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Devourer

The creature is a tall, gaunt skeletal figure, 4-5 times the size of a regular human. The creature has a large forehead, long pointy ears, beady eyes and jagged broken teeth. It looks more undead than alive, with leprous skin and an exposed ribcage with an empty chest cavity.

AC: 16 HP: 178
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. However, if a creature is trapped inside the devourer, then the DM can choose whether the prisoner is released on it's death or if it returns to the Abyss with the creature.

Devourer
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
Skill: Arcana

Item

Description

Value

Weight

Exp.

Crafting

DC: 10

ITEM: Soul Shard (gem)

A devourer, sent by Orcus with a hunger for souls, often imprisons victims in it's chest cavity as it slowly tortures the creatures soul. Using a gem, a harvester may be able to collect a collect a trace amount of the souls essence, creating a soul shard. A soul shard is highly valued in the magic community.

A soul shard is a valuable currency in the Nine Hells. While not as valuable as a full soul, in the Nine Hells a soul shard is worth 10x value of the gem it is embedded in (but less valuable on the material plane).

Use: A magic user can use a soul shard as a magic focus. In addition, the soul shard can be shattered (if a hard surface is available), causing 2d6 damage to every creature in a 30ft radius, including the caster.

VALUE: 150 gp

WEIGHT: 1lb.

EXPIRE: ∞

DC: 15

ITEM: Devourer Claw (x2)

A devourer's claws radiate with dark necrotic energy. They are sharp, piercing objects about 1 foot long. A skilled weaponsmith may be able to craft a weapon from the claws.

VALUE: 100 gp

WEIGHT: 10lb.

EXPIRE: ∞

CRAFT: Any melee slashing weapon except whips +2 (DMG)

DC: 20

ITEM: Devourer Ribcage

The iron-like rungs of the devourers ribcage, used to imprison souls, ring with dark arcane energy. The bones may be used to make weapons and tools, however, a skilled artificer may be able to retain the dark magic and create powerful armor.

VALUE: 560 gp

WEIGHT: 35lb.

EXPIRE: ∞

CRAFT: Bone Armor, Breastplate of the Boundary (HHH)

DC: 25

ITEM: Devourer Skin

The dead, necrotic skin of a devourer is difficult to harvest without tearing. However, if successful, magic users can create dark necromancer apparel and arcane vellum. Normal leatherworkers may be able to create simple leather from the skin (1/10 the value).

VALUE: 2250 gp

WEIGHT: 10lb.

EXPIRE: 10 days

CRAFT: Leather Armor (PHB), Necrotic Cloak (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 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.

Devourer
Individual Treasure

This kind of creature does not normally carry treasure.

396 ep, 115 gp

Random Roll: d100 = 30

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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)

Devourer
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.

6103 gp, 2741 pp
Art: 8 art objects worth 250 gp each
[1 Large gold bracelet, 2 Bronze crown, 3 Gold ring set with bloodstones, 1 Gold bird cage with electrum filigree, 1 Silver necklace with a gemstone pendant]
Magic Items (1): [1 Ammunition +2]

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	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

Devourer
Trinkets

1 pickled human tongue

Random Roll: 1d20 = 14

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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

Devourer
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 16 pieces of meat, weighing a total of 64 lbs.

Random Roll: 6d6 = 16

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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