Some details about the Achievement: Trophy Collector

Harvesting and preserving body parts have been detailed in some published material. This information has been gathered under this achievement in order to show how to properly harvest, preserve, and display the trophies.

This information has been updated in the Aryathan Jiil Campaign Setting.pdf and added to the google drive.

Trophy Collector

Tier I Collect trophies from 10 different foes.

Tier II Collect trophies from 25 different foes.

Tier III Collect trophies from 50 different foes.

Note: A trophy is a body part, chosen at the time when you first take a trophy and cannot later be changed, such as a toe, finger, ear, tail, or scalp. Thereafter anytime you choose to take a trophy from a defeated creature, it must be the same body part.

To qualify as a trophy, the body part must be taken from a creature that has a CR at least 2 higher than your effective character level.

The trophies should be collected in some way as to display them as trophies, such as on a necklace, belt strap, or even a display case in a building.

The process of making a trophy is as follows:

1.       Harvest the trophy, requires 10 minutes and a successful DC 15 Profession (taxidermy check). Dead bodies deteriorate enough in 15 minutes that good specimens can no longer be obtained, so this process must begin within the first 5 minutes after death.

2.       Preserve the trophy, requires 1 hour and a DC 20 Profession (taxidermy) check. This involves embalming materials that cost 1 gp per trophy.

The use of gentle repose spells and preserving jars may increase the time for harvesting and preserving. But to qualify as a trophy, they must be properly preserved and put on display with the other trophies.

Please keep a record of each your trophies on your character sheet, with some details about its defeat and its creature kind.