Lump of royal jelly
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| Name | lump of royal jelly |
| Base price | 15 zm |
| Nutrition | 200 |
| Turns to eat | 1 |
| Weight | 2 |
| Conduct | vegetarian |
A lump of royal jelly is a special comestible that is usually only found in beehives (it can also be created by a horn of plenty). Royal jelly is vegetarian but not vegan.
Effects
Eating a blessed or uncursed lump of royal jelly will increase your strength (if not already maximized) by +1.[1] If cursed, it will decrease your strength by one.
If your legs are injured, they will be healed.
Your hit points are increased by 0-20 (or decreased if the jelly is cursed). If this would raise your HP above your max HP, there is a 6.25% chance (1 in 16) to increase your max HP by one.
Strategy
Royal jelly is a popular comestible to store for the ascension run, as it has a very good nutrition-to-weight ratio and can be eaten in one turn, both of which can be crucial concerns in the late game.
Encyclopedia entry
"'Royal Jelly,'" he read aloud, "'must be a substance of
tremendous nourishing power, for on this diet alone, the
honey-bee larva increases in weight fifteen hundred times in
five days!'"
"How much?"
"Fifteen hundred times, Mabel. And you know what that means
if you put it in terms of a human being? It means," he said,
lowering his voice, leaning forward, fixing her with those
small pale eyes, "it means that in five days a baby weighing
seven and a half pounds to start off with would increase in
weight to five tons!"
References
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