Hi there, I represent a consortium of adventurers who like exotic foods. We base our expeditions on exotic creature hunts in foreign lands, kill an exotic or...
Hi DM, ... giant beetles that are used as mounts & food. Beetle steaks are apparently a delicacy in Rifts Canada. But, I was wondering if there are any...
If you get fire beetles in their larval stage, they make great grub :) Okay, you can stop throwing things now. I'm not sure if you can actually eat them, but...
This is a little outside of the "canon" of OD&D resources, but in Hackmaster's "Hacklopedia of Beasts" Vol. 1 I find the following: "Most beetles are edible...
The problem is, I'm not sure what beetles are made out of. I'm pretty sure they don't have "muscle." When people eat beetles in the real world they're not...
Hah! I wonder what a Cartman-ish dwarf does taste like? Uuuugh! If I only had the Dragon Archive on CD-ROM! But I may actually have the "Ecology of the stirge"...
Having eaten mundane beetles in the course of survival training many years ago, I can say that some beetles are edible. They're hardly worth it, though. And...
... Sure they have muscle! How else could they move? ;-) It's just that bug muscles are inside their legs and so tiny you probably can't even see them. They...
You can eat them, and they do have muscles, just different from vertebrate muscle. It is attached to the inside of their carapace, kind of like a lobster, so...
I think bugs, beetles in particular, have air pockets in the legs, and there are no 'muscles' as we know them. The legs work like pneumatic air actuated...
Regarding to real world beetles (and specially their larvae), some funny excerpts of Wikipedia: "Before humans had tools to hunt or practice agriculture,...
I'm compiling the information regarding edible monsters from this list, and some from the AD&D Gamers & DM's yahoo group as well. If there is sufficient...
Just to add to Daniel's post: I remember reading years ago about a US Air Force pilot who was shot down over Bosnia/Serbia during Milosevich's rule. He was...
If all else fails, roll a reaction die on it. Friendly means they've got a new taste treat, aggro means they're going to have a tough night of it." Brilliant...
... Beetles do have air ducts (spiracles or tracheoles) that provide oxygen throughout their body, including down the legs. Air is pumped through the ducts by...
RECIPES? Perhaps someone knows the proper cuts of Walktapi? ______ "People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the...
... list, and some from the AD&D Gamers & DM's yahoo group as well. If there is sufficient interest in it, and as more suggestions for rules and types of meats...
I'd love to find a group that wanted to play original or classic D&D, but since I'm in the minority, I've been gaming with 3.5 for a couple years now. I...
Hi Colin, I don't want to start flaming here, but you've very clearly identified the two reasons I won't play 3.5: * The system is bewilderingly rules-heavy *...
I don't think I can add anything else to this topic. I was excited several years ago when they announced the 3rd ed rules, but after reading the monthly...
... (snip) ... Yup. When I started gaming, video games were based on tabletop gaming. (Heck, we're talking Multi-Advent and similar, so that probably dates...
There are several systems out there that bring a sense of simplicity to any d20 based D&D game, derived from D&D 3.5 rules. Maybe you could slip this system...
Great site, Erin! http://www.tridrpg.org./ I don't think I've ever been here before. I really like your variant house rules. I've thought about implementing...
Permission granted :) -- Erin The Chimera RPG: One System, Many Genres... http://www.welshpiper.com/ ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
What? No Chimera RPG? :) -- Erin The Chimera RPG: One System, Many Genres... http://www.welshpiper.com/ ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
There's always Tunnels & Trolls, original rules very fast, very flexible. ______ "People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and...
You know the only hard thing about playing old D&D is finding other people to play with. But that's really why you need to start your own game and get people...
