1001 ways of using creatures for profit [Archive] - Wizards Community

1001 ways of using creatures for profit [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
Narris
04-17-07, 09:15 PM 1. Ankhegs to dig wells, aerate the soil, fertilize the land, eat trespassers.
2. Monstrous crabs to reap the crops with their sharp claws.
3. Sweatshop nighthags to produce their stones
4. Giant honeybee-Massive amounts of honey
5. Giant fire beetle mount-Comes with headlights
Repeekluos
04-17-07, 09:19 PM 6. Milk Delvers for their Slime.
7. Do the same as 6 with any poisonous creature's poison.
8. Do large City aerial tours with flying creatures.
Dalf
04-18-07, 12:56 AM 9. Nymphs and Dryads for peep shows (Like you've never stared at the pictures for a bit longer than a standard glance?)
Narris
04-18-07, 01:37 AM 9. Razoreel Swarm for underwater mining
10. Training Brood Monkeys to exterminate vampires or other mind-dominating creatures.
11. Gravorg to lift things with reserve gravity
Doom_Linnorm
04-18-07, 09:19 AM 13* Use a basilisk to mass produce life-like sculptures.
14 Ao's as defenses against magic.
15 Gelatinous cube as garbage disposal.
16 Frost Salamanders for the fire brigade.
17 Rustmonsters for disposing of metal garbage.

*Would probably be considered an evil act :D
Edited to correctly reflect current number.
Tusalu
04-18-07, 09:38 AM 18. Treants to watch over public parks
19. Golems to do all kinds of dirty and dangerous work
20. Vampires in the slaughterhouse, to clean up
21. Gargoyles for street surveillance
Seeker95
04-18-07, 09:43 AM 4. Giant honeybee-Massive amounts of honeyA giant honeybee can produce no more honey than a swarm of regular size bees. The honey is limited by the amount of pollen that can be acquired more than any other factor. If you want giant honey bees to produce lots of honey, you will need access to giant flowers to grant them access to more pollen than they currently have access to. :D

But this is a decent market-idea, nonetheless.
gullas
04-18-07, 09:56 AM 22. use kobolds to dig sewers :D
Silverthumb128
04-18-07, 12:48 PM 23. http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?p=11962365#post11962365

Come on, you knew I would. :D
Disciple_of_Juiblex
04-18-07, 01:40 PM 24. Occording to OoTS hydras can be used for infinate amounts of meat.
25. Find a wealthy family in an out of the way place Set up word that you are a well known healer. Then steathfuly kill one of their children. offer your assistsance saying that you can bring their child back to life for the "low" price of 100 gold. go threw a big cerimoney and cast.... animate dead. tell them that it will take a few days for the magic to complete itself and lock the zombie in its room. proceed to flee with your 75 gold profit :D
26. do 25, then buy a desquise (be a cleric of trickery) and pass yourself as a zombie killer a week later .offer your assistance for 10 gold :P
27. Raise some zombies (same place as 25 and 26 if you can get away with it) and have them attack a small village. then loot the place. (yes i know, im not a nice person)
28. enslave a race and sell them as slave labor, elf preferably
29. Capture an ooze, "shave" of some ooze each day (not killing it, be a cleric and cast cure on it), then fill vials with said ooze. sell as acid flasks.
Magetastic
04-18-07, 02:24 PM 30. Efreet or noble Djinni, just wish for some god awful expensive magic item and then sell it.

31. Use the Lantern Archon's (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/archon.htm#lanternArchon) continual flame at will to revolutionize the lighting business.

32. A normal Djinni (if the DM disallows the use of noble Djinni or Efreet) can create 40 gallons of wine, create enough food and water to feed 60 people, use a major creation SLA to make 20 cubic feet of permanent plant matter (i suggest saffron, or black lotus extract), and create persistent images that can be used for advertisement each once a day at no cost. :$$:
RobbyPants
04-19-07, 02:14 PM 33) Fire elemental driven steam engines

34) Fire elemental driven power plants (assuming a campaign with electricity)
spectralphoenix
04-19-07, 02:20 PM 35) Kill them and take their stuff

