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**** Chaos worshippers will also cannibalize just for fun. Nurgle worshippers consider the potential infection vector a benefit due to the serving the resident PlagueMaster god and Slaanesh worshippers serving the SenseFreak that Slaanesh is do it for a combination of pleasure and fun. One Slaaneshi [[DemonofHumanOrigin Daemon Princess]], the Mistress of Spite, ate multiple worlds worth of people and ascended to Daemonhood by impressing Slaanesh at the scale of her VillainousGluttony.


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*** Ogors of have a religious obsession with eating and won’t let a scrap of meat go to waste, including the bodies of friends and foes alike.
* The [[RobotWar Denver Zonemind]] in ''TabletopGame/GURPSReignOfSteel'' sometimes renders its dead human slaves into a "high protein soup" to feed the others. (In the slaves' defense, though, the robots don't tell them where it comes from!

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*** Ogors of have a religious obsession with eating and won’t won't let a scrap of meat go to waste, including the bodies of friends and foes alike.
* ''TabletopGame/GURPSReignOfSteel'': The [[RobotWar Denver Zonemind]] in ''TabletopGame/GURPSReignOfSteel'' sometimes renders its dead human slaves into a "high protein soup" to feed the others. (In the slaves' defense, though, the robots don't tell them where it comes from!from!)



* In ''TabletopGame/InvisibleSun'' the cardiophagy spell allows you to restore your stat pools by eating a human heart. Since there are also spells to create lifeless copies of a person, this does not necessarily require you to murder someone beforehand.)
* In ''TabletopGame/KitsuneOfFoxesAndFools'' the "Bloodthirst" consequence causes a fox spirit to acquire a craving for human liver and eat the next fool they successfully trick, gaining no tails. The card art shows Sadako swooping down on the lazy minion with a knife and a fork.

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* In ''TabletopGame/InvisibleSun'' the ''TabletopGame/InvisibleSun'': The cardiophagy spell allows you to restore your stat pools by eating a human heart. Since there are also spells to create lifeless copies of a person, this does not necessarily require you to murder someone beforehand.)
* In ''TabletopGame/KitsuneOfFoxesAndFools'' the ''TabletopGame/KitsuneOfFoxesAndFools'': The "Bloodthirst" consequence causes a fox spirit to acquire a craving for human liver and eat the next fool they successfully trick, gaining no tails. The card art shows Sadako swooping down on the lazy minion with a knife and a fork.



* In the ''TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness'':
** There're the Noctuku, a Nosferatu bloodline whose members regularly need to consume flesh (any flesh, but they prefer human meat to animal, and vampire most of all), lest they risk going into a hunger frenzy. They don't gain any nourishment from it and have to regurgitate it soon after, but they don't seem to mind this.
** Similarly, there's the Macellarius, a Ventrue bloodline of rotund gourmands that gains the ability to digest human flesh the same way they gain nourishment from blood, or later to snack on vampire flesh to grow in physical strength and ability or even to have access to the powers their meal possessed.
** ''TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening'' has its own cannibals in the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Devourers of the Flesh]], a Left-Handed Path emerging from the Adamantine Arrows whose members follow the age old maxim that if you eat your enemy, you gain his strength.
** There's also the Cult of the Red Word, a New England-based cult that worships [[EldritchAbomination an alternate timeline given sentience by the Abyss]]. They believe that consuming their victims symbolically erases their presence from reality, piece by piece -- and it ''[[RetGone literally]]'' does so if they prepare and consume the victim in their sacred temple.
** ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheForsaken'' allows the [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Uratha]] to regain [[{{Mana}} Essence]] by consuming the flesh of humans or wolves; this is a ''humongous'' sin against the game's KarmaMeter. (The only sins higher are betrayal of one's own pack and eating ''[[OfThePeople werewolf]]'' flesh.) There's even a [[PrestigeClass Lodge]] of Bale Hounds, the Lodge of the Feast, devoted to sampling strange flesh... and getting others hooked on it.
** There's the Lodge of Wendigo, a subset of the Blood Talons. Given their totem and a Rite that allows them to gain knowledge from consumption of flesh, they tend this way... though many of them are trying really, ''really'' hard to kick the habit.
** One of the sample "cults" in the TabletopGame/HunterTheVigil corebook is a gourmand society whose best-regarded dish is an absolutely heavenly liver pate... which is actually [[spoiler:''human'' liver pate, harvested from children kept imprisoned on a farm in boxes and force-fed, in a process reminiscent of that used to produce real pate de foie gras]]. The membership is entirely unaware of this.
** The Faithful of Shulpae, from the ''Vigil'' supplement ''Mortal Remains'', devour the flesh of supernaturals to gain their powers, seeing it as feasting on the gods.
* In the ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'':
** The Nagaraja bloodline are unable to get any nourishment from blood; they need to eat raw human flesh.
** In ''TabletopGame/DemonTheFallen'', demons who are banished from their physical bodies are at risk of being eaten by other demons, who then absorb their powers. Oddly enough, this isn't ranked as a sin.
** A number of tribal camps in ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'' are dedicated to eating humans for one reason or another. The wolf-born Red Talons practise it as a tribe-wide thing, since they see humans as prey animals who've forgotten their place, but keep it on the down-low since they know the other tribes strongly oppose it. The Wendigo do not practise it, in part because thanks to their tribal totem, the titular Wendigo, being a man-eater, they know they'll be first on the suspect list when evidence of werewolves eating humans shows up.
* In both the ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'' ''[[TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade Vampire]]'' and ''TabletopGame/ChroniclesOfDarkness'' ''[[TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem Vampire]]'' games, there's a form of MonstrousCannibalism vampires can commit known as "diablerie", where they devour both the blood and soul of another vampire. This is considered an unforgivable sin and capital crime by most of vampire society, and ''automatically'' drops the perpetrator one point on the KarmaMeter, but it comes with benefits to balance the drawbacks - if the victim was stronger, the perpetrator steals a portion of that power (reducing their Generation in ''Masquerade'', raising their Blood Potency in ''Requiem'').
* The Orks of ''TabletopGame/{{Orkworld}}'' practice necrophagy, eating their dead to absorb their spirits (and keep an EldritchAbomination from snacking on said spirits in the afterworld).
* One series of ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'' missions involve Computer-mandated [[BlatantLies "improvements"]] to the Food Vats. Eventually, entire sectors plunge into famine, only for a number of citizens to discover that (a) they have the Matter Eater mutation, and (b) real meat tastes much better than vat product...
* ''The Politics of Cannibals'' has the players taking on the roles of candidates for the next chief of a cannibal tribe. If you can't sway a tribe member into voting for you, you can have them thrown into the cooking pot.
* Creator/AvalonHill's ''Powers & Perils'' RPG, ''Heroes'' magazine Volume 2 #2 article "The Sea of Tears". Mermen and merwomen love the taste of human flesh. Merwomen will lure humans into their clutches by taking them as lovers and then eating them when they're no longer wanted.
* In ''TabletopGame/RocketAge'' the desert dwelling Chanari of Mars are widely rumoured to be cannibals. This seems to mostly be city dweller propaganda, however, the Grey Chanari tribes actually do eat the dead. Admittedly the Grey Chanari's status as Chanari is widely debated; they are closer to being FrazettaMan than anything else.

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* In ''TabletopGame/InNomine'': Mirchenko's, a gourmet restaurant described in ''You Are Here'', hides a dark secret -- every now and again, the ''TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness'':
** There're the Noctuku,
restaurant becomes reserved for a Nosferatu bloodline whose members regularly need private dining club, who gather behind locked doors to consume flesh (any enjoy exquisitely-prepared meals of human flesh, but they prefer human meat to animal, and vampire most of all), lest they risk going into a hunger frenzy. They don't gain any nourishment from it and have to regurgitate it soon after, but they don't seem to mind this.
** Similarly, there's the Macellarius, a Ventrue bloodline of rotund gourmands that gains the ability to digest human flesh the same way they gain nourishment from blood, or later to snack on vampire flesh to grow in physical strength and ability or even to have access to the powers their meal possessed.
** ''TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening'' has its own cannibals in the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Devourers of the Flesh]], a Left-Handed Path emerging from the Adamantine Arrows whose members follow the age old maxim that if you eat your enemy, you gain his strength.
** There's also the Cult of the Red Word, a New England-based cult that worships [[EldritchAbomination an alternate timeline given sentience
obtained by the Abyss]]. They believe that consuming their victims symbolically erases their presence from reality, piece by piece -- and it ''[[RetGone literally]]'' does so if they prepare and consume the victim in their sacred temple.
** ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheForsaken'' allows the [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Uratha]] to regain [[{{Mana}} Essence]] by consuming the flesh of humans or wolves; this is
owner through a ''humongous'' sin against the game's KarmaMeter. (The only sins higher are betrayal of one's own pack and eating ''[[OfThePeople werewolf]]'' flesh.) There's even second identity as a [[PrestigeClass Lodge]] of Bale Hounds, the Lodge of the Feast, devoted to sampling strange flesh... and getting others hooked on it.
** There's the Lodge of Wendigo, a subset of the Blood Talons. Given their totem and a Rite that allows them to gain knowledge from consumption of flesh, they tend this way... though many of them are trying really, ''really'' hard to kick the habit.
** One of the sample "cults" in the TabletopGame/HunterTheVigil corebook is a gourmand society whose best-regarded dish is
homeless shelter volunteer. It's an absolutely heavenly liver pate... which is actually [[spoiler:''human'' liver pate, harvested from children kept imprisoned on a farm in boxes and force-fed, in a process reminiscent of that used to produce real pate de foie gras]]. The membership is entirely unaware of this.
** The Faithful of Shulpae, from
human-made and -run affair, although it won't be long before it attracts the ''Vigil'' supplement ''Mortal Remains'', devour the flesh interest of supernaturals to gain their powers, seeing it as feasting on the gods.
* In the ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'':
** The Nagaraja bloodline are unable to get any nourishment from blood; they need to eat raw human flesh.
** In ''TabletopGame/DemonTheFallen'',
demons of Gluttony. The proprietor is a cheerful psychopath who are banished from their physical bodies are at risk of being eaten by other demons, who then absorb their powers. Oddly enough, this isn't ranked seems himself as a sin.
** A number of tribal camps in ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'' are dedicated to eating humans for one reason or another. The wolf-born Red Talons practise it as a tribe-wide thing, since they see humans as prey animals who've forgotten their place, but keep it on
having risen above petty human morality; the down-low since they know the other tribes strongly oppose it. The Wendigo do not practise it, in part because thanks to their tribal totem, the titular Wendigo, being a man-eater, they know they'll be first on the suspect list when evidence of werewolves eating humans shows up.
* In both the ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'' ''[[TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade Vampire]]''
chef just likes cooking and ''TabletopGame/ChroniclesOfDarkness'' ''[[TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem Vampire]]'' games, there's a form of MonstrousCannibalism vampires can commit known as "diablerie", where they devour both the blood and soul of another vampire. This is considered an unforgivable sin and capital crime by most of vampire society, and ''automatically'' drops the perpetrator one point on the KarmaMeter, but it comes with benefits to balance the drawbacks - if the victim was stronger, the perpetrator steals a portion of that power (reducing their Generation doesn't care what he puts in ''Masquerade'', raising their Blood Potency in ''Requiem'').
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Orkworld}}'': The Orks of ''TabletopGame/{{Orkworld}}'' practice necrophagy, eating their dead to absorb their spirits (and keep an EldritchAbomination from snacking on consuming said spirits in the afterworld).
* ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'': One series of ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'' missions involve involves Computer-mandated [[BlatantLies "improvements"]] to the Food Vats. Eventually, entire sectors plunge into famine, only for a number of citizens to discover that (a) they have the Matter Eater mutation, and (b) real meat tastes much better than vat product...
* ''The Politics of Cannibals'' ''TabletopGame/ThePoliticsOfCannibals'' has the players taking on the roles of candidates for the next chief of a cannibal tribe. If you can't sway a tribe member into voting for you, you can have them thrown into the cooking pot.
* Creator/AvalonHill's ''Powers & Perils'' RPG, ''TabletopGame/PowersAndPerils'': ''Heroes'' magazine Volume 2 #2 article "The Sea of Tears". Mermen and merwomen love the taste of human flesh. Merwomen will lure humans into their clutches by taking them as lovers and then eating them when they're no longer wanted.
* In ''TabletopGame/RocketAge'' the ''TabletopGame/RocketAge'': The desert dwelling Chanari of Mars are widely rumoured to be cannibals. This seems to mostly be city dweller propaganda, however, the Grey Chanari tribes actually do eat the dead. Admittedly the Grey Chanari's status as Chanari is widely debated; they are closer to being FrazettaMan than anything else.



