# How do I cannibal?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-cannibal/7593>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [October 17, 2014, 4:25am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-cannibal/7593 "2014-10-17T04:25:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![123456789](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/bcef8e/32.png) [@123456789](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/123456789)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 4:47am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-cannibal/7593/21 "2014-10-19T04:47:11Z")

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[quote=“ChristopherWalken, post:7, topic:7593”]Start as a psychopath (which is a must have trait anyways) and you won’t get the big penalties. I think also that all characters start with a basic human recipe.

Later on you can find a book with more recipes.[/quote]

Why is psychopath must have? I never use it, other than making a Zombie Slave, the moral bonuses for killing kids and stuff is pretty negligible.

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**Author:** ![kevin.granade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kevin.granade/32/1316_2.png) [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 5:14am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-cannibal/7593/22 "2014-10-19T05:14:22Z")

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[quote=“123456789, post:21, topic:7593”][quote=“ChristopherWalken, post:7, topic:7593”]Start as a psychopath (which is a must have trait anyways) and you won’t get the big penalties. I think also that all characters start with a basic human recipe.

Later on you can find a book with more recipes.[/quote]

Why is psychopath must have? I never use it, other than making a Zombie Slave, the moral bonuses for killing kids and stuff is pretty negligible.[/quote]  
The top reasons people have told me about:

1. Disagree that violating killing, child-killing or cannibalistic taboos would cause a lot of stress, so decide it’s “unfair” to impose penalties for those actions.
2. Don’t manage their morale, and get upset at guilt causing them problems.
3. Want to play a more action-hero kind of game where there are few consequences for killing everything in sight.

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**Author:** ![ChristopherWalken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@ChristopherWalken](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ChristopherWalken)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 7:58am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-i-cannibal/7593/23 "2014-10-19T07:58:36Z")

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[quote=“Kevin Granade, post:22, topic:7593”][quote=“123456789, post:21, topic:7593”][quote=“ChristopherWalken, post:7, topic:7593”]Start as a psychopath (which is a must have trait anyways) and you won’t get the big penalties. I think also that all characters start with a basic human recipe.

Later on you can find a book with more recipes.[/quote]

Why is psychopath must have? I never use it, other than making a Zombie Slave, the moral bonuses for killing kids and stuff is pretty negligible.[/quote]  
The top reasons people have told me about:

1. Disagree that violating killing, child-killing or cannibalistic taboos would cause a lot of stress, so decide it’s “unfair” to impose penalties for those actions.
2. Don’t manage their morale, and get upset at guilt causing them problems.
3. Want to play a more action-hero kind of game where there are few consequences for killing everything in sight.[/quote]

Mostly 1 about killing zombified kids.  
Hell, I hate kids now, assuming I got past the initial “Holy shit zombies are real” moments, I really don’t see myself being particularly saddened by zombie children. I don’t think most survivors would be, either.

Also, I don’t know if it’s been nerfed, but the morale penalty used to be pretty bad. There also used to be a lot more zombie children around than there are now.  
I guess if all I have to do is slaughter 100 kids to steel my mind against them, then it’s not a “must have” anymore, just a good one.

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