A guy asked me to kill 15 trolls, how do I prove that I did it?











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In my world there are adventurers who are squeamish about getting blood on them. Trolls are commonly hunted by adventurers. What trophy can my squeamish adventurers collect from these trolls, and not get blood on them, to prove their kills and collect their rewards from towns?



I just realized that trolls in mythology have no clear anatomy and probably the therm was just used to describe people living isolated in mountains or forests




Later, in Scandinavian folklore, trolls became beings in their own right, where they live far from human habitation, are not Christianized, and are considered dangerous to human beings. Depending on the source, their appearance varies greatly; trolls may be ugly and slow-witted, or look and behave exactly like human beings, with no particularly grotesque characteristic about them.




So I'm going with the look World of Warcraft gave to trolls, they don't turn to stone in sunlight.
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    Take a selfie with each dead troll :)
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    Squeamish adventurers that kill. Sounds like this is a self-solving problem because such adventurers probably wouldn't get hired or are too squeamish for the task at hand. I think that after a troll swings their weapon at the adventurer's neckline for the nth consecutive time then the adventurer should get over their squeamishness or is already ded.
    – MonkeyZeus
    Nov 14 at 13:45






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    Beowulf brought home Grendel's arm for proof. Which, uh, worked soooooo well.
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    Why are we killing things? Why 15 things? Usually when people in this world get annoyed at each other, they don't have a specific victim count they're going for. In fact, the way that I think the professionals usually do it is, "kill all x in place y", or even, "take x from those guys". So, this question's objective would be made a bit moot by having a more substantial objective.
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    Most people seem to have missed the obvious. If the trolls are already dead they won't bleed anymore...
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In my world there are adventurers who are squeamish about getting blood on them. Trolls are commonly hunted by adventurers. What trophy can my squeamish adventurers collect from these trolls, and not get blood on them, to prove their kills and collect their rewards from towns?



I just realized that trolls in mythology have no clear anatomy and probably the therm was just used to describe people living isolated in mountains or forests




Later, in Scandinavian folklore, trolls became beings in their own right, where they live far from human habitation, are not Christianized, and are considered dangerous to human beings. Depending on the source, their appearance varies greatly; trolls may be ugly and slow-witted, or look and behave exactly like human beings, with no particularly grotesque characteristic about them.




So I'm going with the look World of Warcraft gave to trolls, they don't turn to stone in sunlight.
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    Take a selfie with each dead troll :)
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    Nov 14 at 12:41






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    Squeamish adventurers that kill. Sounds like this is a self-solving problem because such adventurers probably wouldn't get hired or are too squeamish for the task at hand. I think that after a troll swings their weapon at the adventurer's neckline for the nth consecutive time then the adventurer should get over their squeamishness or is already ded.
    – MonkeyZeus
    Nov 14 at 13:45






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    Beowulf brought home Grendel's arm for proof. Which, uh, worked soooooo well.
    – Damon
    Nov 14 at 14:36






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    Why are we killing things? Why 15 things? Usually when people in this world get annoyed at each other, they don't have a specific victim count they're going for. In fact, the way that I think the professionals usually do it is, "kill all x in place y", or even, "take x from those guys". So, this question's objective would be made a bit moot by having a more substantial objective.
    – sethrin
    2 days ago






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    Most people seem to have missed the obvious. If the trolls are already dead they won't bleed anymore...
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In my world there are adventurers who are squeamish about getting blood on them. Trolls are commonly hunted by adventurers. What trophy can my squeamish adventurers collect from these trolls, and not get blood on them, to prove their kills and collect their rewards from towns?



I just realized that trolls in mythology have no clear anatomy and probably the therm was just used to describe people living isolated in mountains or forests




Later, in Scandinavian folklore, trolls became beings in their own right, where they live far from human habitation, are not Christianized, and are considered dangerous to human beings. Depending on the source, their appearance varies greatly; trolls may be ugly and slow-witted, or look and behave exactly like human beings, with no particularly grotesque characteristic about them.




So I'm going with the look World of Warcraft gave to trolls, they don't turn to stone in sunlight.
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In my world there are adventurers who are squeamish about getting blood on them. Trolls are commonly hunted by adventurers. What trophy can my squeamish adventurers collect from these trolls, and not get blood on them, to prove their kills and collect their rewards from towns?