* An obvious element of the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Cannibal Sectors]] in ''TabletopGame/SLAIndustries''.
* Cannibal ''fast food'' is a running gag in Mayfair's ''TabletopGame/{{Underground}}'' game.

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* ''Franchise/TheWorldOfDarkness'':
** ''TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness'':
*** ''TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening'' has cannibals
in Mayfair's ''TabletopGame/{{Underground}}'' game.the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Devourers of the Flesh]], a Left-Handed Path emerging from the Adamantine Arrows whose members follow the age old maxim that if you eat your enemy, you gain his strength. The Cult of the Red Word, a New England-based cult, also worships [[EldritchAbomination an alternate timeline given sentience by the Abyss]]. They believe that consuming their victims symbolically erases their presence from reality, piece by piece -- and it ''[[RetGone literally]]'' does so if they prepare and consume the victim in their sacred temple.
*** ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem'': The Noctuku are a Nosferatu bloodline whose members regularly need to consume flesh (any flesh, but they prefer human meat to animal, and vampire most of all), lest they risk going into a hunger frenzy. They don't gain any nourishment from it and have to regurgitate it soon after, but they don't seem to mind this. Similarly, the Macellarius, a Ventrue bloodline of rotund gourmands, gain the ability to digest human flesh the same way they gain nourishment from blood, or later to snack on vampire flesh to grow in physical strength and ability or even to have access to the powers their meal possessed.
*** ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheForsaken'' allows the [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Uratha]] to regain [[{{Mana}} Essence]] by consuming the flesh of humans or wolves; this is a ''humongous'' sin against the game's KarmaMeter. (The only sins higher are betrayal of one's own pack and eating ''[[OfThePeople werewolf]]'' flesh.) There's even a [[PrestigeClass Lodge]] of Bale Hounds, the Lodge of the Feast, devoted to sampling strange flesh... and getting others hooked on it. There's also the Lodge of Wendigo, a subset of the Blood Talons. Given their totem and a Rite that allows them to gain knowledge from consumption of flesh, they tend this way... though many of them are trying really, ''really'' hard to kick the habit.
*** ''TabletopGame/HunterTheVigil'': One of the sample "cults" in the corebook is a gourmand society whose best-regarded dish is an absolutely heavenly liver pate... which is actually [[spoiler:''human'' liver pate, harvested from children kept imprisoned on a farm in boxes and force-fed, in a process reminiscent of that used to produce real pate de foie gras]]. The membership is entirely unaware of this. The Faithful of Shulpae, from the supplement ''Mortal Remains'', devour the flesh of supernaturals to gain their powers, seeing it as feasting on the gods.
** ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'':
*** ''TabletopGame/DemonTheFallen'': Demons who are banished from their physical bodies are at risk of being eaten by other demons, who then absorb their powers. Oddly enough, this isn't ranked as a sin.
*** ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'': The Nagaraja bloodline are unable to get any nourishment from blood; they need to eat raw human flesh.
*** ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'': A number of tribal camps are dedicated to eating humans for one reason or another. The wolf-born Red Talons practise it as a tribe-wide thing, since they see humans as prey animals who've forgotten their place, but keep it on the down-low since they know the other tribes strongly oppose it. The Wendigo do not practise it, in part because thanks to their tribal totem, the titular Wendigo, being a man-eater, they know they'll be first on the suspect list when evidence of werewolves eating humans shows up.
** In both ''Vampire'' games, there's a form of MonstrousCannibalism vampires can commit known as "diablerie", where they devour both the blood and soul of another vampire. This is considered an unforgivable sin and capital crime by most of vampire society, and ''automatically'' drops the perpetrator one point on the KarmaMeter, but it comes with benefits to balance the drawbacks - if the victim was stronger, the perpetrator steals a portion of that power (reducing their Generation in ''Masquerade'', raising their Blood Potency in ''Requiem'').

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* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': one of the many HorrorTropes present in [[{{Uberwald}} Innistrad]], as seen [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=222903 here]].

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* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': This is one of the many HorrorTropes present in [[{{Uberwald}} Innistrad]], as seen on [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=222903 here]].Village Cannibals]], a creature card that grows stronger whenever another Human creature card dies while it's in play.
-->''Some have endured the horrors of Innistrad by becoming the worst monsters of all.''
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** Dead cannibals sometimes spontaneously raise as [[OurGhoulsAreCreepier Ghouls]], corpse-eating {{undead}}.

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** ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheForsaken'' allows the [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Uratha]] to regain [[{{Mana}} Essence]] by consuming the flesh of humans or wolves; this is a ''humongous'' sin against the game's KarmaMeter. There's even a [[PrestigeClass Lodge]] of Bale Hounds, the Lodge of the Feast, devoted to sampling strange flesh... and getting others hooked on it.

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** ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheForsaken'' allows the [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Uratha]] to regain [[{{Mana}} Essence]] by consuming the flesh of humans or wolves; this is a ''humongous'' sin against the game's KarmaMeter. (The only sins higher are betrayal of one's own pack and eating ''[[OfThePeople werewolf]]'' flesh.) There's even a [[PrestigeClass Lodge]] of Bale Hounds, the Lodge of the Feast, devoted to sampling strange flesh... and getting others hooked on it.



* In both the ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'' ''[[TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade Vampire]]'' and ''TabletopGame/ChroniclesOfDarkness'' ''[[TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem Vampire]]'' games, there's a form of MonstrousCannibalism vampires can commit known as "diablerie", where they devour both the blood and soul of another vampire. This is considered an unforgivable sin and capital crime by most of vampire society, and ''automatically'' drops the perpetrator one point on the KarmaMeter, but it comes with benefits to balance the drawbacks - if the victim was stronger, the perpetrator steals a portion of that power (reducing their Generation in ''Masquerade'', raising their Blood Potency in ''Requiem'').



* In both ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'' and ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem'', it is possible for vampires to commit diablerie, which involves eating another vampire's ''soul'' through their blood. It is referred to in the same terms as cannibalism and automatically reduces the KarmaMeter. Interestingly, although cannibalism is at the top of the hierarchy of sins for all races in the NWOD, werewolves rank eating mortal humans on the same level as eating ordinary wolves -- [[OfThePeople a step below eating other werewolves]].
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** Lizardfolk will kill and eat intruders into their lands. Because they're comparatively viable as PC races at least in later editions, and their comparatively alien mindset that doesn't place much reverence for the dead, they often get memed as being happy to eat their allies the moment said allies die.

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* The [[RobotWar Denver Zonemind]] in ''TabletopGame/GURPSReignOfSteel'' sometimes renders its dead human slaves into a "high protein soup" to feed the others. (In the slaves' defense, though, the robots don't tell them where it comes from!* ''TabletopGame/HollowEarthExpedition'', supplement ''Mysteries of the Hollow Earth''. Cannibals hunt, kill and eat human beings. Molemen will capture and eat humans who intrude into Moletown and those who encounter their hunting parties on the surface.

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* The aptly (if unimaginatively) named Cannibal from the ''Dark TabletopGame/{{Champions}}'' sourcebook ''Murderer's Row''.
* In ''TabletopGame/{{Deadlands}}'', engaging in the act of "humanitarianism" is universally regarded as a sin against, at the very least, one's own humanity. It's one of the quickest ways to have one's PlayerCharacter turned into an {{NPC}}, and only very extreme extenuating circumstances allow it. But even then... [[spoiler: you can still get turned into a Wendigo if you eat human flesh in winter, regardless of circumstances. Spring, summer, and autumn do not carry this problem - but even then, you still only get to chow down on fellow [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} humies]] when the circumstances are really desperate.]]
* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' has too many "really omnivore" sentient creatures to list, but even there are some oustanding examples.
** Sahuagin ("sea devils") have a peculiar worldview of their own, a key point of which is phrased as ''"Meat is meat"'': whatever it was, once it ceased to move, it's food, that's all. Their name for themselves is "we who eat." Normally they won't kill their own to eat, but will eagerly kill for lots of other reasons (like [[ChallengingTheChief challenge]]), then eat and share with their kin.
** Flinds are a subspecies of gnoll (hyaena-like humanoids) which are just as mean, but smarter, haughty, [[LawfulEvil better organized]] and use sort of nunchaku to disarm opponents. "Flind" is said to mean "cannibal" ("gnoll-eater") in Gnollish. [[note]]"The Sociology of the Flind", Dragon Magazine #173[[/note]]
** Co-narrator of some ''TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}'' accessories Xanxost the slaad intersperses his planar chant with offhanded mentions of eating sentient beings: mephits (he digresses to mention this favourite food at any opportunity), humans, fiends... and [[CrossesTheLineTwice turns it into comedy gold]].
---> '''Xanxaost:''' They are hateful. Vicious. Bad-tasting.
** The halflings of the ''TabletopGame/DarkSun'' setting will eat any sentient race with the exception of their own kind, leading to them being called "cannibals."
** ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'' features a race of [[KingMook giant]] [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent goblins]] called cave lords. They actually heal themselves by eating the flesh of other creatures--and eating other goblins heals them up to three times as many hit points than other creatures.
** Cannibalism isn't as prominent in TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}} as other, more classically-Gothic evils, but it's a thematic feature of domains like Vorostokov and (in {{Fanon}}) Ghastria. If werebeasts qualify as human, then they're major offenders in this area also.
** Dead cannibals sometimes spontaneously raise as [[OurGhoulsAreCreepier Ghouls]], corpse-eating {{undead}}.
** There's also the ''Book of Vile Darkness'', which provides some spells that only work by eating the flesh/organs of a certain individual, such as Absorb Mind, which provides a chance to gain certain information by eating a piece (one ounce to be precise) of the subject's brain. Note that for this spell to work, it doesn't matter how old the brain is, just as long as it's ''still bloody''.
* Among the many colorful faces you will meet in the ''TabletopGame/FengShui'' supplement ''Blowing Up Hong Kong'' is Ng Pui, an insane sorcerer and SerialKiller who runs a pushcart that sells steamed dumplings and pork buns. The pork buns in question are made from the people that he kills once a week with his meat cleaver.
** Many supernatural creatures and abominations in ''TabletopGame/FengShui'' are fond of human flesh. The most notorious in this regard is Desdemona Deathangel, who especially prefers [[EatsBabies babies]].



