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* ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'': Demonic cults are known for horrific rituals, but few are worse than the Final Feast, used by worshippers of Zuggtmoy, the Demon Lady of Fungus. This ritual has two uses: It can be forced upon prisoners intended as [[Human Sacrifice]], or used to test the worthiness of anyone who desires to become a Thrall of Zuggtmoy. To be found worthy, a cultist must consume the entire Feast and not only survive, but remain conscious. (Of course, even ''attempting'' to partake of the Feast willingly will definitely push a cultist past the [[Moral Event Horizon]], if he hasn’t passed it already.) The Feast is held on a table made of warped wood constructed from coffins that once held victims murdered by the cult (this naturally requires grave robbing), and consists of five courses, all of which are poisonous and many of which are remains of dangerous plant and fungus monsters. The first course is bitter ale brewed from striped toadstool. Next is the appetizer, a platter of boiled id moss (it’s possible to cheat a little here, because if the id moss is slow-boiled, it’s not as toxic, but tastes far more revolting). Soup comes next, chilled slime mold soup with rotting mushrooms and terinav root. The main course is a violet fungus tentacle cooked with a glaze made from a variety noxious molds and mildews. Finally, dessert - most toxic of all - is a small stack of phycomid stalks served in a thick, bitter-tasting black syrup made from basidirond sap and sprinkled with yellow mold spores. Of course, anyone who dies from the Feast may be luckier than those who survive it. Anyone (prisoner or cultist) who succumbs to the poison without dying is subjected to Zuggtmoy’s Cradle ([[Buried Alive| which is]] [[Eaten Alive| much, much worse]]). A prisoner who manages to survive and stay conscious at least gains the cult’s respect, and is returned to whatever they use as a prison and left to starve to death. Naturally, however, cultists who survive and stay conscious become Thralls, surrendering their humanity to become mortal agents of Zuggtmoy with terrible dark powers.

* ''[[Scarred Lands]]''; druids who worship Gaurak the Glutton can turn themselves into fatlings, vile reflections of Gaurak himself, by finding and eating "putrid, greasy melons" that grow in special areas. It's doubtful they taste very good.

 

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