Dungeon Dressing: Looting the Bodies II
Few things are worse than a character showing interest in a throw-away monster. Perhaps, the heroes have entered a dungeon, butchered its denizens and now loot their enemies’ still-warm corpses. Use these lists to fill their enemies’ pockets with interesting but essentially worthless things.
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Broken & Battered
A scratched brass ring; all of the precious stones have been pried from their settings.
A small silver case has a hole punched in it, likely from an arrow or crossbow bolt.
This small knife, the tip of which has snapped off, is otherwise still sharp.
A heavily used fork, none of its tines are straight.
An enormous belt buckle with a barely legible inscription reading “Best in the world” atop a two-headed eagle.
A small ceramic figurine crudely repainted enough times it is more paint than clay.
A small book with many of its pages torn out and others folded into various animal shapes, which have been crushed between the covers.
This brass ring from a door knocker bears scratches where it was savagely ripped from its housing.
A short length of worn pewter chain, bent and shorn in two places.
A handful of steel and iron arrowheads; broken pieces of shaft are still attached to some.
A well-used sling stone shows signs of gnawing.
A pocket watch rattles with the sound of loose springs, cogs and gears; though its arms still turn, they do not keep the proper time.
A well-used iron key; its teeth are heavily scratched and chipped.
A locket has had the painting inside defaced by the addition of a crude moustache.
Bent and broken tools fill this leather holster for a set of lock picks.
A small harmonica has only three intact reeds, allowing it to produce only a handful of sour notes.
A decorative pepper shaker, still full of pepper. It is shaped like an exotic cat, though one of its ears has broken off.
A ripped sack with traces of white powder within.
A water-logged (or perhaps urine-drenched) torch, so damp it will not light.
The bowl of a large wooden serving ladle snapped clear of its handle.
Yummy Nibbles
A half-eaten pickle on the end of a yellowed piece of thin string.
A lump of heavily boiled grey meat provides no clue as to which animal it came from.
A damp brown bag containing three fish heads, all well past their prime.
A lightly toasted scorpion on the end of a stick; its tail has been bitten off.
A small pouch full of wriggling insects, specially selected for their size and bright colours. They are strangely tasty.
Skin strips from the skull of a small stoat have been turned into a crude container for the creature’s well-marinated brain.
A half-eaten right shoe soaked in brine. Various root vegetables fill the shoe.
A hunk of half-melted butter wrapped in a thin slice of rank ham.
A small jar of pickled elf ears, plus a toe from some enormous humanoid.
This chunk of thigh bone from a massive bovine still has a few scraps of fresh, raw meat on it. It is large enough to use as an improvised club.
A heavily gnawed, rock-hard chunk of stale bread.
A shuriken with a different insect impaled on each of its tines.
A chunk of honeycomb still holding the candied bodies of several bees.
A sack full of stale bread crusts just starting to show signs of mould.
A jar of brightly-coloured birds soaked in brine.
A variety of dull feathers congealed in a mass of bright green gelatine. It is lime flavoured.
An open jar of some kind of grease or rendered fat; its source unclear.
This hunk of meat still has ruddy brown fur on one side, most likely from some type of canine.
The ragged gristle from a prime roast left to age long enough to be chewy.
A withered hunk of meat soaked in something sticky – a number of still-living flies struggle to escape.
Credit
This is a short system-neutral extract from GM’s Miscellany: Dungeon Dressing. The book is available in 5e, OSR, System Neutral and Pathfinder 1 editions.
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