* Cannibal ''fast food'' is a running gag in Mayfair's ''{{Underground}}'' game.
* An obvious element of the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Cannibal Sectors]] in ''TabletopGame/SLAIndustries''.
* In both ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'' and ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem'', it is possible for vampires to commit diablerie, which involves eating another vampire's ''soul'' through their blood. It is referred to in the same terms as cannibalism and automatically reduces the KarmaMeter. Interestingly, although cannibalism is at the top of the hierarchy of sins for all races in the NWOD, werewolves rank eating mortal humans on the same level as eating ordinary wolves -- [[OfThePeople a step below eating other werewolves]].
* In the ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'':
** The Nagaraja bloodline are unable to get any nourishment from blood; they need to eat raw human flesh.
** In ''TabletopGame/DemonTheFallen'', demons who are banished from their physical bodies are at risk of being eaten by other demons, who then absorb their powers. Oddly enough, this isn't ranked as a sin.
** A number of tribal camps in ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'' are dedicated to eating humans for one reason or another. The wolf-born Red Talons practise it as a tribe-wide thing, since they see humans as prey animals who've forgotten their place, but keep it on the down-low since they know the other tribes strongly oppose it. The Wendigo do not practise it, in part because thanks to their tribal totem, the titular Wendigo, being a man-eater, they know they'll be first on the suspect list when evidence of werewolves eating humans shows up.

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* Cannibal ''fast food'' is a running gag The [[RobotWar Denver Zonemind]] in Mayfair's ''{{Underground}}'' game.
* An obvious element
''TabletopGame/GURPSReignOfSteel'' sometimes renders its dead human slaves into a "high protein soup" to feed the others. (In the slaves' defense, though, the robots don't tell them where it comes from!* ''TabletopGame/HollowEarthExpedition'', supplement ''Mysteries of the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Cannibal Sectors]] in ''TabletopGame/SLAIndustries''.
Hollow Earth''. Cannibals hunt, kill and eat human beings. Molemen will capture and eat humans who intrude into Moletown and those who encounter their hunting parties on the surface.
* In both ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'' and ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem'', it is possible for vampires ''TabletopGame/InvisibleSun'' the cardiophagy spell allows you to commit diablerie, which involves restore your stat pools by eating another vampire's ''soul'' through their blood. It is referred a human heart. Since there are also spells to in create lifeless copies of a person, this does not necessarily require you to murder someone beforehand.)
* In ''TabletopGame/KitsuneOfFoxesAndFools''
the same terms as cannibalism "Bloodthirst" consequence causes a fox spirit to acquire a craving for human liver and automatically reduces eat the KarmaMeter. Interestingly, although cannibalism is at next fool they successfully trick, gaining no tails. The card art shows Sadako swooping down on the top lazy minion with a knife and a fork.
* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': one
of the hierarchy of sins for all races many HorrorTropes present in the NWOD, werewolves rank eating mortal humans on the same level [[{{Uberwald}} Innistrad]], as eating ordinary wolves -- [[OfThePeople a step below eating other werewolves]].
* In the ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'':
** The Nagaraja bloodline are unable to get any nourishment from blood; they need to eat raw human flesh.
** In ''TabletopGame/DemonTheFallen'', demons who are banished from their physical bodies are at risk of being eaten by other demons, who then absorb their powers. Oddly enough, this isn't ranked as a sin.
** A number of tribal camps in ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'' are dedicated to eating humans for one reason or another. The wolf-born Red Talons practise it as a tribe-wide thing, since they see humans as prey animals who've forgotten their place, but keep it on the down-low since they know the other tribes strongly oppose it. The Wendigo do not practise it, in part because thanks to their tribal totem, the titular Wendigo, being a man-eater, they know they'll be first on the suspect list when evidence of werewolves eating humans shows up.
seen [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=222903 here]].



* In ''TabletopGame/{{Deadlands}}'', engaging in the act of "humanitarianism" is universally regarded as a sin against, at the very least, one's own humanity. It's one of the quickest ways to have one's PlayerCharacter turned into an {{NPC}}, and only very extreme extenuating circumstances allow it. But even then... [[spoiler: you can still get turned into a Wendigo if you eat human flesh in winter, regardless of circumstances. Spring, summer, and autumn do not carry this problem - but even then, you still only get to chow down on fellow [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} humies]] when the circumstances are really desperate.]]
* Among the many colorful faces you will meet in the ''TabletopGame/FengShui'' supplement ''Blowing Up Hong Kong'' is Ng Pui, an insane sorcerer and SerialKiller who runs a pushcart that sells steamed dumplings and pork buns. The pork buns in question are made from the people that he kills once a week with his meat cleaver.
** Many supernatural creatures and abominations in ''TabletopGame/FengShui'' are fond of human flesh. The most notorious in this regard is Desdemona Deathangel, who especially prefers [[EatsBabies babies]].
* The [[RobotWar Denver Zonemind]] in ''TabletopGame/GURPSReignOfSteel'' sometimes renders its dead human slaves into a "high protein soup" to feed the others. (In the slaves' defense, though, the robots don't tell them where it comes from!)
* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' has too many "really omnivore" sentient creatures to list, but even there are some oustanding examples.
** Sahuagin ("sea devils") have a peculiar worldview of their own, a key point of which is phrased as ''"Meat is meat"'': whatever it was, once it ceased to move, it's food, that's all. Their name for themselves is "we who eat." Normally they won't kill their own to eat, but will eagerly kill for lots of other reasons (like [[ChallengingTheChief challenge]]), then eat and share with their kin.
** Flinds are a subspecies of gnoll (hyaena-like humanoids) which are just as mean, but smarter, haughty, [[LawfulEvil better organized]] and use sort of nunchaku to disarm opponents. "Flind" is said to mean "cannibal" ("gnoll-eater") in Gnollish. [[note]]"The Sociology of the Flind", Dragon Magazine #173[[/note]]
** Co-narrator of some ''TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}'' accessories Xanxost the slaad intersperses his planar chant with offhanded mentions of eating sentient beings: mephits (he digresses to mention this favourite food at any opportunity), humans, fiends... and [[CrossesTheLineTwice turns it into comedy gold]].
---> '''Xanxaost:''' They are hateful. Vicious. Bad-tasting.
** The halflings of the ''TabletopGame/DarkSun'' setting will eat any sentient race with the exception of their own kind, leading to them being called "cannibals."
** ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'' features a race of [[KingMook giant]] [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent goblins]] called cave lords. They actually heal themselves by eating the flesh of other creatures--and eating other goblins heals them up to three times as many hit points than other creatures.
** Cannibalism isn't as prominent in TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}} as other, more classically-Gothic evils, but it's a thematic feature of domains like Vorostokov and (in {{Fanon}}) Ghastria. If werebeasts qualify as human, then they're major offenders in this area also.
** Dead cannibals sometimes spontaneously raise as [[OurGhoulsAreCreepier Ghouls]], corpse-eating {{undead}}.
** There's also the ''Book of Vile Darkness'', which provides some spells that only work by eating the flesh/organs of a certain individual, such as Absorb Mind, which provides a chance to gain certain information by eating a piece (one ounce to be precise) of the subject's brain. Note that for this spell to work, it doesn't matter how old the brain is, just as long as it's ''still bloody''.

