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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CanadienneBacon" data-source="post: 3379952" data-attributes="member: 11146">Absolutely, Maelicent can declare evil outsiders to be his favored enemy.  You and I had agreed that Mal could wait to declare his favored enemy, so if want to invoke your right to chose, you may certainly do so.  You might do better by declaring chaotic outsiders as his favored enemy, though.  The spiders would fit in either camp, but looking at the long haul the latter choice would go a bit farther.  Also, the primary example of a demon per the PHB is a chaotic outsider.  Devil is listed at the example for an evil outsider.  I personally would count a CE demon as either an evil or a chaotic outsider.  If you haven't already done so, please edit whatever favored enemy you select into Mal's character sheet.  As long as it's outsider (evil) or outsider (chaotic), Mal'll benefit from the +2 to the Survival check.  The DC will remain 20.Had he enough gold to do it, Maelicent could've bought knives, but getting a Teggestian merchant to rent anything not normally for rent to a goblin is pretty difficult.  Still, not impossible, so I rolled odds but didn't roll well enough.  Sorry, no knives to be rented.  The first Survival check resulted in a roll of 21, so Maelicent will have completed the butchering of the first carcass in 22 hours of work.  The second Survival check resulted in a roll of 24, so Maelicent will have completed the butchering of the second carcass in 16 hours.  Total time to butcher the two wolf spiders is therefore 38 hours.  And, though it does go against the grain of real life somewhat, the gentle repose will help Maelicent if he needs to leave off his butchering in favor of adventuring.  It'll take some time for the gentle repose to wear off so that the hide can be tanned in the sun, but at least the innards, meat, oils, and chitin won't rot or be eaten by vermin if Maelicent needs to step out for a while.  Working 10 hours during the first night and going to bed at 5 am, Maelicent then has 28 more hours of work ahead of him.  I should note that I assumed the +2 favored enemy bonus to Survival for the rolls above, so if you don't go with outsider (chaotic) or outsider (evil), be sure to let me know.</blockquote>

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