D&D 5E Do Otyughs literally eat... (dung)???

[Elderbrain]

I mean, would there even be any nutritional value in eating poo? That's pretty gross... talk about bad breath!
(You could probably smell one coming a mile away... well, not literally.) Makes me wonder, do Otyughs eat their OWN poo? (Waste not, want not...) Double gross if they do!!!

 

[Boarstorm]

If it's good enough for a dog, it's good enough for an Otyugh.

 

[Piratecat]

Not only do they eat it, they savor it. They treasure it.

Woe betide anyone breaking into a neo-otyugh's treasure vault...

 

[Tormyr]

Yes, they do. The picture of the Otyugh under the outhouse confirms it. It's RAD (Rules as Drawn).

 

[MechaPilot]

I mean, would there even be any nutritional value in eating poo? That's pretty gross... talk about bad breath!
(You could probably smell one coming a mile away... well, not literally.) Makes me wonder, do Otyughs eat their OWN poo? (Waste not, want not...) Double gross if they do!!!

It must have some nutritional value, Dung Beetles eat it. Also, D&D, fantasy, and sci-fi are all full of creatures that feed on things that ostensibly have no nutritional value. Just look at the Rust Monster and the Aurumvorax as prime D&D examples.

 

[Pickles JG]

Yeah given the vast number of real world things that consume dung the Otyugh seems an odd fellow to pick out.

 

[Dausuul]

I mean, would there even be any nutritional value in eating poo? That's pretty gross... talk about bad breath!
(You could probably smell one coming a mile away... well, not literally.) Makes me wonder, do Otyughs eat their OWN poo? (Waste not, want not...) Double gross if they do!!!

There are lots of animals that eat feces. Feces are more than 50% bacteria, which certainly have nutritional value.

Also, D&D, fantasy, and sci-fi are all full of creatures that feed on things that ostensibly have no nutritional value. Just look at the Rust Monster and the Aurumvorax as prime D&D examples.

Well, oxidization of iron releases energy, so the rust monster could theoretically work (though it's hard to see how it could evolve, since un-oxidized iron is basically nonexistent in nature). The aurumvorax... yeah, I got nothin'.

 

[MechaPilot]

Don't they also eat garbage, like banana peels, apple cores, corn cobs, rotting meat, and so on?





Also, and I'm sorry (I can't resist). . . "A poo shake brings all the O's to the yard, and they're like it's better than garbage."

 

[Elderbrain]

I've had quite a number of ideas for jokes about Otyughs, two of which I will share here.

Picture this: a Otyugh, standing in the middle of a modern restroom, holding up a sign that reads "PLEASE NO FLUSH"!

O.k. joke two: Two Otyugh children are throwing dungballs at each other. Their mother sees this and says "Children, how many times have I told you NOT to PLAY with YOUR FOOD?"

 

[guachi]

Poo flinging monkeys plus Otyugh = match made in heaven.