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* In ''TabletopGame/{{Deadlands}}'', engaging the ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'':
** The Nagaraja bloodline are unable to get any nourishment from blood; they need to eat raw human flesh.
** In ''TabletopGame/DemonTheFallen'', demons who are banished from their physical bodies are at risk of being eaten by other demons, who then absorb their powers. Oddly enough, this isn't ranked as a sin.
** A number of tribal camps in ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'' are dedicated to eating humans for one reason or another. The wolf-born Red Talons practise it as a tribe-wide thing, since they see humans as prey animals who've forgotten their place, but keep it on the down-low since they know the other tribes strongly oppose it. The Wendigo do not practise it, in part because thanks to their tribal totem, the titular Wendigo, being a man-eater, they know they'll be first on the suspect list when evidence of werewolves eating humans shows up.
* The Orks of ''TabletopGame/{{Orkworld}}'' practice necrophagy, eating their dead to absorb their spirits (and keep an EldritchAbomination from snacking on said spirits
in the act afterworld).
* One series
of "humanitarianism" is universally regarded as a sin against, at ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'' missions involve Computer-mandated [[BlatantLies "improvements"]] to the very least, one's own humanity. It's one Food Vats. Eventually, entire sectors plunge into famine, only for a number of the quickest ways citizens to discover that (a) they have one's PlayerCharacter turned the Matter Eater mutation, and (b) real meat tastes much better than vat product...
* ''The Politics of Cannibals'' has the players taking on the roles of candidates for the next chief of a cannibal tribe. If you can't sway a tribe member
into an {{NPC}}, and only very extreme extenuating circumstances allow it. But even then... [[spoiler: voting for you, you can still get turned have them thrown into a Wendigo if you eat human flesh in winter, regardless the cooking pot.
* Creator/AvalonHill's ''Powers & Perils'' RPG, ''Heroes'' magazine Volume 2 #2 article "The Sea
of circumstances. Spring, summer, Tears". Mermen and autumn do not carry this problem - but even then, you still only get to chow down on fellow [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} humies]] when merwomen love the circumstances are really desperate.]]
* Among the many colorful faces you will meet in the ''TabletopGame/FengShui'' supplement ''Blowing Up Hong Kong'' is Ng Pui, an insane sorcerer and SerialKiller who runs a pushcart that sells steamed dumplings and pork buns. The pork buns in question are made from the people that he kills once a week with his meat cleaver.
** Many supernatural creatures and abominations in ''TabletopGame/FengShui'' are fond
taste of human flesh. The most notorious in this regard is Desdemona Deathangel, who especially prefers [[EatsBabies babies]].
* The [[RobotWar Denver Zonemind]] in ''TabletopGame/GURPSReignOfSteel'' sometimes renders its dead human slaves
Merwomen will lure humans into a "high protein soup" to feed the others. (In the slaves' defense, though, the robots don't tell them where it comes from!)
* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' has too many "really omnivore" sentient creatures to list, but even there are some oustanding examples.
** Sahuagin ("sea devils") have a peculiar worldview of
their own, a key point of which is phrased clutches by taking them as ''"Meat is meat"'': whatever it was, once it ceased to move, it's food, that's all. Their name for themselves is "we who eat." Normally they won't kill their own to eat, but will eagerly kill for lots of other reasons (like [[ChallengingTheChief challenge]]), lovers and then eat and share with their kin.
** Flinds are a subspecies of gnoll (hyaena-like humanoids) which are just as mean, but smarter, haughty, [[LawfulEvil better organized]] and use sort of nunchaku to disarm opponents. "Flind" is said to mean "cannibal" ("gnoll-eater") in Gnollish. [[note]]"The Sociology of the Flind", Dragon Magazine #173[[/note]]
** Co-narrator of some ''TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}'' accessories Xanxost the slaad intersperses his planar chant with offhanded mentions of
eating sentient beings: mephits (he digresses to mention this favourite food at any opportunity), humans, fiends... and [[CrossesTheLineTwice turns it into comedy gold]].
---> '''Xanxaost:''' They are hateful. Vicious. Bad-tasting.
** The halflings of the ''TabletopGame/DarkSun'' setting will eat any sentient race with the exception of their own kind, leading to
them being called "cannibals."
** ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'' features a race of [[KingMook giant]] [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent goblins]] called cave lords. They actually heal themselves by eating the flesh of other creatures--and eating other goblins heals them up to three times as many hit points than other creatures.
** Cannibalism isn't as prominent in TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}} as other, more classically-Gothic evils, but it's a thematic feature of domains like Vorostokov and (in {{Fanon}}) Ghastria. If werebeasts qualify as human, then
when they're major offenders in this area also.
** Dead cannibals sometimes spontaneously raise as [[OurGhoulsAreCreepier Ghouls]], corpse-eating {{undead}}.
** There's also
no longer wanted.
* In ''TabletopGame/RocketAge''
the ''Book desert dwelling Chanari of Vile Darkness'', which provides some spells that only work by eating the flesh/organs of a certain individual, such as Absorb Mind, which provides a chance to gain certain information by eating a piece (one ounce Mars are widely rumoured to be precise) of cannibals. This seems to mostly be city dweller propaganda, however, the subject's brain. Note that for this spell to work, it doesn't matter how old Grey Chanari tribes actually do eat the brain is, just dead. Admittedly the Grey Chanari's status as long as it's ''still bloody''.Chanari is widely debated; they are closer to being FrazettaMan than anything else.



* The Orks of ''{{Orkworld}}'' practice necrophagy, eating their dead to absorb their spirits (and keep an EldritchAbomination from snacking on said spirits in the afterworld).
* The aptly (if unimaginatively) named Cannibal from the ''Dark TabletopGame/{{Champions}}'' sourcebook ''Murderer's Row''.
* ''TabletopGame/HollowEarthExpedition'', supplement ''Mysteries of the Hollow Earth''. Cannibals hunt, kill and eat human beings. Molemen will capture and eat humans who intrude into Moletown and those who encounter their hunting parties on the surface.
* In ''TabletopGame/InvisibleSun'' the cardiophagy spell allows you to restore your stat pools by eating a human heart. Since there are also spells to create lifeless copies of a person, this does not nessecarily require you to murder someone beforehand.
* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': one of the many HorrorTropes present in [[{{Uberwald}} Innistrad]], as seen [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=222903 here]].
* ''The Politics of Cannibals'' has the players taking on the roles of candidates for the next chief of a cannibal tribe. If you can't sway a tribe member into voting for you, you can have them thrown into the cooking pot.
* Creator/AvalonHill's ''Powers & Perils'' RPG, ''Heroes'' magazine Volume 2 #2 article "The Sea of Tears". Mermen and merwomen love the taste of human flesh. Merwomen will lure humans into their clutches by taking them as lovers and then eating them when they're no longer wanted.
* In ''TabletopGame/KitsuneOfFoxesAndFools'' the "Bloodthirst" consequence causes a fox spirit to acquire a craving for human liver and eat the next fool they successfully trick, gaining no tails. The card art shows Sadako swooping down on the lazy minion with a knife and a fork.
* In ''TabletopGame/RocketAge'' the desert dwelling Chanari of Mars are widely rumoured to be cannibals. This seems to mostly be city dweller propaganda, however, the Grey Chanari tribes actually do eat the dead. Admittedly the Grey Chanari's status as Chanari is widely debated; they are closer to being FrazettaMan than anything else.
* One series of ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'' missions involve Computer-mandated [[BlatantLies "improvements"]] to the Food Vats. Eventually, entire sectors plunge into famine, only for a number of citizens to discover that (a) they have the Matter Eater mutation, and (b) real meat tastes much better than vat product...

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* The Orks An obvious element of ''{{Orkworld}}'' practice necrophagy, eating their dead to absorb their spirits (and keep an EldritchAbomination from snacking on said spirits in the afterworld).
* The aptly (if unimaginatively) named
[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Cannibal from Sectors]] in ''TabletopGame/SLAIndustries''.
* Cannibal ''fast food'' is a running gag in Mayfair's ''TabletopGame/{{Underground}}'' game.
* In both ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'' and ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem'', it is possible for vampires to commit diablerie, which involves eating another vampire's ''soul'' through their blood. It is referred to in
the ''Dark TabletopGame/{{Champions}}'' sourcebook ''Murderer's Row''.
* ''TabletopGame/HollowEarthExpedition'', supplement ''Mysteries
same terms as cannibalism and automatically reduces the KarmaMeter. Interestingly, although cannibalism is at the top of the Hollow Earth''. Cannibals hunt, kill and eat human beings. Molemen will capture and eat hierarchy of sins for all races in the NWOD, werewolves rank eating mortal humans who intrude into Moletown and those who encounter their hunting parties on the surface.
* In ''TabletopGame/InvisibleSun'' the cardiophagy spell allows you to restore your stat pools by
same level as eating ordinary wolves -- [[OfThePeople a human heart. Since there are also spells to create lifeless copies of a person, this does not nessecarily require you to murder someone beforehand.
* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': one of the many HorrorTropes present in [[{{Uberwald}} Innistrad]], as seen [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=222903 here]].
* ''The Politics of Cannibals'' has the players taking on the roles of candidates for the next chief of a cannibal tribe. If you can't sway a tribe member into voting for you, you can have them thrown into the cooking pot.
* Creator/AvalonHill's ''Powers & Perils'' RPG, ''Heroes'' magazine Volume 2 #2 article "The Sea of Tears". Mermen and merwomen love the taste of human flesh. Merwomen will lure humans into their clutches by taking them as lovers and then
step below eating them when they're no longer wanted.
* In ''TabletopGame/KitsuneOfFoxesAndFools'' the "Bloodthirst" consequence causes a fox spirit to acquire a craving for human liver and eat the next fool they successfully trick, gaining no tails. The card art shows Sadako swooping down on the lazy minion with a knife and a fork.
* In ''TabletopGame/RocketAge'' the desert dwelling Chanari of Mars are widely rumoured to be cannibals. This seems to mostly be city dweller propaganda, however, the Grey Chanari tribes actually do eat the dead. Admittedly the Grey Chanari's status as Chanari is widely debated; they are closer to being FrazettaMan than anything else.
* One series of ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'' missions involve Computer-mandated [[BlatantLies "improvements"]] to the Food Vats. Eventually, entire sectors plunge into famine, only for a number of citizens to discover that (a) they have the Matter Eater mutation, and (b) real meat tastes much better than vat product...
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*** One of the many bio-implants all Astartes possess is the Omophagea, which allows them to absorb genetic memory from the flesh they eat. Usually the Astartes will eat the enemy's brain to gain the most memory, however even a drop of blood can provide a little information. Astartes may gain an [[HorrorHunger unnatural craving for blood and flesh]] in the event that the Omophagea is mutated, and loyalist Astartes who engage in it can expect to be under very close scrutiny from a chapter Chaplain or Apothecary for several days afterwards, so the practice is rare.

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** In ''TabletopGame/{{Necromunda}}'', the Scavvies and Ghouls of the Underhive are known to eat captured enemies and wounded allies. Where the Scavvies only resort to cannibalism when starvation looms however, the Ghouls hunger for human flesh above all else.

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** In ''TabletopGame/{{Necromunda}}'', the ''TabletopGame/{{Necromunda}}'':
***
Scavvies and Ghouls of have no qualms about consuming other sentient creatures if they do not have enough resources to buy food for the Underhive are known to eat captured entire gang. Capture enemies and wounded allies. Where the or those Scavvies [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness too badly injured to be useful anymore]] are most likely to be the victims of such a fate. While a single model was enough to feed an entire gang in 1st Edition, 2nd Edition introduced a formula[[note]]the victim’s Strength x Toughness x Wounds[[/note]] to work out how many gang members each model could feed.
*** [[OurGhoulsAreCreepier Ghouls]], from the 2nd Edition version of Scavvy gangs, are individuals driven so mad by their hunger that they began to eat the dead and acquired a taste for it. Ghouls are so driven by their hunger they will even stop and feed in the middle of a battle. Even their Scavvy friends think these guys take it too far; after all a Scavvy
only resort eats resorts to cannibalism when starvation looms however, the Ghouls hunger for human flesh above all else.until it gets something better.
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** Co-narrator of some ''{{Planescape}}'' accessories Xanxost the slaad intersperses his planar chant with offhanded mentions of eating sentient beings: mephits (he digresses to mention this favourite food at any opportunity), humans, fiends... and [[CrossesTheLineTwice turns it into comedy gold]].

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** Co-narrator of some ''{{Planescape}}'' ''TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}'' accessories Xanxost the slaad intersperses his planar chant with offhanded mentions of eating sentient beings: mephits (he digresses to mention this favourite food at any opportunity), humans, fiends... and [[CrossesTheLineTwice turns it into comedy gold]].
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* Avalon Hill's ''Powers & Perils'' RPG, ''Heroes'' magazine Volume 2 #2 article "The Sea of Tears". Mermen and merwomen love the taste of human flesh. Merwomen will lure humans into their clutches by taking them as lovers and then eating them when they're no longer wanted.

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* Avalon Hill's Creator/AvalonHill's ''Powers & Perils'' RPG, ''Heroes'' magazine Volume 2 #2 article "The Sea of Tears". Mermen and merwomen love the taste of human flesh. Merwomen will lure humans into their clutches by taking them as lovers and then eating them when they're no longer wanted.
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* The aptly (if unimaginatively) named Cannibal from the ''Dark {{Champions}}'' sourcebook ''Murderer's Row''.

