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[disasdeer]

Recommendations for what to do with shed antlers, go.

Can they be used for magic? Weapons? Something like that. I've heard they can make good chew toys for carnivores.

And before anyone asks: they are mine, not some deer in the woods. I did not go hunting down something and take its antlers.

Alright, folks, one more question:

What's your favorite food that doesn't include meat? I want to try some new things and am getting bored of the same-old.

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[omnicrafter]

If you want any help or tools to fashion something from your antlers, let me know. I'm currently in the process of rebuilding my tool collection, and I'd be interested to work with something like that if you get any ideas you really like.

Personally, I think they'd make great cutting implements. Decorative items, too, perhaps.

[disasdeer]

I'll probably take you up on that. I haven't figured out what to do quite yet, but I'm sure I'll have something.

Like knives?

[omnicrafter]

Yes, or perhaps something like arrows or a spearhead. I suppose you could go for forks and spoons, too, assuming you can wash them without damaging them.

...Actually, come to think of it, one could make a carving of some sort out of them, too. Back home, I'd also say they might make a decent healer's arm, but I don't think it works quite the same way here.

You may also want to ask an alchemist if they can turn it into something else, or perhaps change the shape to be more workable!

[disasdeer]

I can. Antlers are pretty durable given that they're just bone.

Ah, an alchemist, maybe I could get someone to charm them or something.

What is a healer's arm?

[omnicrafter]

Ah, sorry... lost my sense of where I am for a second. Back home, conjurers, our world's primary magic-using healers, use weapons made of natural materials like wood, so as to better channel their aether. I suppose my thought was that discarded horn would be similarly effective, seeing as it came off a living creature. But I don't think that holds up here.

Do you just have a pair of shed antlers sitting around every year, then? It doesn't hurt, does it?

[disasdeer]

We usually properly dispose of them at home. We wouldn't keep them since they are organic material, but this city doesn't exactly have an entire population of antlered animals who also happen to talk and be bipedal.

I do shed them yearly. It doesn't really hurt when they fall off, just itches a little bit. It's kind of like if you were going to scrape your knee.

[omnicrafter]

No, I suppose we don't... It must seem terribly odd to you, if that's the kind of place you came from.

Ah, I see. I'm sure there are treatments for the itch if you're ever inclined, though. Even if it's not an open wound, it's probably best not to scratch it.

[disasdeer]

A little, but I think I'm getting used to it. Human animals, quadruped animals. Honestly, you guys are the least weird thing about this entire place.

I mean, it's definitely open wounds, but it won't be so long because they'll be grown back in no time at all. I bandage them when they're at the worst, though.