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Dracohydra

A dracohydra is a huge, winged draconic creatures that combines many of the most fearsome characteristics of dragons and hydras. Dracohydras typically have 5 heads, but 2 to 6 heads have also been recorded. They are often covered in thick, muddy-brown scales, with light cream colored scales on their bellies. They usually have red eyes. A dracohydra can reach up to 125 feet long, not counting its multiple snake-like tails, which can be as long as 100 feet.

AC: 17           HP: 218
CR: 11           Size: H

Dracohydra
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

DC
Item
Description
Value
Weight
Exp.
Crafting
DC: 5
ITEM: Dracohydra Teeth (sack) DC: 5
A dracohydra has rows of sharp, jagged teeth. The teeth can be used to make jewelry, but also make good arrowheads. A sack of dracohydra teeth can produce about 6d10 arrows.
VALUE: 50 gp
WEIGHT: 15lb.
EXPIRE: ∞
CRAFT: Arrows +1 (DMG)
DC: 10
ITEM: Dracohydra Blood (7 vials) DC: 10
Dracohydras are known for their regenerative abilities, making their blood prized by healers and alchemists.
VALUE: 25 gp
WEIGHT: 1lb.
EXPIRE: 7 days
CRAFT: Potion of Superior Healing (DMG)
DC: 15
ITEM: Dracohydra Hide DC: 15
The scaled hide of a dracohydra is extremely tough and durable. The scales are highly decorative, and often used in jewelry. Smiths can use the hide to make scale armor.
VALUE: 300 gp
WEIGHT: 30lb.
EXPIRE: 10 days
CRAFT: Scale Armor +1 (DMG)
DC: 20
ITEM: Dracohydra Head DC: 20
A dracohydra is a terror to civilizations, often hunting local fauna to extinction, and then moving on to the people. The creature typically has a bounty on it, but the heads make grand hunting trophies. Artificers and spellcasters find the heads worth studying. Alchemists and healers can find useful ingredients in each head.
VALUE: 200 gp
WEIGHT: 15lb.
EXPIRE: 7 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, 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.

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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.

Dracohydra
Individual Treasure

This kind of creature does not normally carry treasure.
868 gp, 50 pp
Random Roll: d100 = 84
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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)

Dracohydra
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.
8425 gp, 2592 pp
Art: 7 art objects worth 250 gp each
[1 Box of turquoise animal figurines, 1 Gold bird cage with electrum filigree, 2 Brass mug with jade inlay, 1 Large well-made tapestry, 1 Carved ivory statuette, 1 Silk robe with gold embroidery]
Magic Items (5): [1 Potion of Giant Strength (Fire Giant), 1 Potion of Superior Healing (8d4 + 8), 1 Potion of Giant Strength (Stone Giant), 1 Eyes of Minute Seeing, 1 Potion of Giant Strength (Frost Giant)]
Random Roll: d100 = 33
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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

Dracohydra
Meat

This creature produces 70 pieces of meat, weighing a total of 280 lbs.
Random Roll: 8d12 = 70
Huge creatures produce 8d12 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
N
 
Inedible
Beast
Y
N
Y
Celestial
Y
Cannibalism, Holy Creature
N
Construct
N
 
Inedible
Dragon
Y
N
Y
Elemental
N
 
Inedible
Fey
Y
Cannibalism, Worshipped
Some are inedible
Fiend
N
 
Inedible
Giant
Y
Cannibalism, Disgusting Creature
N
Humanoid
Y
Cannibalism
N
Monstrosity
*
Disgusting Creature
N
Ooze
N
 
Inedible
Plant
N
 
No meat
Undead
N
 
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
DC
Notes
Oven
6 hours
5
Smoke Hut
2 days
7
Smoking must be maintained periodically (can't be left alone for days)
Sun
16 hours
15
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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