: —	gp: 4d6 x 1000 (1400)	pp: 5d6 x 100 (1750)

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

Nalfeshnee
Trinkets

1 vial of acid that reads "special sauce"

Random Roll: 1d20 = 7

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1d20

Item

Weight

Value

1 hooked torturer's tool

1 lb.

7 sp

1 necklace of human teeth

1 lb.

3 sp

1 indecipherable map, drawn on a piece of skin

1 lb.

1 sp

1 preserved human heart that is hard as a rock

6 lb.

5 gp

1 length of chain (1 foot) with an extremely difficult lock (DC 20)

4 lb.

6 gp

1 devil's tooth engraved with runes

2 lb.

5 sp

1 vial of acid that reads "special sauce"

1 lb.

25 gp

1 hellwasp larvae preserved in red amber

½ lb.

5 sp

1 ring made of small finger bones

5 sp

1 human skull carved into a flagon

6 lb.

3 sp

1 parchment with a crude diagram of a torture device

1 sp

1 flask of blood from an unknown source

5 lb.

3 sp

1 large piece of black charcoal carved into a sneering face

3 lb.

2 sp

1 pickled human tongue

1 lb.

3 cp

1 glass eyeball with an iron needle piercing through the middle

1 lb.

1 sp

1 bloody dagger, with a long shard of glass for a blade and a hilt wrapped in leather made from human skin

1 lb.

3 sp

1 parchment with a list of names, titled "victims"

1 gnawed thigh bone

3 lb.

1 set of toothpicks carved from bones

1 cp

1d4 slab(s) of dried human meat

2 lb.

5 cp

Nalfeshnee
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 10 pieces of meat, weighing a total of 40 lbs.

Random Roll: 6d6 = 10

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.

Meat and Creature Types

Some creature types have meat that is inedible (i.e udead), while others carry some sort of stygma (cannibalism, distasteful, unholy). For example, eating a celestial may be considered a vile, unholy act; while eating a monstrosity may be considered disgusting and distasteful; in addition, giants are too similar to most medium-sized humanoids and are often considered inline with cannibalism. Of course, while buying meats with a stygma is forbidden and possibly illegal in most places, there are always people willing to buy illegal goods (although they may be hard to find).

Creature Type

Edible

Possible Stigma

Sellable

Aberration

Inedible

Beast

Celestial

Cannibalism, Holy Creature

Construct

Inedible

Dragon

Elemental

Inedible

Fey

Cannibalism, Worshipped

Some are inedible

Fiend

Inedible

Giant

Cannibalism, Disgusting Creature

Humanoid

Cannibalism

Monstrosity

Disgusting Creature

Ooze

Inedible

Plant

No meat

Undead

Inedible

* Some monstrosities have meat that is edible (DM Discretion)

Eating Meat

Cooked meat can be eaten safely. Cooking meat requires a campfire or oven. Eating raw meat requires a DC 10 Constitution Check. A successful check results in a filling meal. A failure results in debilitating stomach cramps, causing 1 level of exhaustion (disadvantage on ability checks).

Drying Meat

The meat can be dried using salt, spices, heat and time.

Drying Method

Time

Notes

Oven

6 hours

Smoke Hut

2 days

Smoking must be maintained periodically (can't be left alone for days)

Sun

16 hours

Must be in direct sunlight, in over 85°F.
Set on a hot stone, or hanging from a rack.
Higher chance of spoiling.

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