poop

[alsih2o]

how do d.m.'s deal with critters with "swallow whole"?

do your p.c.'s end up going through the dung in their lair for goodies? how do you determine what passes through?

i mean, i assume they aren't passing breastplates and double edged axes, so the digestive juices must be nasty. or is it the crushing forcesof the peristalic action that rends these things into passable chunks?

does that ring of invisibilty come out the business end usable?

 

[Oni]

LOL, this is something I really haven't thought about.

Good question though...

 

[the Jester]

Probably some coins, lumps of precious metal, gems and the like would pass successfully.

I'd say that the crushing action is what tears things down to managable size. So that ring you mentioned might be okay after its exit, in a large creature.

 

[alsih2o]

So that ring you mentioned might be okay after its exit, in a large creature.

as opposed to those small and tiny creatures with "swallow whole" as an ability.


hmmmm...

 

[Henry]

I can just see the Paladin's inspirational pep talk now...


"Ladies and Gentlemen, somewhere in that three-mile long trail of Purple Worm Poop is the Hammer of Thunderbolts we've been seeking. Here's your shovels - good hunting."

"Complaints? You wanted to know what the adventurer's life is all about? HERE it is."

(hands them the shovel of

 

[Pielorinho]

I'd guess the gizzard takes care of a lot of items, and probably the crushed and mangled magical metal in a purple worm's gizzard is a key ingredient in many a wizard's formulae.

Daniel

 

[Mercule]

LOL, this is something I really haven't thought about.

Likewise. But now.... now I almost feel bad for my players.

PC1: I cast Detect Magic.
ME: Okay, you see some magic toward the back of the room.
PC1: I move closer to inspect.
ME: Okay. As the magic auras become more defined, you see that a rather potent aura emanates from somewhere inside a rather large turd.

Oh, I'm so bringing a camera to that session.

 

[Umbran]

or is it the crushing forcesof the peristalic action that rends these things into passable chunks?

Well, one assumes that adventurers carrying really hazardous items like breastplates and axes are nowhere near the norm for a purple worm diet. So, the creature isn't designed to handle them. Like any other animal that eats something that it's digestive system cannot handle, it'll get blocked up and die, eventually.

The book says that it's crop may hold on to small, acid resistant items. Which suggests that anything else small but not acid-resistant is going to go bye-bye.

 

[Mystery Man]

Acid damage + finite number of hit points for items = gone, gone, gone for good.

I would go ahead and let them sift thru it. Getting covered in poop in an exercise in futility is an excellent deterrent to greed.

 

[astralpwka]

I would go ahead and let them sift thru it. Getting covered in poop in an exercise in futility is an excellent deterrent to greed.

Also a fun deterrent is having the players go through the charred remnants of villains toasted from fire spells to get the magic items. Messy. The wonderful world of descriptive role-playing.