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*** The Black Feast, a splinter cult of the [[TheBerserker World Eaters]] Legion of [[SpaceMarine Astartes]], are infamous for devouring the remains of those they slay during battle. They see this act as the greatest insult they can give to their foe and as a punishment for their weakness.
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* One series of ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'' missions involve Computer-mandated [[BlatantLies "improvements"]] to the Food Vats. Eventually, entire sectors plunge into famine, only for a number of citizens to discover that (a) they have the Matter Eater mutation, and (b) [[ImAHumanitarian real meat tastes much better than vat product]]...

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*** In the mildly less [[DarkerAndEdgier GRIMDARK]] [[GauntsGhosts treatments of the material]], [[RedShirtArmy Imperial Guard quartermasters]] in a warzone are ...sanctioned... for serving people steaks without any more treatment than straight butchering. In the online introductory adventure to ''TabletopGame/DarkHeresy'', when the characters encounter [[spoiler:the "protein vats" in the Alms House, and the full realization of what was in those vats hits them]], the rules suggest having the {{Player Character}}s make a Fear test, suggesting that on that world at least cannibalism is considered abhorrent.

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*** In the mildly less [[DarkerAndEdgier GRIMDARK]] [[GauntsGhosts [[Literature/GauntsGhosts treatments of the material]], [[RedShirtArmy Imperial Guard quartermasters]] in a warzone are ...sanctioned... for serving people steaks without any more treatment than straight butchering. In the online introductory adventure to ''TabletopGame/DarkHeresy'', when the characters encounter [[spoiler:the "protein vats" in the Alms House, and the full realization of what was in those vats hits them]], the rules suggest having the {{Player Character}}s make a Fear test, suggesting that on that world at least cannibalism is considered abhorrent.

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** In ''TabletopGame/{{Necromunda}}'', the Scavvies and Ghouls of the Underhive are known to eat captured enemies and wounded allies. Where the Scavvies only resort to cannibalism when starvation looms however, the Ghouls hunger for human flesh above all else.



** The Ogors of TabletopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar have a religious obsession with eating and won’t let a scrap of meat go to waste, including the bodies of friends and foes alike.

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* Played for laughs in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'s'' typically darkly humorous way. A common source of food rations for the Imperial Guard and many Imperial citizens on some drearier worlds is "Soylens Viridians," which is [[Film/SoylentGreen a very blatant shout-out]]. Also present in the universe is the infamous Corpse Starch, and the even more heavily processed Block (also used as a clandestine delivery method for a variety of suppressive narcotics). It's unclear exactly how close to cannibalism these rations actually are, though; among the fandom, theories range from "Soylens Viridians is people," to "Soylens Viridians is recycled human protein," to "Soylens Viridians is a soy product cultivated on recycled human protein."
** This is parodied in Literature/CiaphasCain by relating Soylens Viridians to promethium (gasoline).
** Odds are, like everything else in the Imperium, it depends on what world you're from. Most worlds are Earth-equivalents and probably just serving soy-derivatives, but the Hives' version could be just like the movie.
** The Kroot, a species of avian humanoids that typically work as mercenaries, cannibalize both members of other species and their own fallen. There are two main reasons for this. Firstly, it's implied that the Kroot ''can't'' digest vegetables (which [[MeatVersusVeggies the Tau would prefer them to eat]]) so it's meat or go hungry. Secondly, Kroot can absorb genetic material from their food; this allows different kindreds to quickly evolve various adaptations. While their Tau allies find it barbaric, the pragmatic Kroot see it as just another form of progress, as well as a safeguard from the loss of sentience that may result from eating solely prey animals. Funnily enough, this means that the Kroot are the least xenophobic and hate-filled race in the game - because their philosophy encourages dietary diversity.
*** The Tau that work with Kroot long enough seem to understand why the Kroot do this and, while still finding it disgusting, make no attempts to prevent it, as shown in the first Cain book. Indeed, the Tau on the planet [[spoiler: learn of the Genestealer Cult, thanks to the Kroot being able to taste the infection in the dead, and use them to find the nest in the undercity]].
** One of the many unpleasant jobs [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent Gretchin]] are regulated to in the service of the Orks is "Emergency Food Source". Orks will also eat the flesh of humans they've either killed in battle or captured and enslaved - a classic Tankbusta initiation rite involves barbecuing an enemy crew in the burning wreckage of their own vehicle, and snacking on them with a nice steaming mug of engine oil. Orks will also happily eat Squigs, which are their primary foodsource. As all Orkoids (which include Gretchin and Squigs) are technically the same species, this means that Orks pretty much thrive on cannibalism.
** The Dark Eldar feed their slaves with processed corpses of dead slaves. It's also strongly implied the Dark Eldar themselves also feed on the flesh and blood of sentient beings, in addition to deriving sustenance from them in an more abstract matter by feeding on their suffering. Practically everything in Commorragh is made by slaves or from slaves, including the food.
** In the mildly less [[DarkerAndEdgier GRIMDARK]] [[GauntsGhosts treatments of the material]], [[RedShirtArmy Imperial Guard quartermasters]] in a warzone are ...sanctioned... for serving people steaks without any more treatment than straight butchering. In the online introductory adventure to ''TabletopGame/DarkHeresy'', when the characters encounter [[spoiler:the "protein vats" in the Alms House, and the full realization of what was in those vats hits them]], the rules suggest having the {{Player Character}}s make a Fear test, suggesting that on that world at least cannibalism is considered abhorrent.
** Tyranids are ExtremeOmnivores so they are also humanitarians by extension. Ironically, most of the organisms they have won't eat you; they'll just eviscerate you into bite-sized chunks for the smaller gribbles (who's actual job is to eat things) because the big ones weren't born with a digestive tract.
** Chaos rituals frequently indulge in this, if not flat-out torturing the poor soul until a daemon pops out. Suffice to say if anything in this universe looks at you with a salivating mouth, it's time to book it.
* Goblins don't have it much better in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} Fantasy'', either. In fact, they will often readily kill and eat ''each other''. The Orcs will often occasionally eat Gobbos and other humanoids. One of their more infamous battles is the Blood River Massacre ''and Barbecue''. Orcs and Goblins alike keep the minuscule Snotlings on hand as combination cheap labor/cute widdle pets/light snacks.
** The Skaven readily eat the bodies of the dead after a battle, friend and foe alike, and consider graveyards a waste of good food. They call their own dead 'burrow pork'.
*** One of the ''Konrad'' books features a truly bizarre spin: it turns out that if you eat the organs of a Skaven grey seer, he ''possesses your body''.
** The culture of the Ogres ''revolves'' around cannibalism. They worship a deity called the Great Maw who encourages them to devour everything in sight, from slaves to rocks. After a battle, the Ogres gorge themselves on corpses, captives, and fallen allies alike. The most common way for an Ogre to become Tyrant of his tribe is to kill and eat his predecessor. Ogre "Butchers" (warrior-priests) channel the magic of their god by devouring certain ritual objects (examples given in the army book consist of severed limbs, bedrock, troll entrails, bones, bull Rhinox hearts and brains)--they call it "Gut Magic". The only reason they keep Gnoblars (Hill Goblins) as slaves instead of snacks is because they're too bony to make a good meal.
*** They still eat them alright, if they need to, just eating a Gnoblar another Ogre has taken a liking to is a major no-no.
*** Ogres do, however, like the taste of gnoblar noses and ears. Just coincidentally, status in gnoblar culture is measured by the size of your nose and ears.

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* Played for laughs in Creator/GamesWorkshop games:
**
''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'s'' 40000}}:''
*** Some background material plays this for laughs in
typically darkly humorous way. A common source of food rations for the Imperial Guard and many Imperial citizens on some drearier worlds is "Soylens Viridians," which is [[Film/SoylentGreen a very blatant shout-out]]. Also present in the universe is the infamous Corpse Starch, and the even more heavily processed Block (also used as a clandestine delivery method for a variety of suppressive narcotics). It's unclear exactly how close to cannibalism these rations actually are, though; among the fandom, theories range from "Soylens Viridians is people," to "Soylens Viridians is recycled human protein," to "Soylens Viridians is a soy product cultivated on recycled human protein."
**
" This is parodied in Literature/CiaphasCain by relating Soylens Viridians to promethium (gasoline).
** Odds are, like everything else in the Imperium, it depends on what world you're from. Most worlds are Earth-equivalents and probably just serving soy-derivatives, but the Hives' version could be just like the movie.
**
*** The Kroot, a species of avian humanoids that typically work as mercenaries, cannibalize both members of other species and their own fallen. There are two main reasons for this. Firstly, it's implied that the Kroot ''can't'' digest vegetables (which [[MeatVersusVeggies the Tau would prefer them to eat]]) so it's meat or go hungry. Secondly, Kroot can absorb genetic material from their food; this allows different kindreds to quickly evolve various adaptations. While their Tau allies find it barbaric, the pragmatic Kroot see it as just another form of progress, as well as a safeguard from the loss of sentience that may result from eating solely prey animals. Funnily enough, this means that the Kroot are the least xenophobic and hate-filled race in the game - because their philosophy encourages dietary diversity.
***
diversity. The Tau that work with Kroot long enough seem to understand why the Kroot do this and, while still finding it disgusting, make no attempts to prevent it, as shown in the first Cain book. Indeed, the Tau on the planet [[spoiler: learn of the Genestealer Cult, thanks to the Kroot being able to taste the infection in the dead, and use them to find the nest in the undercity]].
** *** One of the many unpleasant jobs [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent Gretchin]] are regulated to in the service of the Orks is "Emergency Food Source". Orks will also eat the flesh of humans they've either killed in battle or captured and enslaved - a classic Tankbusta initiation rite involves barbecuing an enemy crew in the burning wreckage of their own vehicle, and snacking on them with a nice steaming mug of engine oil. Orks will also happily eat Squigs, which are their primary foodsource. As all Orkoids (which include Gretchin and Squigs) are technically the same species, this means that Orks pretty much thrive on cannibalism.
** *** The Dark Eldar feed their slaves with processed corpses of dead slaves. It's also strongly implied the Dark Eldar themselves also feed on the flesh and blood of sentient beings, in addition to deriving sustenance from them in an more abstract matter by feeding on their suffering. Practically everything in Commorragh is made by slaves or from slaves, including the food.
** *** In the mildly less [[DarkerAndEdgier GRIMDARK]] [[GauntsGhosts treatments of the material]], [[RedShirtArmy Imperial Guard quartermasters]] in a warzone are ...sanctioned... for serving people steaks without any more treatment than straight butchering. In the online introductory adventure to ''TabletopGame/DarkHeresy'', when the characters encounter [[spoiler:the "protein vats" in the Alms House, and the full realization of what was in those vats hits them]], the rules suggest having the {{Player Character}}s make a Fear test, suggesting that on that world at least cannibalism is considered abhorrent.
** *** Tyranids are ExtremeOmnivores {{Extreme Omnivore}}s so they are also humanitarians by extension. Ironically, most of the organisms they have won't eat you; they'll just eviscerate you into bite-sized chunks for the smaller gribbles (who's actual job is to eat things) because the big ones weren't born with a digestive tract.
** *** Chaos rituals frequently indulge in this, if not flat-out torturing the poor soul until a daemon pops out. Suffice to say if anything in this universe looks at you with a salivating mouth, it's time to book it.
* **''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}:''
***
Goblins don't have it much better in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} Fantasy'', either.their Gretchin cousins above. In fact, they will often readily kill and eat ''each other''. The Orcs will often occasionally eat Gobbos and other humanoids. One of their more infamous battles is the Blood River Massacre ''and Barbecue''. Orcs and Goblins alike keep the minuscule Snotlings on hand as combination cheap labor/cute widdle pets/light snacks.
** *** The Skaven readily eat the bodies of the dead after a battle, whether they are friend and foe alike, and consider graveyards a waste of good food. foe. They call their own dead 'burrow pork'.
*** One of the ''Konrad'' books features a truly bizarre spin: it turns out
pork'. Some background material indicates that if you eat this is due to them expending so much energy during a battle that they enter a state known as the organs of a Skaven grey seer, he ''possesses your body''.
**
Black Hunger where they desperately consume as much meat as possible.
***
The culture of the Ogres ''revolves'' around cannibalism. They worship a deity called the Great Maw who encourages them to devour everything in sight, from slaves to rocks. After a battle, the Ogres gorge themselves on corpses, captives, and fallen allies alike. The most common way for an Ogre to become Tyrant of his tribe is to kill and eat his predecessor. Ogre "Butchers" (warrior-priests) channel the magic of their god by devouring certain ritual objects (examples given in the army book consist of severed limbs, bedrock, troll entrails, bones, bull Rhinox hearts and brains)--they call it "Gut Magic". The only reason they keep Gnoblars (Hill Goblins) as slaves instead of snacks is because they're too bony to make a good meal.
*** They
meal and even then Ogres will still eat them alright, if they need to, just there is no other food source available.
** The Ogors of TabletopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar have a religious obsession with
eating and won’t let a Gnoblar another Ogre has taken a liking scrap of meat go to is a major no-no.
*** Ogres do, however, like
waste, including the taste bodies of gnoblar noses friends and ears. Just coincidentally, status in gnoblar culture is measured by the size of your nose and ears.foes alike.
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** ''{{Dragonlance}}'' features a race of [[KingMook giant]] [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent goblins]] called cave lords. They actually heal themselves by eating the flesh of other creatures--and eating other goblins heals them up to three times as many hit points than other creatures.

