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Author: AHighlyVisibleNinja

Jun 23rd 2012 at 8:57:29 PM

Could this include devouring more than just food? For example the Spirit Eater Curse from [[NeverwinterNights Mask of the Betrayer]] is built around this trope. The Spirit Eater is a horrific demi-godlike entity that turns the host into an insatiable devourer of spirits, fey, and the dark energy of the undead. The curse becomes so strong that it eventually consumes the soul of the host; destroying the very essence of their existence and leaving only an empty corpse behind. The eater has consumed countless spirits for generations, and the PlayerCharacter can use it ForTheEvulz. It devours all life the forgotten realms and a couple other planes. The gods band together to fight it and it [[KilledOffForReal literally eats half of them]] before they bring it down. (It's even implied that the Betrayer didn't truly die from the wrath of a dozen gods.)

An [[YouKeepUsingThatWord ironic]] thing about it is that Myrkul, the god who created the curse can be [[KilledOffForReal eaten by it.]] D&D gods are virtually unkillable, they just partially fade away. The spirit eater completely destroyed them.