DunMeshi recipe 6: living armor soup
breakdown under a jump bc I have bonus to say about the process:
Hi! So if you know the living armor chapter, you know there’s a full course meal including grilled, stir fry, steamed in helmet, and then the soup.
I have texture sensitivities and some of the shellfish can be very slimy or rubbery to me 😔 and since I’m just one person on their own, I wanted an accessible recipe that I would enjoy from this set without food waste.
I ended up buying 3 scallops from my local fresh market, patting dry, spicing with old bay, then pan searing in my butter substitute Olivio (you can use anything you prefer!).
Seared for 2 minutes on each side, basting with the butter, and letting them rest while I made the broth.
After that, I heated up water with my electric kettle and made a bowl of soup. The recipe in the manga calls for soy sauce, medicinal herbs, and “special sauce” (unspecified).
I used white miso paste and low sodium soy sauce in the bowl, added boiling water, then set my scallops into the soup. I finished off with gronions (green onions as the medicinal herb).
This one is warm, delicious, and the scallop texture is firm and meaty without being slimy or gagging!!! I would actually make this again.
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Living Armor (Dunmeshi)
Below are three statblocks for Living Armors in the style of Dungeon Meshi - colonial mollusks living in between the plates of suits of armor.
AD&D/OSR
Pathfinder
D&D 5e
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AD&D/OSR:
In the shadowed corners of forsaken ruins and rust-eaten dungeons, the clatter of metal hints at a menace unlike any other. Behold the colonial mollusks, a curious form of life that thrives unseen within the hollows of abandoned armor. Individually, they are but soft-bodied creatures, seeking refuge within iron shells. Yet together, they achieve a bizarre unity of purpose, moving the armor as if it were their own body. The elder colonies, more ambitious and adorned, shift into grander armaments, echoing the vanity of hermit crabs in their endless quest for the perfect shell. With clusters of their kind nestled in helms to serve as scouts and sentries, they seem nothing more than empty suits of armor, save for the rare, ghastly glimpse of a tentacle through a visor. Woe betide the unwary adventurer who trespasses during their mating season, for the living armor, normally docile, turns fiercely protective of its nascent brood. STATBLOCK Living Armor (Colonial Mollusk)
Armor Class: 2 (due to the hard metal armor)
Hit Points: 5d8 (individual mollusks within have 1 hp each, but damaging them requires piercing the armor)
Movement: 20' (6')
Attack: 1 weapon attack (by weapon type, typically 1d8 for a sword)
Damage: By weapon type
Special Attacks: None
Special Defenses: Regeneration – Any "killed" armor piece regenerates in 3d4 rounds as mollusks pull it back together. True death only comes if all mollusks are killed or armor is completely destroyed.
Magic Resistance: Standard
Size: M (6'+ tall)
Alignment: Neutral
Intelligence: Animal (cluster intelligence when acting as a colony)
Pathfinder:
In the derelict halls of forgotten crypts, adventurers whisper of armor that moves of its own volition, clanking and grinding with the eerie echo of non-life. Yet, within these metallic shells are not spirits nor necromantic energies, but a clever congregation of colonial mollusks, thriving unseen. The Mollusk Armor, as it's known by those few who've peered beneath its guise, is an ecology unto itself—a symbiotic assembly of creatures that have found unity in animating the empty husks of warriors long gone. The eldest of these colonies sport grotesque, calcareous growths, a grim heraldry only nature could craft.
STATBLOCK
Mollusk Armor
N Medium vermin (colony)
Init +0; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +0
DEFENSE
AC 20, touch 10, flat-footed 20 (+10 natural, armor varies)
hp 45 (7d8+14)
Fort +7, Ref +2, Will +2
Defensive Abilities: Armor Reformation, All-Around Vision; DR 5/slashing; Immune mind-affecting effects
OFFENSE
Speed 20 ft.
Melee Weapon Attack (e.g., longsword) +8 (1d8+3/19-20), Slam +3 (1d6+1)
Space 5 ft.; Reach 5 ft.
STATISTICS
Str 16, Dex 10, Con 14, Int —, Wis 10, Cha 1
Base Atk +5; CMB +8; CMD 18
SPECIAL ABILITIES
Armor Reformation (Ex): When a Mollusk Armor is reduced to 0 hit points, the mollusks within quickly retreat and begin reassembling their protective shell. After 1d4+1 rounds, the Mollusk Armor re-forms with half its maximum hit points. Destroying the armor or exposing the mollusks to salt water prevents this reformation.
All-Around Vision (Ex): The colony's mollusks are well-distributed within the armor, especially in the helmet, giving the Mollusk Armor a 360-degree field of vision. This makes it immune to flanking and sneak attacks.
D&D 5e:
In the twisted corridors of an abandoned citadel, a clanking sound echoes with a rhythm as precise as clockwork. A suit of armor, ornate and bearing the scars of many battles, patrols the area. But within this iron carapace, a colony of intelligent mollusks lurks, controlling the metal shell as one. These creatures, resembling nautiluses with their soft bodies and tentacles, have bound together, forming a collective consciousness that animates the armor. Their helmet-cluster acts as the brain, with the visor serving as their all-seeing eyes. The older the colony, the more grand the armor they command, sometimes adorned with intimidating spikes or gilded edges. Beware the mating season, for during these desperate times they will fiercely attack anyone who ventures too close to their hidden brood. STATBLOCKLiving Armor ColonyMedium swarm of Tiny monstrosities (colonial mollusks), unaligned
Armor Class: 18 (plate armor)
Hit Points: 60 (8d8 + 24)
Speed: 25 ft.
| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
|------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
| 16 (+3)| 11 (+0)| 16 (+3)| 3 (-4)| 10 (+0)| 1 (-5)|
Skills: Perception +2
Damage Immunities: poison, psychic; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks not made with adamantine weapons
Condition Immunities: charmed, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned
Senses: blindsight 60 ft. (blind beyond this radius), passive Perception 12
Languages: —
Challenge: 5 (1,800 XP)
Traits
Regeneration. The Living Armor regains 10 hit points at the start of its turn. If the Living Armor takes fire damage, this trait doesn't function at the start of the Living Armor's next turn. The Living Armor dies only if it starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn't regenerate.
Mollusk Vulnerability. When exposed to fire damage, the Living Armor has disadvantage on all saving throws and its Regeneration trait is suppressed for 1d4 rounds.
Immutable Form. The Living Armor is immune to any spell or effect that would alter its form.
False Appearance. While the Living Armor remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from a normal suit of armor.
Shell Game. If a piece of the Living Armor is removed or destroyed, the mollusks inside can use their action to reassemble or replace the piece, restoring the Living Armor to its full hit points.
Actions
Multiattack. The Living Armor makes two melee attacks.
Longsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 2) slashing damage, or 9 (1d10 + 2) slashing damage if used with two hands.
Shield Bash. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2) bludgeoning damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 12 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.
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