History BigEater / TabletopGames

* Magazines/{{Dragon}}'' had a recurring series of humor-oriented short stories called "The Wizards three", supposedly featuring [[TabletopGame/{{Greyhawk}} Mordenkainen]], [[TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms Elminster]] and [[TabletopGame/{{Dragonlance}} Dalamar]] meeting at Ed Greenwood's house to trade spells. All three fit the Trope, often depleting Ed's refrigerator and pantry every time. Eventually, Dalamar was replaced by Mordenkainen's apprentice [[PluckyGirl Rautheene]] who fit the Trope even more; Ed expressed shock that she could put away entire gallons of butterscotch ice cream without it affecting her slim figure.

** On a much lighter note, any wizard who makes a habit of using Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansion a lot will likely become one. While the interior of the Mansion produces food for anyone inside, it's not real, and whoever eats it becomes ''very'' hungry upon exiting, and has to eat a ''lot'' to regain his strength.

* {{Space Marine}}s inside ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', though they are more ridiculously muscled than thin. Their SuperSoldier BioAugmentation releases hormones in their body for the muscle growth, but such growth still needs to be fueled by their daily feasts (by our standards) and wildlife hunted. They also are able to be {{Extreme Omnivore}}s, known to eat healthy meals of concrete and metal (and have super-tough bones that only work because their diets are laced with ceramic-based chemicals).

* ''{{GURPS}}''

* Novas in ''{{Aberrant}}'' have both hyper-enhanced metabolisms that keep their bodies trim and a need for vast caloric intakes to help fuel their Quantum powers. One mentions once having gone to Burger King for 50 Whoppers AndADietCoke.

* In ''{{Exalted}}'', this is one of the suggested low-level mutations. [[{{Animesque}} Exalted being what it is]], it fits in perfectly.

* ''{{Gurps}}'' has the Gluttony disadvantage which can be taken with the Overweight, or Heavily Overweight, disadvantage. If the character buys off the Gluttony disadvantage, he won't lose any weight.

* Sesus "The Slug" Nagezzer from ''{{Exalted}}'', whose road to obesity was similar to Henry VIII (see below) -- a war wound left him unable to exercise and work off the massive amounts of food he continued to eat every day.

** Orks and Trolls in general require much more food than Humans or Elves. There is also a biological augmentation known as the "suprathyroid" gland, which improves physical attributes significantly at the cost of vastly increased caloric intake. This is touched upon more in some of the novels.

* The Tarrasque of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' fame. As of 4th edition, it's an unstoppable curse laid by a being older than the gods that plagues the world. It exists only to eat, and it can eat entire kingdoms before going back to sleep.

* Some of the books for ''WerewolfTheForsaken'' state that the Uratha have greater appetites than most (partially because they're part-wolf, partially because of the metabolism required for their HealingFactor). As a result, four meals a day is normal for most of them.
* The [[OurOgresAreHungrier Gristlegrinder Ogre]] from ''TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost'', whose most viable weapon is their teeth. They can be of different sizes but are known for being... well, hungry.
* Goblins in ''{{Pathfinder}}'' are specifically mentioned to have unusually fast metabolisms. Pickles are the race's TrademarkFavoriteFood.

* The hidden collectibles for OneHundredPercentCompletion in ''SplosionMan'' are wedding-sized cakes, which the character proceeds to nom in a single cram (witha slice or two comically bouncing away). Given that he's a being of living fire, he's not going to worry about weight. He also tends to [[TalkativeLoon mention]] various types of meat while doing things. of course, given that slain characters in this game "bleed" meat...

* The [[AncientAstronauts Atlan]][[HumanAliens teans]] from Conspiracy X need to eat a lot of calories to power the nanomachines that keep them immortal and give them their superpowers.

* In ''{{Exalted}}'', this is one of the suggested low-level mutations. [[{{Animesque}} ''Exalted'' being what it is]], it fits in perfectly.

* In ''{{Exalted}}'', this is one of the suggested low-level mutations. [[{{Animesque}} Being what it is]], it fits in perfectly.

* In ''{{Exalted}}'', this is one of the suggested low-level mutations. [[Animesque Being what it is]], it fits in perfectly.

* The hidden collectibles for OneHundredPercentCompletion in ''SplosionMan'' are wedding-sized cakes, which the character proceeds to nom in a single cram (witha slice or two comically bouncing away. Given that he's a being of living fire, he's not going to worry about weight.

* The Ogres of ''{{Warhammer}}'' have this as their [[RaceOfHats hat]], so much so they have twice daily feasts. And they worship a god of gluttony. There is even a point in one of the books where two Ogres eat a 5-ton Rhinox in one sitting; by the time they are done they both have more than their entire body mass in raw meat crammed into their stomachs.

* {{Space Marine}}s inside ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'', though they are more ridiculously muscled than thin. Their SuperSoldier BioAugmentation releases hormones in their body for the muscle growth, but such growth still needs to be fueled by their daily feasts (by our standards) and wildlife hunted. They also are able to be {{Extreme Omnivore}}s, known to eat healthy meals of concrete and metal (and have super-tough bones that only work because their diets are laced with ceramic-based chemicals).

* ''{{Shadowrun}}''

* Some of the books for ''WerewolfTheForsaken'' state that the Uratha have greater appetites than most (partially because they're part-wolf, partially because of the metabolism required for their HealingFactor). As a result, four meals a day is normal for most of them.

** The Increased Consumption Disadvantage basically means a character will eat much more than their size and weight would imply.
** Similarly, the "Gluttony" drawback, which can be taken with the "Skinny" drawback. Leading to a character who needs to make a will save not to literally eat any food they see, but (unless you buy off the Skinny drawback) never even hits average weight.

* Of course, ''{{Gurps}}'' has the Gluttony disadvantage which can be taken with the Overweight, or Heavily Overweight, disadvantage. And even if the character manages to buy off the Gluttony disadvantage, he won't lose any weight.
* The Ogres of ''{{Warhammer}}'' have this as their [[RaceOfHats hat]], so much so they have twice daily feasts. And they worship a god of gluttony. There is even a point in one of the books where two Ogres eat a five-ton Rhinox in one sitting; by the time they are done they both have more than their entire body mass in raw meat crammed into their stomachs.
* [[OurOgresAreHungrier Ogres]] from ''TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost'' don't '''have''' to be fat, but it's hard to be thin when you are literally designed to eat anything on the planet.