I just realized that trolls in mythology have no clear anatomy and probably the therm was just used to describe people living isolated in mountains or forests




Later, in Scandinavian folklore, trolls became beings in their own right, where they live far from human habitation, are not Christianized, and are considered dangerous to human beings. Depending on the source, their appearance varies greatly; trolls may be ugly and slow-witted, or look and behave exactly like human beings, with no particularly grotesque characteristic about them.




So I'm going with the look World of Warcraft gave to trolls, they don't turn to stone in sunlight.
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    Take a selfie with each dead troll :)
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    Nov 14 at 12:41






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    Squeamish adventurers that kill. Sounds like this is a self-solving problem because such adventurers probably wouldn't get hired or are too squeamish for the task at hand. I think that after a troll swings their weapon at the adventurer's neckline for the nth consecutive time then the adventurer should get over their squeamishness or is already ded.
    – MonkeyZeus
    Nov 14 at 13:45






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    Beowulf brought home Grendel's arm for proof. Which, uh, worked soooooo well.
    – Damon
    Nov 14 at 14:36






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    Why are we killing things? Why 15 things? Usually when people in this world get annoyed at each other, they don't have a specific victim count they're going for. In fact, the way that I think the professionals usually do it is, "kill all x in place y", or even, "take x from those guys". So, this question's objective would be made a bit moot by having a more substantial objective.
    – sethrin
    2 days ago






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    Most people seem to have missed the obvious. If the trolls are already dead they won't bleed anymore...
    – Drunken Code Monkey
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    Take a selfie with each dead troll :)
    – Surb
    Nov 14 at 12:41






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    Squeamish adventurers that kill. Sounds like this is a self-solving problem because such adventurers probably wouldn't get hired or are too squeamish for the task at hand. I think that after a troll swings their weapon at the adventurer's neckline for the nth consecutive time then the adventurer should get over their squeamishness or is already ded.
    – MonkeyZeus
    Nov 14 at 13:45






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    Beowulf brought home Grendel's arm for proof. Which, uh, worked soooooo well.
    – Damon
    Nov 14 at 14:36






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    Why are we killing things? Why 15 things? Usually when people in this world get annoyed at each other, they don't have a specific victim count they're going for. In fact, the way that I think the professionals usually do it is, "kill all x in place y", or even, "take x from those guys". So, this question's objective would be made a bit moot by having a more substantial objective.
    – sethrin
    2 days ago






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    Most people seem to have missed the obvious. If the trolls are already dead they won't bleed anymore...
    – Drunken Code Monkey
    2 days ago








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Take a selfie with each dead troll :)
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Take a selfie with each dead troll :)
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Squeamish adventurers that kill. Sounds like this is a self-solving problem because such adventurers probably wouldn't get hired or are too squeamish for the task at hand. I think that after a troll swings their weapon at the adventurer's neckline for the nth consecutive time then the adventurer should get over their squeamishness or is already ded.
– MonkeyZeus
Nov 14 at 13:45




Squeamish adventurers that kill. Sounds like this is a self-solving problem because such adventurers probably wouldn't get hired or are too squeamish for the task at hand. I think that after a troll swings their weapon at the adventurer's neckline for the nth consecutive time then the adventurer should get over their squeamishness or is already ded.
– MonkeyZeus
Nov 14 at 13:45




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Beowulf brought home Grendel's arm for proof. Which, uh, worked soooooo well.
– Damon
Nov 14 at 14:36




Beowulf brought home Grendel's arm for proof. Which, uh, worked soooooo well.
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Why are we killing things? Why 15 things? Usually when people in this world get annoyed at each other, they don't have a specific victim count they're going for. In fact, the way that I think the professionals usually do it is, "kill all x in place y", or even, "take x from those guys". So, this question's objective would be made a bit moot by having a more substantial objective.
– sethrin
2 days ago




Why are we killing things? Why 15 things? Usually when people in this world get annoyed at each other, they don't have a specific victim count they're going for. In fact, the way that I think the professionals usually do it is, "kill all x in place y", or even, "take x from those guys". So, this question's objective would be made a bit moot by having a more substantial objective.
– sethrin
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Most people seem to have missed the obvious. If the trolls are already dead they won't bleed anymore...
– Drunken Code Monkey
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Most people seem to have missed the obvious. If the trolls are already dead they won't bleed anymore...
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Hire or Enslave a worker to do the dirty work for you



Surely there are poor unskilled people who you can pay on the cheap to do the dirty work of carrying and harvesting your trophy body parts. Best part is now you can remain unencumbered should you be ambushed. This also increases your inventory as the worker can carry supplies too.



