History CarnivoreConfusion / TabletopGames

** Later editions retconned this because it was unfair to people who liked reptiles and birds and wanted to play as them and it ended up playing the trope straight. Now the world is split between "Standers" who are sentients that run all over the SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism (Mammals are always anthro, with birds and reptiles being closer to WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda in body shape where birds have wings used as arms and snakes don't have any limbs) and "Ferals", who are nonsentient game animals and are okay to eat.

* Also AD&D Example but not involving animals, it's quite common for AlwaysChaoticEvil Races to eat anything not their race, like Giants, Orcs or Goblins. On a more [[NightmareFuel horrifying]] level, [[EldritchAbomination Illithids]] even breed and enslave AnythingThatMoves as tasty snacks and workforce. Also in one novel it's stated that humans make bad slaves for [[OurElvesAreDifferent drow]], because they are way too prone to rebelliousness, but they are quite useful for trade connections or if you run low on other food...

* Also AD&D Example but not involving animals, it's quite common for AlwaysChaoticEvil Races to eat anything not their race, like Giants, Orcs or Goblins. On a more [[NightmareFuel horrifying]] level, [[EldritchAbomination Illithids]] even breed and enslave AnythingThatMoves as tasty snacks and workforce. Also in one novel it's stated that humans make bad slaves for [[OurElvesAreBetter drow]], because they are way too prone to rebelliousness, but they are quite useful for trade connections or if you run low on other food...

** Later editions retconned this because it was unfair to people who liked reptiles and birds and wanted to play as them, now the world is split between "Standers" who are sentients that run all over the SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism (Mammals are always anthro, with birds and reptiles being closer to WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda in body shape where birds have wings used as arms and snakes don't have any limbs) and "Ferals", who are nonsentient game animals and are okay to eat.

* Explicitly addressed in the ''Wonderland No More'' Supplement for ''TabletopGame/SavageWorlds'' - There is a difference between Animals (with a capital letter, such as Cats or Owls) which are intelligent and animals (with a small initial, cats and owls) that aren't. While it is perfectly OK to eat the latter, eating one of the former is a serious social faux pas - even though some Animals cannot help just smelling too tasty (as per a disadvantage).

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}'', the ''South America 2'' {{Sourcebook}} features an animal species that, despite looking just like an American Bison, is carnivorous, and very aggressive. [[FridgeLogic How a predator built like a bison hunts its prey]] is never addressed, aside from giving them fangs.

* The Lunar Exalted in ''{{Exalted}}'' have the innate ability to assume the form of animals. They acquire new forms by killing an animal of the appropriate species (presumably after hunting it down themselves) and drinking its fresh blood in a very literal case of "you are what you eat". And given the right charm, they can use this trick with [[ImAHumanitarian humans]] as well...

* Averted in the "furry RPG" ''{{Ironclaw}}'', where only mammals and birds are anthropomorphic, leaving reptiles (lizards, dinosaurs, dragons) as the beasts of burden and livestock.
* In ''{{Rifts}}'', the ''South America 2'' {{Sourcebook}} features an animal species that, despite looking just like an American Bison, is carnivorous, and very aggressive. [[FridgeLogic How a predator built like a bison hunts its prey]] is never addressed, aside from giving them fangs.
* Explicitly addressed in the ''Wonderland No More'' Supplement for ''SavageWorlds'' - There is a difference between Animals (with a capital letter, such as Cats or Owls) which are intelligent and animals (with a small initial, cats and owls) that aren't. While it is perfectly OK to eat the latter, eating one of the former is a serious social faux pas - even though some Animals cannot help just smelling too tasty (as per a disadvantage).

* Also AD&D Example but not involving animals, its quite common for AlwaysChaoticEvil Races to eat anything not their race, like Giants, Orcs or Goblins. On a more [[NightmareFuel horrifying]] extent, [[EldritchAbomination Illithids]] even breed and enslave AnythingThatMoves as tasty snacks and workforce. Also in one Novel its stated that humans make bad slaves for [[OurElvesAreBetter drow]], because they are way to prone for rebelliousness, but they are quite useful for trade connections or if you run low on other food...

* Explicitly addressed in the ''Wonderland No More'' Supplement for ''SavageWorlds'' - There is a difference between Animals (aith a capital letter) which are intelligent and animals (with a small initial) that aren't. While it is perfectly OK to eat the latter, eatimg one of the former is a serious social faux pas - even though some Animals cannot help jest smelling too tasty (as per a disadvantage).