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** ''{{Dragonlance}}'' ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'' features a race of [[KingMook giant]] [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent goblins]] called cave lords. They actually heal themselves by eating the flesh of other creatures--and eating other goblins heals them up to three times as many hit points than other creatures.
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** In the mildly less [[DarkerAndEdgier GRIMDARK]] [[GauntsGhosts treatments of the material]], [[RedShirtArmy Imperial Guard quartermasters]] in a warzone are ...sanctioned... for serving people steaks without any more treatment than straight butchering. In the online introductory adventure to ''DarkHeresy'', when the characters encounter [[spoiler:the "protein vats" in the Alms House, and the full realization of what was in those vats hits them]], the rules suggest having the {{Player Character}}s make a Fear test, suggesting that on that world at least cannibalism is considered abhorrent.

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** In the mildly less [[DarkerAndEdgier GRIMDARK]] [[GauntsGhosts treatments of the material]], [[RedShirtArmy Imperial Guard quartermasters]] in a warzone are ...sanctioned... for serving people steaks without any more treatment than straight butchering. In the online introductory adventure to ''DarkHeresy'', ''TabletopGame/DarkHeresy'', when the characters encounter [[spoiler:the "protein vats" in the Alms House, and the full realization of what was in those vats hits them]], the rules suggest having the {{Player Character}}s make a Fear test, suggesting that on that world at least cannibalism is considered abhorrent.
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** The halflings of the ''DarkSun'' setting will eat any sentient race with the exception of their own kind, leading to them being called "cannibals."

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** The halflings of the ''DarkSun'' ''TabletopGame/DarkSun'' setting will eat any sentient race with the exception of their own kind, leading to them being called "cannibals."
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* In ''TabletopGame/RocketAge'' the desert dwelling Chanari of Mars are widely rumoured to be cannibals. This seems to mostly be city dweller propaganda, however, the Grey Chanari tribes actually do eat the dead. Admittedly the Grey Chanari's status as Chanari is widely debated; they are closer to being FrazettaMan than anything else.

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** Odds are like everything else in the Imperium it depends on what world you're from, (with most worlds modern day Earth like) Hives' version will be just like the movie.
** The Kroot, a species of avian humanoids that typically work as mercenaries, cannibalize both members of other species and their own fallen. There are two main reasons for this. Firstly, it's implied that the Kroot ''can't'' eat vegetables (which [[MeatVersusVeggies the Tau would prefer them to eat]]) so it's meat or go hungry. Secondly, Kroot can absorb genetic material from their food; this allows different kindreds to quickly evolve various adaptations. While their Tau allies find it barbaric, the pragmatic Kroot see it as just another form of progress, as well as a safeguard from the loss of sentience that may result from eating solely prey animals. Funnily enough, this means that the Kroot are the least xenophobic and hate-filled race in the game.
*** The Tau that work with Kroot long enough seem to understand why the Kroot do this and, while still finding it disgusting, make no attempts to prevent it, as shown in the first Cain book the Tau on the planet [[spoiler: learn of the Genestealer Cult, thanks to the Kroot being able to tell the dead has been infected and use them to find nest in the undercity]]

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** Odds are are, like everything else in the Imperium Imperium, it depends on what world you're from, (with most from. Most worlds modern day Earth like) are Earth-equivalents and probably just serving soy-derivatives, but the Hives' version will could be just like the movie.
** The Kroot, a species of avian humanoids that typically work as mercenaries, cannibalize both members of other species and their own fallen. There are two main reasons for this. Firstly, it's implied that the Kroot ''can't'' eat digest vegetables (which [[MeatVersusVeggies the Tau would prefer them to eat]]) so it's meat or go hungry. Secondly, Kroot can absorb genetic material from their food; this allows different kindreds to quickly evolve various adaptations. While their Tau allies find it barbaric, the pragmatic Kroot see it as just another form of progress, as well as a safeguard from the loss of sentience that may result from eating solely prey animals. Funnily enough, this means that the Kroot are the least xenophobic and hate-filled race in the game.
game - because their philosophy encourages dietary diversity.
*** The Tau that work with Kroot long enough seem to understand why the Kroot do this and, while still finding it disgusting, make no attempts to prevent it, as shown in the first Cain book book. Indeed, the Tau on the planet [[spoiler: learn of the Genestealer Cult, thanks to the Kroot being able to tell taste the dead has been infected infection in the dead, and use them to find the nest in the undercity]]undercity]].



** Tyranids are ExtremeOmnivores so they are also humanitarians by definition. Ironically, most of the organisms they have won't eat you; they'll just eviscerate you into bite-sized chunks for the smaller gribbles (who's actual job is to eat things) because the big ones weren't born with a digestive tract to begin with.
** Chaos rituals frequently indulge in this, if not flat out torturing the poor soul until a daemon pops out. Suffice to say if anything in this universe looks at you with a salivating mouth, it's time to book it.
* Goblins don't have it much better in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} Fantasy'', either. In fact, they will often readily kill and eat ''each other''. The Orcs will often occasionally eat Gobbos and other humanoids. One of their more infamous battles is the Blood River Massacre ''and Barbecue''. Orcs and Goblins alike keep the miniscule Snotlings on hand as combination cheap labor/cute widdle pets/light snacks.
** The Skaven readily eat the bodies of the dead after a battle, friend and foe alike, and consider graveyards a waste of good food.
*** The Skaven even call their own dead 'burrow pork'.
*** One of the ''Konrad'' books features a truly bizarre spin on this: it turns out that in the case of a Skaven grey seer, if you eat his organs, he ''possesses your body''.

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** Tyranids are ExtremeOmnivores so they are also humanitarians by definition. extension. Ironically, most of the organisms they have won't eat you; they'll just eviscerate you into bite-sized chunks for the smaller gribbles (who's actual job is to eat things) because the big ones weren't born with a digestive tract to begin with.
tract.
** Chaos rituals frequently indulge in this, if not flat out flat-out torturing the poor soul until a daemon pops out. Suffice to say if anything in this universe looks at you with a salivating mouth, it's time to book it.
* Goblins don't have it much better in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} Fantasy'', either. In fact, they will often readily kill and eat ''each other''. The Orcs will often occasionally eat Gobbos and other humanoids. One of their more infamous battles is the Blood River Massacre ''and Barbecue''. Orcs and Goblins alike keep the miniscule minuscule Snotlings on hand as combination cheap labor/cute widdle pets/light snacks.
** The Skaven readily eat the bodies of the dead after a battle, friend and foe alike, and consider graveyards a waste of good food.
*** The Skaven even
food. They call their own dead 'burrow pork'.
*** One of the ''Konrad'' books features a truly bizarre spin on this: spin: it turns out that in if you eat the case organs of a Skaven grey seer, if you eat his organs, he ''possesses your body''.