If the worker is too expensive or scared of the job



Slavery works too!



Capture a goblin or something and make him do the work. Chain his neck so he cant run. Be careful as he may try to kill you in your sleep. Though, if you are a decent adventurer you will sleep cautiously anyways (keeps ya on your toes).






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    This seems like the answer medieval society would come up with, this is the same society that paid people to eat your sins.
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Cut off their tusks



Fortunately, trolls have tusks. Cutting the end off of tusks takes a bit of work, but there is no blood involved, so it is suitable even for the squeamish.



Note, horns are keratin over bone. Tusks are overgrown teeth. Troll tusks won't bleed.






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    As someone who has witnessed the cutting of cow horns, let me tell you, they bleed and freakishly so. There is no guarantee that a troll tusk would not bleed unless you took the very tip. But if you only took the tip who is to say it came from a troll and not something like a boar.
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    @anon Horns are keratin over bone. Tusks are overgrown teeth. Troll tusks won't bleed. Hopefully, they have a unique smell they can be identified by. Hopefully.
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    It they pay enough for "killing the trolls", I'm sure some entrepreneurs will start breeding trolls in captivity so they can sell their tusks. There are stories about similar things happening with snakes in India.
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    @vsz or rat farms in Thailand.
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    Tips of tusks grow back in most species. Tusks exist for most species as tools and are therefore constantly growing. Cutting in to the root (and hence blood) will cause the tooth to die, but is against the OP's request. Basically, this will incentivize down-and-out trolls to sell some tusk tips. Or as others have pointed out, to have others start troll farms.
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Fine, Strip them and Bring their crotch straps back



-Trolls wear loin clothes at least



-Trolls aren't hygienic so it would be hard to forge multiple used troll crotch straps



-So if they really press whether they are real or not you can tell the NPC to smell them and find out.






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  • I feel the problem with clothes is that its often hard to determine the source. Sure they could smell and be terrible, but you could of just as easily grabbed it off a Goblin, Orc, Orge or the likes. You might also have people who just by it off some hobo off the street or buy a couple, throw them into the trash/crap/fertilizer to recreate the smell. Baring a body part unique to a troll, this would be the next best thing...this or any unique item of clothing a troll may wear.
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    Tough luck if you have to destroy the troll nudist camp down at the beach though.
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    @Shadowzee "Baring a body part unique to a troll"? Ew.
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    Easily defrauded: Go to the troll camp and trade for their dirty laundry. Or kill one troll, then go to its home and collect all its other loincloths from wherever they're stored while not being worn. No matter how unhygienic trolls may be, they are unlikely to have only a single loincloth.
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  • @AmiralPatate Trolls are commonly depicted with wearing loin cloths, otherwise the maturity ratings of various media would needlessly increase. So a troll nudist camp would be unlikely.
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Get hold of a couple of palantirs. The NPC can watch the live action.






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Necromancy



Why cut off a ear when you can kill two trolls with one spell? You could get your hands dirty cutting off ears, and the quest giver might still suspect you made fake ears. It'd take a brave person to accuse you of making 15 fake zombie trolls. Even if the contract requires you to remove the ears (and you are the lawful sort), you could keep your own hands clean and just get your zombie minions to remove each other's ears. If after all that they still refuse to pay... well then you have 16 pet zombies. It is win-win!






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    Assert you did.



    Thrash up your stuff and bloody your sword. Go back to the dude. Yell "I KILLED TROLLLLLS!" Let the residual battle frenzy gleam in your eye. Make sure he understands you have suffered much brain damage from many fights over your life, but if anything that has increased your 99 strength.



    If he starts laying conditions and caveats on you, become angry. If he says you did not follow the instructions, show him the blood on your weapons and yell about trolls.