Hey! It's a classic!
Holy_Beholder
04-19-07, 07:20 PM 36) Mimic to fake to be payed taxes. Then it turns human, and comes back.
37) Fire elemental breeding heating services
38) Breeding unicorns, cutting their horns off, and selling them.
39) Breeding griffons, taking all of their feathers, letting them regrow them, and taking them again. Sell the feathers.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Narris 04-17-07, 09:15 PM	1. Ankhegs to dig wells, aerate the soil, fertilize the land, eat trespassers. 2. Monstrous crabs to reap the crops with their sharp claws. 3. Sweatshop nighthags to produce their stones 4. Giant honeybee-Massive amounts of honey 5. Giant fire beetle mount-Comes with headlights
Repeekluos 04-17-07, 09:19 PM	6. Milk Delvers for their Slime. 7. Do the same as 6 with any poisonous creature's poison. 8. Do large City aerial tours with flying creatures.
Dalf 04-18-07, 12:56 AM	9. Nymphs and Dryads for peep shows (Like you've never stared at the pictures for a bit longer than a standard glance?)
Narris 04-18-07, 01:37 AM	9. Razoreel Swarm for underwater mining 10. Training Brood Monkeys to exterminate vampires or other mind-dominating creatures. 11. Gravorg to lift things with reserve gravity
Doom_Linnorm 04-18-07, 09:19 AM	13* Use a basilisk to mass produce life-like sculptures. 14 Ao's as defenses against magic. 15 Gelatinous cube as garbage disposal. 16 Frost Salamanders for the fire brigade. 17 Rustmonsters for disposing of metal garbage. *Would probably be considered an evil act :D Edited to correctly reflect current number.
Tusalu 04-18-07, 09:38 AM	18. Treants to watch over public parks 19. Golems to do all kinds of dirty and dangerous work 20. Vampires in the slaughterhouse, to clean up 21. Gargoyles for street surveillance
Seeker95 04-18-07, 09:43 AM	4. Giant honeybee-Massive amounts of honeyA giant honeybee can produce no more honey than a swarm of regular size bees. The honey is limited by the amount of pollen that can be acquired more than any other factor. If you want giant honey bees to produce lots of honey, you will need access to giant flowers to grant them access to more pollen than they currently have access to. :D But this is a decent market-idea, nonetheless.
gullas 04-18-07, 09:56 AM	22. use kobolds to dig sewers :D
Silverthumb128 04-18-07, 12:48 PM	23. http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?p=11962365#post11962365 Come on, you knew I would. :D
Disciple_of_Juiblex 04-18-07, 01:40 PM	24. Occording to OoTS hydras can be used for infinate amounts of meat. 25. Find a wealthy family in an out of the way place Set up word that you are a well known healer. Then steathfuly kill one of their children. offer your assistsance saying that you can bring their child back to life for the "low" price of 100 gold. go threw a big cerimoney and cast.... animate dead. tell them that it will take a few days for the magic to complete itself and lock the zombie in its room. proceed to flee with your 75 gold profit :D 26. do 25, then buy a desquise (be a cleric of trickery) and pass yourself as a zombie killer a week later .offer your assistance for 10 gold :P 27. Raise some zombies (same place as 25 and 26 if you can get away with it) and have them attack a small village. then loot the place. (yes i know, im not a nice person) 28. enslave a race and sell them as slave labor, elf preferably 29. Capture an ooze, "shave" of some ooze each day (not killing it, be a cleric and cast cure on it), then fill vials with said ooze. sell as acid flasks.
Magetastic 04-18-07, 02:24 PM	30. Efreet or noble Djinni, just wish for some god awful expensive magic item and then sell it. 31. Use the Lantern Archon's (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/archon.htm#lanternArchon) continual flame at will to revolutionize the lighting business. 32. A normal Djinni (if the DM disallows the use of noble Djinni or Efreet) can create 40 gallons of wine, create enough food and water to feed 60 people, use a major creation SLA to make 20 cubic feet of permanent plant matter (i suggest saffron, or black lotus extract), and create persistent images that can be used for advertisement each once a day at no cost. :$$:
RobbyPants 04-19-07, 02:14 PM	33) Fire elemental driven steam engines 34) Fire elemental driven power plants (assuming a campaign with electricity)
spectralphoenix 04-19-07, 02:20 PM	35) Kill them and take their stuff Hey! It's a classic!
Holy_Beholder 04-19-07, 07:20 PM	36) Mimic to fake to be payed taxes. Then it turns human, and comes back. 37) Fire elemental breeding heating services 38) Breeding unicorns, cutting their horns off, and selling them. 39) Breeding griffons, taking all of their feathers, letting them regrow them, and taking them again. Sell the feathers.