* In both ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'' and ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem'', it is possible for vampires to commit diablerie, which involves eating another vampire's ''soul''. It is referred to in the same terms as cannibalism and automatically reduces the KarmaMeter. Interestingly, although cannibalism is at the top of the hierarchy of sins for all races in the NWOD, werewolves rank eating mortal humans on the same level as eating ordinary wolves-- [[OfThePeople a step below eating other werewolves]].
** In the ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'':
*** The Nagaraja bloodline are unable to get any nourishment from blood; they need to eat raw human flesh instead.
*** In ''TabletopGame/DemonTheFallen'', demons who are banished from their physical bodies are at risk of being eaten by other demons, who then absorb their powers. Oddly enough, this isn't ranked as a sin.
*** A number of tribal camps in ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'' are dedicated to eating humans for one reason or another. The wolf-born Red Talons practise it as a tribe-wide thing, since they see humans as prey animals who've forgotten their place, but keep it on the down-low since they know the other tribes strongly oppose it. The Wendigo do not practise it, in part because thanks to their tribal totem, the titular Wendigo, being a man-eater, they know they'll be first on the suspect list when evidence of werewolves eating humans shows up.
** In the ''TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness'':
*** There're the Noctuku, a Nosferatu bloodline whose members regularly need to consume flesh (any flesh, but they prefer human meat to animal, and vampire most of all), lest they risk going into a hunger frenzy. They don't gain any nourishment from it and have to regurgitate it soon after, but they don't seem to mind this.
*** Similarly, there's the Macellarius, a Ventrue bloodline of rotund gourmands that gains the ability to digest human flesh the same way they gain nourishment from blood, or later to snack on vampire flesh to grow in physical strength and ability or even to have access to the powers their meal possessed.
*** ''TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening'' has its own cannibals in the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Devourers of the Flesh]], a Left-Handed Path emerging from the Adamantine Arrows whose members follow the age old maxim that if you eat your enemy, you gain his strength.
*** There's also the Cult of the Red Word, a New England-based cult that worships [[EldritchAbomination an alternate timeline given sentience by the Abyss]]. They believe that consuming their victims symbolically erases their presence from reality, piece by piece -- and it ''[[RetGone literally]]'' does so if they prepare and consume the victim in their sacred temple.
*** ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheForsaken'' allows the [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Uratha]] to regain [[{{Mana}} Essence]] by consuming the flesh of humans or wolves; this is a ''humongous'' sin against the game's KarmaMeter. There's even a [[PrestigeClass Lodge]] of Bale Hounds, the Lodge of the Feast, devoted to sampling strange flesh... and getting others hooked on it.
*** There's the Lodge of Wendigo, a subset of the Blood Talons. Given their totem and a Rite that allows them to gain knowledge from consumption of flesh, they tend this way... though many of them are trying really, ''really'' hard to kick the habit.
*** One of the sample "cults" in the TabletopGame/HunterTheVigil corebook is a gourmand society whose best-regarded dish is an absolutely heavenly liver pate... which is actually [[spoiler:''human'' liver pate, harvested from children kept imprisoned on a farm in boxes and force-fed, in a process reminiscent of that used to produce real pate de foie gras]]. The membership is entirely unaware of this.
*** The Faithful of Shulpae, from the ''Vigil'' supplement ''Mortal Remains'', devour the flesh of supernaturals to gain their powers, seeing it as feasting on the gods.
* In ''TabletopGame/{{Deadlands}}'', engaging in the act of "humanitarianism" is universally regarded as a sin against, at the very least, one's own humanity. It's one of the quickest ways to have one's PlayerCharacter turned into an {{NPC}}, and only very extreme extenuating circumstances allow it. But even then... [[spoiler: you can still get turned into a Wendigo if you eat human flesh in winter, regardless of circumstances. Spring, summer, and autumn do not carry this problem- but even then, you still only get to chow down on fellow [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} humies]] when the circumstances are really desperate.]]

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* In both ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'' and ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem'', it is possible for vampires to commit diablerie, which involves eating another vampire's ''soul''.''soul'' through their blood. It is referred to in the same terms as cannibalism and automatically reduces the KarmaMeter. Interestingly, although cannibalism is at the top of the hierarchy of sins for all races in the NWOD, werewolves rank eating mortal humans on the same level as eating ordinary wolves-- wolves -- [[OfThePeople a step below eating other werewolves]].
** * In the ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'':
*** ** The Nagaraja bloodline are unable to get any nourishment from blood; they need to eat raw human flesh instead.
***
flesh.
**
In ''TabletopGame/DemonTheFallen'', demons who are banished from their physical bodies are at risk of being eaten by other demons, who then absorb their powers. Oddly enough, this isn't ranked as a sin.
*** ** A number of tribal camps in ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'' are dedicated to eating humans for one reason or another. The wolf-born Red Talons practise it as a tribe-wide thing, since they see humans as prey animals who've forgotten their place, but keep it on the down-low since they know the other tribes strongly oppose it. The Wendigo do not practise it, in part because thanks to their tribal totem, the titular Wendigo, being a man-eater, they know they'll be first on the suspect list when evidence of werewolves eating humans shows up.
** * In the ''TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness'':
*** ** There're the Noctuku, a Nosferatu bloodline whose members regularly need to consume flesh (any flesh, but they prefer human meat to animal, and vampire most of all), lest they risk going into a hunger frenzy. They don't gain any nourishment from it and have to regurgitate it soon after, but they don't seem to mind this.
*** ** Similarly, there's the Macellarius, a Ventrue bloodline of rotund gourmands that gains the ability to digest human flesh the same way they gain nourishment from blood, or later to snack on vampire flesh to grow in physical strength and ability or even to have access to the powers their meal possessed.
*** ** ''TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening'' has its own cannibals in the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Devourers of the Flesh]], a Left-Handed Path emerging from the Adamantine Arrows whose members follow the age old maxim that if you eat your enemy, you gain his strength.
*** ** There's also the Cult of the Red Word, a New England-based cult that worships [[EldritchAbomination an alternate timeline given sentience by the Abyss]]. They believe that consuming their victims symbolically erases their presence from reality, piece by piece -- and it ''[[RetGone literally]]'' does so if they prepare and consume the victim in their sacred temple.
*** ** ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheForsaken'' allows the [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Uratha]] to regain [[{{Mana}} Essence]] by consuming the flesh of humans or wolves; this is a ''humongous'' sin against the game's KarmaMeter. There's even a [[PrestigeClass Lodge]] of Bale Hounds, the Lodge of the Feast, devoted to sampling strange flesh... and getting others hooked on it.
*** ** There's the Lodge of Wendigo, a subset of the Blood Talons. Given their totem and a Rite that allows them to gain knowledge from consumption of flesh, they tend this way... though many of them are trying really, ''really'' hard to kick the habit.
*** ** One of the sample "cults" in the TabletopGame/HunterTheVigil corebook is a gourmand society whose best-regarded dish is an absolutely heavenly liver pate... which is actually [[spoiler:''human'' liver pate, harvested from children kept imprisoned on a farm in boxes and force-fed, in a process reminiscent of that used to produce real pate de foie gras]]. The membership is entirely unaware of this.
*** ** The Faithful of Shulpae, from the ''Vigil'' supplement ''Mortal Remains'', devour the flesh of supernaturals to gain their powers, seeing it as feasting on the gods.
* In ''TabletopGame/{{Deadlands}}'', engaging in the act of "humanitarianism" is universally regarded as a sin against, at the very least, one's own humanity. It's one of the quickest ways to have one's PlayerCharacter turned into an {{NPC}}, and only very extreme extenuating circumstances allow it. But even then... [[spoiler: you can still get turned into a Wendigo if you eat human flesh in winter, regardless of circumstances. Spring, summer, and autumn do not carry this problem- problem - but even then, you still only get to chow down on fellow [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} humies]] when the circumstances are really desperate.]]



** Co-narrator of some ''{{Planescape}}'' accesories Xanxost the slaad intersperses his planar chant with offhanded mentions of eating sentient beings: mephits (he digresses to mention this favourite food at any opportunity), humans, fiends... and [[CrossesTheLineTwice turns it into comedy gold]].

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** Co-narrator of some ''{{Planescape}}'' accesories accessories Xanxost the slaad intersperses his planar chant with offhanded mentions of eating sentient beings: mephits (he digresses to mention this favourite food at any opportunity), humans, fiends... and [[CrossesTheLineTwice turns it into comedy gold]].
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** Tyranids are ExtremeOmnivores so they are also humanitarians by definition. Ironically, most of the organisms they have won't eat you; they'll just eviscerate you into bite-sized chunks for the smaller gribbles (who's actual job is to eat things) because the big ones weren't born with a digestive tract to begin with.
** Chaos rituals frequently indulge in this, if not flat out torturing the poor soul until a daemon pops out. Suffice to say if anything in this universe looks at you with a salivating mouth, it's time to book it.
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** One of the many unpleasant jobs [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent Gretchin]] are regulated to in the service of the Orks is "Emergency Food Source". Orks will also eat the flesh of humans they've either killed in battle or captured and enslaved - a classic Tankbusta initiation rite involves barbecuing an enemy crew in the burning wreckage of their own vehicle, and snacking on them with a nice steaming mug of engine oil.

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** One of the many unpleasant jobs [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent Gretchin]] are regulated to in the service of the Orks is "Emergency Food Source". Orks will also eat the flesh of humans they've either killed in battle or captured and enslaved - a classic Tankbusta initiation rite involves barbecuing an enemy crew in the burning wreckage of their own vehicle, and snacking on them with a nice steaming mug of engine oil. Orks will also happily eat Squigs, which are their primary foodsource. As all Orkoids (which include Gretchin and Squigs) are technically the same species, this means that Orks pretty much thrive on cannibalism.
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* The [[RobotWar Denver Zonemind]] in ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} [[GURPSReignOfSteel Reign Of Steel]]'' sometimes renders its dead human slaves into a "high protein soup" to feed the others. (In the slaves' defense, though, the robots don't tell them where it comes from!)