    He will offer you half pay to leave and not come back. He will apologetically explain he needed the troll parts which is why it is just half pay, but he feels bad about wasting your time. Take the money in exchange for him conceding that you killed the trolls. Give him a tip with his own money for saying it.






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      Knowing some games/stories, you are actually threatening the retired legendary dragon slayer who single handedly saved the entire continent from an apocalyptic doom and is now retired and guiding new adventurers from behind the scenes.
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      Go into merchant store, talk about getting paid for not doing your work. Showing you are an adventurer. Getting a strait in your head. Every merchant have loaded crossbow under the counter just for the people like you.
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    • Given the adventurers in question are squeamish about handling blood, I can only assume the substance coating their weapons is actually barbecue sauce. (The dumb ones use ketchup, but are easily caught out as it dries too bright a shade.)
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    DOCUMENTATION



    All your main char has to do is bring a vial of ink with him/her and also a sheet of paper (hopefully a journal). Assuming your character has the literacy skill > 10, they should be able to read and write.



    After your character has slain the trolls, have the character take out some ink and a sheet of paper. Spread the ink over the troll hand and ear. Attach the sheet of paper to the hand and then the ear. The ink marks from hand/ears should be unique to each troll. Now present your slaying documentation to your quest giver and bing bang boom LEVEL UP!






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      I suspect it will be quite hard to tell the difference between imprints from two different trolls, and two imprints from the same troll in different positions.
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      @Brilliand "All trolls look alike!1!" --- nah
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      This is what I was going to post. If they resemble humans so much, no finger/palm print would match between trolls. To be paid, your print must be verified at the Scotland Bard's National Bureau of Troll Identification. If you bring in a copy, you forfeit your troll hunting rights for life. If it's a legit hand print, you get your gold.
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    • Let's say you're to provide left hand/ear prints. Could you over-ink enough to take a right hand/ear print, then use a second sheet of paper to obtain a reverse copy of same? that would let you take out 8 trolls, but have evidence indicating you took out 16. Also - what if a troll is missing their left hand/ear?
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    • @RDFozz I trust the invisible medieval gauntlet of capitalism to find a solution to the counterfeiting problem (a guild of checkers to check for dupes as an example). I was under the impression ever since I was 11 and playing DND that Trolls always regenerate. If that isn't the case, I suppose people would just accept whatever details were available. Supposing they have NO ears or hands, the market probably would deem them as "not harmful" and therefor not worth the normal quest market price.
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    Ear Wax



    Troll Earwax is the best wax for clean burning candles. Your quest is not simply to go kill these trolls but to harvest their earwax. You are paid by the weight of wax brought back that way fair compensation goes for bigger trolls with more wax than the smaller trolls who just don't make enough yet.






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      You don't know how badly this makes me want to post another answer for "Troll Semen" to support conservational efforts in lieu of the genocidal adventures.
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      @anon How are you going to collect semen from a dead troll?
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    Take along an agreed credible witness to document the activity.



    Perhaps a priest or other literate person.



    Does create the extra bother of protecting them.






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      Protection is only a problem if you actually kill a troll, rather than agree to donate half the reward to the church.
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    The squeamish adventurers kill the troll via boredom.



    No blood, no guts, nothing.



    The adventure pays (on account of being squeamish) individuals without a sense of smell to carry/drag/transport the full troll body back in an ice bag.




    • The guild must acknowledge that it is indeed a dead troll, no questions asked.

    • The adventurer is renowned for their ability to slay otherwise quite difficult to kill trolls without actually laying a hand on them.

    • The DM buys shares in the ice business because it's going to be big.






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      Burn the Body, then bring back the skull.






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      • This actually does work, a bit time consuming but it works.
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      Collect their foreskins.



      David was tasked by Saul to collect a dowry of 100 Philistine deaths. David, one of life's over-achievers, returned with proof of their deaths in the form of 200 of the offending articles.




      Therefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the
      Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and
      they gave them in full number to the king
      , that he might be the king's
      son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter as his wife.



      1 Samuel 18:27




      Not only was it super-effective in proving their deaths (since no respecting Philistine would allow David's small army to mess with their junk if they could possibly help it) but it was both portable and relatively non-bloody because a dead body has practically no bloodflow.



      If your men are genuinely squeamish about even a single drop of blood they can use the local equivalent of cautery by heating a razor-sharp knife over a flame until red hot. This will seal the blood vessels as they cut.






