Nethack (Rogue) anyone?Vecna isn't a corpse, he's a liche. I'm sure there's a deep ontological argument to made there, but I'm really just rolling with common usage. From a utilitarian standpoint we're really just talking about the difference between jerky and steak, but there you go.
You eat the corpse of Vecna - More- You have a hard time getting it all down - More - You feel seriously ill - More - You die of food poisoning.
Coroc-B died on level 47 of the dungeon, killed by a tainted corpse of Vecna