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* The [[RobotWar Denver Zonemind]] in ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} [[GURPSReignOfSteel Reign Of Steel]]'' ''TabletopGame/GURPSReignOfSteel'' sometimes renders its dead human slaves into a "high protein soup" to feed the others. (In the slaves' defense, though, the robots don't tell them where it comes from!)
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* Played for laughs in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'s'' typically darkly humorous way. A common source of food rations for the Imperial Guard and many Imperial citizens on some drearier worlds is "Soylens Viridians," which is [[Film/SoylentGreen a very blatant shout-out]]. Also present in the universe is the infamous Corpse Starch, and the even more heavily processed Block (also used as a clandestine delivery method for a variety of suppressive narcotics). It's unclear exactly how close to cannibalism these rations actually are, though; among the fandom, theories range from "Soylens Viridians is people," to "Soylens Viridians is recycled human protein," to "Soylens Viridians is a soy product cultivated on recycled human protein."
** This is parodied in Literature/CiaphasCain by relating Soylens Viridians to promethium (gasoline).
** Odds are like everything else in the Imperium it depends on what world you're from, (with most worlds modern day Earth like) Hives' version will be just like the movie.
** The Kroot, a species of avian humanoids that typically work as mercenaries, cannibalize both members of other species and their own fallen. There are two main reasons for this. Firstly, it's implied that the Kroot ''can't'' eat vegetables (which [[MeatVersusVeggies the Tau would prefer them to eat]]) so it's meat or go hungry. Secondly, Kroot can absorb genetic material from their food; this allows different kindreds to quickly evolve various adaptations. While their Tau allies find it barbaric, the pragmatic Kroot see it as just another form of progress, as well as a safeguard from the loss of sentience that may result from eating solely prey animals. Funnily enough, this means that the Kroot are the least xenophobic and hate-filled race in the game.
*** The Tau that work with Kroot long enough seem to understand why the Kroot do this and, while still finding it disgusting, make no attempts to prevent it, as shown in the first Cain book the Tau on the planet [[spoiler: learn of the Genestealer Cult, thanks to the Kroot being able to tell the dead has been infected and use them to find nest in the undercity]]
** One of the many unpleasant jobs [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent Gretchin]] are regulated to in the service of the Orks is "Emergency Food Source". Orks will also eat the flesh of humans they've either killed in battle or captured and enslaved - a classic Tankbusta initiation rite involves barbecuing an enemy crew in the burning wreckage of their own vehicle, and snacking on them with a nice steaming mug of engine oil.
** The Dark Eldar feed their slaves with processed corpses of dead slaves. It's also strongly implied the Dark Eldar themselves also feed on the flesh and blood of sentient beings, in addition to deriving sustenance from them in an more abstract matter by feeding on their suffering. Practically everything in Commorragh is made by slaves or from slaves, including the food.
** In the mildly less [[DarkerAndEdgier GRIMDARK]] [[GauntsGhosts treatments of the material]], [[RedShirtArmy Imperial Guard quartermasters]] in a warzone are ...sanctioned... for serving people steaks without any more treatment than straight butchering. In the online introductory adventure to ''DarkHeresy'', when the characters encounter [[spoiler:the "protein vats" in the Alms House, and the full realization of what was in those vats hits them]], the rules suggest having the {{Player Character}}s make a Fear test, suggesting that on that world at least cannibalism is considered abhorrent.
* Goblins don't have it much better in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} Fantasy'', either. In fact, they will often readily kill and eat ''each other''. The Orcs will often occasionally eat Gobbos and other humanoids. One of their more infamous battles is the Blood River Massacre ''and Barbecue''. Orcs and Goblins alike keep the miniscule Snotlings on hand as combination cheap labor/cute widdle pets/light snacks.
** The Skaven readily eat the bodies of the dead after a battle, friend and foe alike, and consider graveyards a waste of good food.
*** The Skaven even call their own dead 'burrow pork'.
*** One of the ''Konrad'' books features a truly bizarre spin on this: it turns out that in the case of a Skaven grey seer, if you eat his organs, he ''possesses your body''.
** The culture of the Ogres ''revolves'' around cannibalism. They worship a deity called the Great Maw who encourages them to devour everything in sight, from slaves to rocks. After a battle, the Ogres gorge themselves on corpses, captives, and fallen allies alike. The most common way for an Ogre to become Tyrant of his tribe is to kill and eat his predecessor. Ogre "Butchers" (warrior-priests) channel the magic of their god by devouring certain ritual objects (examples given in the army book consist of severed limbs, bedrock, troll entrails, bones, bull Rhinox hearts and brains)--they call it "Gut Magic". The only reason they keep Gnoblars (Hill Goblins) as slaves instead of snacks is because they're too bony to make a good meal.
*** They still eat them alright, if they need to, just eating a Gnoblar another Ogre has taken a liking to is a major no-no.
*** Ogres do, however, like the taste of gnoblar noses and ears. Just coincidentally, status in gnoblar culture is measured by the size of your nose and ears.
* Cannibal ''fast food'' is a running gag in Mayfair's ''{{Underground}}'' game.
* An obvious element of the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Cannibal Sectors]] in ''TabletopGame/SLAIndustries''.
* In both ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'' and ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem'', it is possible for vampires to commit diablerie, which involves eating another vampire's ''soul''. It is referred to in the same terms as cannibalism and automatically reduces the KarmaMeter. Interestingly, although cannibalism is at the top of the hierarchy of sins for all races in the NWOD, werewolves rank eating mortal humans on the same level as eating ordinary wolves-- [[OfThePeople a step below eating other werewolves]].
** In the ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'':
*** The Nagaraja bloodline are unable to get any nourishment from blood; they need to eat raw human flesh instead.
*** In ''TabletopGame/DemonTheFallen'', demons who are banished from their physical bodies are at risk of being eaten by other demons, who then absorb their powers. Oddly enough, this isn't ranked as a sin.
*** A number of tribal camps in ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'' are dedicated to eating humans for one reason or another. The wolf-born Red Talons practise it as a tribe-wide thing, since they see humans as prey animals who've forgotten their place, but keep it on the down-low since they know the other tribes strongly oppose it. The Wendigo do not practise it, in part because thanks to their tribal totem, the titular Wendigo, being a man-eater, they know they'll be first on the suspect list when evidence of werewolves eating humans shows up.
** In the ''TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness'':
*** There're the Noctuku, a Nosferatu bloodline whose members regularly need to consume flesh (any flesh, but they prefer human meat to animal, and vampire most of all), lest they risk going into a hunger frenzy. They don't gain any nourishment from it and have to regurgitate it soon after, but they don't seem to mind this.
*** Similarly, there's the Macellarius, a Ventrue bloodline of rotund gourmands that gains the ability to digest human flesh the same way they gain nourishment from blood, or later to snack on vampire flesh to grow in physical strength and ability or even to have access to the powers their meal possessed.
*** ''TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening'' has its own cannibals in the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Devourers of the Flesh]], a Left-Handed Path emerging from the Adamantine Arrows whose members follow the age old maxim that if you eat your enemy, you gain his strength.
*** There's also the Cult of the Red Word, a New England-based cult that worships [[EldritchAbomination an alternate timeline given sentience by the Abyss]]. They believe that consuming their victims symbolically erases their presence from reality, piece by piece -- and it ''[[RetGone literally]]'' does so if they prepare and consume the victim in their sacred temple.
*** ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheForsaken'' allows the [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Uratha]] to regain [[{{Mana}} Essence]] by consuming the flesh of humans or wolves; this is a ''humongous'' sin against the game's KarmaMeter. There's even a [[PrestigeClass Lodge]] of Bale Hounds, the Lodge of the Feast, devoted to sampling strange flesh... and getting others hooked on it.
*** There's the Lodge of Wendigo, a subset of the Blood Talons. Given their totem and a Rite that allows them to gain knowledge from consumption of flesh, they tend this way... though many of them are trying really, ''really'' hard to kick the habit.
*** One of the sample "cults" in the TabletopGame/HunterTheVigil corebook is a gourmand society whose best-regarded dish is an absolutely heavenly liver pate... which is actually [[spoiler:''human'' liver pate, harvested from children kept imprisoned on a farm in boxes and force-fed, in a process reminiscent of that used to produce real pate de foie gras]]. The membership is entirely unaware of this.
*** The Faithful of Shulpae, from the ''Vigil'' supplement ''Mortal Remains'', devour the flesh of supernaturals to gain their powers, seeing it as feasting on the gods.
* In ''TabletopGame/{{Deadlands}}'', engaging in the act of "humanitarianism" is universally regarded as a sin against, at the very least, one's own humanity. It's one of the quickest ways to have one's PlayerCharacter turned into an {{NPC}}, and only very extreme extenuating circumstances allow it. But even then... [[spoiler: you can still get turned into a Wendigo if you eat human flesh in winter, regardless of circumstances. Spring, summer, and autumn do not carry this problem- but even then, you still only get to chow down on fellow [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} humies]] when the circumstances are really desperate.]]
* Among the many colorful faces you will meet in the ''TabletopGame/FengShui'' supplement ''Blowing Up Hong Kong'' is Ng Pui, an insane sorcerer and SerialKiller who runs a pushcart that sells steamed dumplings and pork buns. The pork buns in question are made from the people that he kills once a week with his meat cleaver.
** Many supernatural creatures and abominations in ''TabletopGame/FengShui'' are fond of human flesh. The most notorious in this regard is Desdemona Deathangel, who especially prefers [[EatsBabies babies]].
* The [[RobotWar Denver Zonemind]] in ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} [[GURPSReignOfSteel Reign Of Steel]]'' sometimes renders its dead human slaves into a "high protein soup" to feed the others. (In the slaves' defense, though, the robots don't tell them where it comes from!)
* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' has too many "really omnivore" sentient creatures to list, but even there are some oustanding examples.
** Sahuagin ("sea devils") have a peculiar worldview of their own, a key point of which is phrased as ''"Meat is meat"'': whatever it was, once it ceased to move, it's food, that's all. Their name for themselves is "we who eat." Normally they won't kill their own to eat, but will eagerly kill for lots of other reasons (like [[ChallengingTheChief challenge]]), then eat and share with their kin.
** Flinds are a subspecies of gnoll (hyaena-like humanoids) which are just as mean, but smarter, haughty, [[LawfulEvil better organized]] and use sort of nunchaku to disarm opponents. "Flind" is said to mean "cannibal" ("gnoll-eater") in Gnollish. [[note]]"The Sociology of the Flind", Dragon Magazine #173[[/note]]
** Co-narrator of some ''{{Planescape}}'' accesories Xanxost the slaad intersperses his planar chant with offhanded mentions of eating sentient beings: mephits (he digresses to mention this favourite food at any opportunity), humans, fiends... and [[CrossesTheLineTwice turns it into comedy gold]].
---> '''Xanxaost:''' They are hateful. Vicious. Bad-tasting.
** The halflings of the ''DarkSun'' setting will eat any sentient race with the exception of their own kind, leading to them being called "cannibals."
** ''{{Dragonlance}}'' features a race of [[KingMook giant]] [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent goblins]] called cave lords. They actually heal themselves by eating the flesh of other creatures--and eating other goblins heals them up to three times as many hit points than other creatures.
** Cannibalism isn't as prominent in TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}} as other, more classically-Gothic evils, but it's a thematic feature of domains like Vorostokov and (in {{Fanon}}) Ghastria. If werebeasts qualify as human, then they're major offenders in this area also.
** Dead cannibals sometimes spontaneously raise as [[OurGhoulsAreCreepier Ghouls]], corpse-eating {{undead}}.
** There's also the ''Book of Vile Darkness'', which provides some spells that only work by eating the flesh/organs of a certain individual, such as Absorb Mind, which provides a chance to gain certain information by eating a piece (one ounce to be precise) of the subject's brain. Note that for this spell to work, it doesn't matter how old the brain is, just as long as it's ''still bloody''.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}''
** Metahumans infected with the Human-Metahuman Vampiric Virus turn into Vampires, Ghouls, and other things, all of which require either blood, raw meat or internal organs of other humans/metahumans to survive.
** The Germany sourcebook contains a shadowtalk-post about a cannibal-cuisine restaurant in the lawless enclave of Berlin, although another shadowtalker's post immediately afterwards claims it's a load of hooey.
* The Orks of ''{{Orkworld}}'' practice necrophagy, eating their dead to absorb their spirits (and keep an EldritchAbomination from snacking on said spirits in the afterworld).
* The aptly (if unimaginatively) named Cannibal from the ''Dark {{Champions}}'' sourcebook ''Murderer's Row''.
* ''TabletopGame/HollowEarthExpedition'', supplement ''Mysteries of the Hollow Earth''. Cannibals hunt, kill and eat human beings. Molemen will capture and eat humans who intrude into Moletown and those who encounter their hunting parties on the surface.
* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': one of the many HorrorTropes present in [[{{Uberwald}} Innistrad]], as seen [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=222903 here]].
* ''The Politics of Cannibals'' has the players taking on the roles of candidates for the next chief of a cannibal tribe. If you can't sway a tribe member into voting for you, you can have them thrown into the cooking pot.
* Avalon Hill's ''Powers & Perils'' RPG, ''Heroes'' magazine Volume 2 #2 article "The Sea of Tears". Mermen and merwomen love the taste of human flesh. Merwomen will lure humans into their clutches by taking them as lovers and then eating them when they're no longer wanted.
* In ''TabletopGame/KitsuneOfFoxesAndFools'' the "Bloodthirst" consequence causes a fox spirit to acquire a craving for human liver and eat the next fool they successfully trick, gaining no tails. The card art shows Sadako swooping down on the lazy minion with a knife and a fork.
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