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      • Came here to give the same answer. Also, David couldn't just raze the first village on the way, as women have no foreskins. He also couldn't ask his own men for a donation to the wedding fund, because they already had their foreskins removed. So Philistines were the only available source. And by the way, doubling the required number was quite a feat, but I think it would have been even funnier, if he came back with those guys alive, well,, and converted to Judaism :)
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        @DarthHunterix - The was one of the plot points in Heller's parody "God Knows". David is initially under the impression that he has to circumcise the philistines live and budgets accordingly "Allowing about an hour, on average, to locate and seize each Philistine for circumcision, and working with four squads of six men taking their daylight nourishment on the prowl rather than breaking for lunch...". He's much happier to learn that he can simply kill them first.
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      • Good one :) However I meant an actual conversion, turning them from enemies into friends. In any case, all three options are badass enough on their own.
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      • What if trolls (a) are born without foreskins (b) are circumcised to prevent the shame of having their foreskin stolen if they are killed. Maybe this was the origin of circumcision. Maybe warring tribes used to use this as evidence of kills.
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      • @chaslyfromUK - you can really cut of any non-fleshy part like an ear as long as you wait for the blood to congeal a little
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      Make a travois! They're certainly simpler to make than anything with wheels



      Regardless of your power level, dragging is easier than carrying. Travois don't require wheels, though it's certainly an option to reduce your expended effort. Make it longer, or tie a rope to it if you're still getting nauseous. Regardless, it's a simple enough device that you can hook it up to a horse or an unenthusiastic hireling



      That being said, a cart or wagon will serve you better, but that's less outside-the-box






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        You see hiring a guy to kill 15 troll and not telling them how he should prove those 15 kills would be the stupidest idea ever. Why?



        Because person who take a quest to kill 15 troll IS the person who will drag (or will hire other people to drag) 15 rotting, smelly, troll carcasses to your doors to prove that they, in fact, killed them. And to prove that those are their kill, and not some roadkills they find lying around, they will either catch souls of those trolls to testify before you who slayed them or will have you watch their death with some magic.

        Great deal, now you have 15 rotting meatbags, 15 screaming souls or you watched so many troll death you have it imprinted in your eyeballs and one person who you need to pay because you see they are nothing to flick around.



        You know what is better? That don't have blood? That don't require you to watch? And will have higher crop with the same bounty? Troll Jewellery. Let's say that troll wears rings. They have finite amount of fingers so you assume that every troll can wear 10 of them. So you say "hey, bring me 150 troll rings".

        The catch is that not every troll wear 10 rings. Some wear 3, some wear none. The result is that to get 150 rings adventurers need to kill much more. Yet the guild pay like they would kill 15 of them.
        EXTRA CATCH FOR MAXIMUM EXTRA MEGA PROFIT The guild, and trolls, are the only ones who can melt those ring into "non-troll, not at all, all genuine dwarf" jewellery. So you make those rings worthless outside guild quest while fetching extra money. Basically the quest pay for itself while making extra income for the guild.



        And this is the story of how make money in fantasy world using cheap labour and monopolizing market.






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        • in my original question this was an RPG quest situation where the protagonist didn't read the quest instructions. But it got edited to fit the worldbuilding format.
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          @Eries for that reason quest instructions would have "I have read and agreed" at the bottom and if protagonist did something else then he would not get paid. Also very RPG guild move to kill troll and not pay adventurers who don't read.
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        If you're really going with World of Warcraft (or D&D) style trolls, you've got a problem: They regenerate:




        Although enough physical damage will kill them, trolls can regenerate lost limbs and heal grievous physical injuries at an accelerated rate, giving them a large advantage in battle.




        So your proof is going to have to be something that doesn't regenerate. If you choose ears, or tusks, or fingers, or hands, or feet, your adventurers don't need to kill 15 trolls, they can capture just one, then harvest it for the relevant body part over and over (in both D&D and WoW, troll regeneration from nearly dead to unharmed occurs in the space of a few minutes at most, so you could harvest 15 trolls worth of body parts in the space of an hour, give or take).



        So you need something that won't regenerate and can be uniquely associated with a single troll.



        Unfortunately, the obvious solution here (in terms of maximum proof for minimum "amount of troll") is scalps; sure, the scalp itself can regenerate, but the hair is dead, and presumably grows at a relatively normal rate; you could harvest scalps over and over, but scalp #2 and onwards wouldn't have hair. The reason I say "unfortunately" is that nothing bleeds like a scalp wound and your adventurers are squeamish. As others have suggested, once the troll is dead, you could just wait a bit and the blood should coagulate, but if they don't want to deal with blood at all, they're stuck. Claws might also work (though in most depictions of trolls, a chopped off arm grows back with claws, so they may not be made of dead material the way human fingernails are).



        The best I can come up with is having them collect the hair itself. It's not perfect; trolls have wildly varying amounts of, and growth patterns for, hair in most depictions, so it might be possible to take hair from one troll and pretend it came from two or more. But it's the best you're likely to come up with shy of dragging all 15 corpses back with you.



        Ear wax, as mentioned in another answer, might also be viable (presumably carving out an ear and having it regrow won't have it regrow complete with ear wax build up), though as that answer notes, it can't give an accurate kill count, just a rough estimate (it's like hair, but even easier to subdivide).



        There is a flaw with all of these methods: If trolls are smart, they might try to game your troll death metrics by regular grooming; shaving their heads, carving out the inner skin of their own ears (or use q-tips, whatever) every week or so, etc. If you're adventurers looking to make a buck, taking the risk of death fighting trolls that you won't be paid for might seem like a bad deal.






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          Bring full body vids including yourself knifing thru the heart & slitting throat of the orc, pre or post-mortem, along with an accompanying dna swab. He checks.



          That should do the trick.






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          • Those squeamish adventures don't want to cut bits off, but are fine to have a photo shoot slicing and dicing?
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          • they wanted proof, they have proof. :) or just the dna, if the videoz are too unpleasant. but between the two, that proof is indisputable.
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          • Good point, and any squeamish adventurer who adventures can certainly find an already dead troll.
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          Get a referee / mentor to join your quest.



          You may bring 15 troll ears, 20 tusks and 1 gallon of ear wax BUT:



          Was it really you who did the work, or did you buy yourself through a gift shop down the street or worse, did you let others do the dirty work?



          This is why the Guild of of Adventurers Anonymous provides a referee or a mentor for every one who goes on such an honorable quest of slaying innocent trolls.



          The referee writes down every troll you killed and even how you killed them, because there are more than one way to kill a troll and not all of them are favoured by your guild.






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            Get the trolls to chase you




            1. Place the NPC at the top of a safe tower or other natural defence.


            2. Dig a ditch of spikes and cover with branches and leaves. Leave one place where it's easy for you to cross but make sure it looks no different from the rest of the concealed ditch apart from an odd shaped branch.


            3. Find a band of trolls.


            4. Get them to chase you.


            5. Keep shouting insults to enrage them but run just fast enough to keep ahead.


            6. Run until you get to where the NPC is waiting.


            7. Cross the concealed spiked ditch, turn to face the oncoming horde and shout your worst insults whilst making rude hand-gestures.


            8. Watch as the trolls fall into the ditch and impale themselves.


            9. Kill any that manage to cross the narrow concealed bridge by knocking them off it in the manner of Little John and Robin Hood. Shoot stragglers who didn't quite reach the ditch with your bow.


            10. Collect your reward.



            This also has the advantage of being re-usable. Make sure no-one lives to tell the tale and you can use the same trick repeatedly.






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              Do your trolls live in caves?




              1. Wait until the troll goes to sleep after a long day of pillaging villages and farmsteads. *(Usually an adventurer's first instinct is to swoop-in and save the day before another village gets looted, but you have to remember to be patient here)


              2. Roll a giant bolder to the cave entrance. Make sure it's properly secured so the troll can't get out. (Maybe bring some mortar with you just in case...)



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              1. Wait a year and then come back to the cave. By this time the troll should have run out of food in the cave and starved to death.


              2. You now have an intact troll body (or more if he had a wife and kids in the cave), with body-parts that you can say came from multiple trolls, you've also got troll weapons and troll clothes as further proof for whatever you want.







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                1. Help my cute elf! You must be female elf. I am sure there will be army of ready help.

                2. Photo - No magic selfies or too expensive?

                3. In name of my honor! Trolls are no more! Magic and divine oaths.

                4. For for reasonable pay, guild verifies kills: sending extra with you or after job is done, while your pay is pending.

                5. Get troll weapons or whatever your trolls have. Poor trolls.






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                  Troll Semen



                  With genocidal adventurers constantly picking off trolls to improve their status in society it would be necessary for societies to engage in conservational efforts to stabilize the troll populations.



                  Seeing as how there are adventurers who do not wish to return traditional socially rewarding trophies they can be used to instead return materials useful in conservation efforts.



                  Using a syringe an adventurer could harvest the eggs or semen from dead trolls. Because they are dead their blood flow has stopped so sticking them with a needle will not result in any significant spray that could get on them.



                  The eggs and semen could then be used to artificially impregnate captive trolls thereby replacing their population.






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                    Livestream it.



                    Since you didn’t mention anything about your world I’m going to assume a similar world to ours. If it is a less technologically advanced world then figure out a magic livestream that people can watch in some specifically built theater.



                    You’re an adventurer with the equivalence of a live gaming Youtube stream. Thousands of peasants watch you (and others) ridding the world of those pesky trolls. Sometimes the adventurers die horribly in the process, which makes it even more entertaining.






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                      Depends on your way of killing the trolls without blood, But if there is no modern technology around and going livestream while killing trolls is not possible, then let the troll come to you.



                      1) Lure the troll near the town



                      2) Kill the troll



                      3) Get Rewarded



                      All of the above answers(skinning the troll, ripping parts of the troll, etc..) could be bypassed by just either waiting for a troll to die, or searching for a dead troll, or making trolls fight each other, take the token and present it. My approach will make sure YOU did it, and the whole town witnessed you kill the trolls.



                      How you do it without blood is way beyond me, I cant seem to picture killing something without blood.






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                        Take their Mojo



                        Adult trolls (or at least, the Warcraft variety) have their own special form of magic (Voodoo in Warcraft terms) that requires a special bag of charms (A liquid in Warcraft), called a Mojo. A troll will never willingly part with their Mojo while they are alive, and all trolls carry Mojo, so there is a one to one relationship between a Mojo and a troll. It doesn't require any severing of limbs, nor cutting of body parts to harvest, and it's relatively easy to carry. It's also hard to make a forgery, because it's infused with the troll's personal Voodoo magic.






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                        Insurance. No really.



                        Where there is money exchanging hands, there is risk. Where there is risk and money exchanging hands, there is always someone looking to make money from this.



                        Have your reward payers set the value of killed troll through investment from those who wish to see the trolls gone. Have this value be underwritten by insurers. Only troll kills which can be verified by an agent of the underwriters will count. This causes the troll hunters to pay to bring along a verified agent of the insurance agency. This Agent also collects a salary based on how few trolls are killed.



                        If he lies by reducing the number, he can rest assured the next troll hunt will either see him not being brought along or being used as "accidental" bait. If he lies by increasing the number, he will be paid less in his salary. Finding this value to reduce the chance of bribery is a big part of insurance.



                        If he tells the truth, the troll hunters are happy that he isn't taking money away from them. The insurance company is happy because their books balance. And the investors are happy because there are less trolls running around.



                        Edit: Also forgot that the same insurers will be offering life insurance policies and workmen's compensation options to the troll hunters. Heck, they can even offer insurance for poor hunting years.






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                          Let's assume that an ear is enough proof you've killed a troll. Your adventures could just hire an NPC who waits till the fight is over, then cuts off the ears of the dead trolls and put them into a chest, half filled with sand (the sand will keep any blood from dripping out of the box). Then all the adventurers need to do is present the chest to whoever asked for 15 trolls.



                          Of course, if the adventurers have a DEX above 6, it shouldn't be too hard for them to cut of ears without getting blood on them.



                          I'm far more interested how they plan to kill 15 trolls without getting blood on them.






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                            Bury the dead trolls by anthills, termite mounds, or other scavenger insects. Come back in a year or so when the trollskull is clean and hand that in.



                            Alternatively, boil the trolls, the trollflesh will fall right off, again you get clean skulls and bones, as well as rendered trollfat and other usable parts.



                            Maybe a bit stinky though, if you're not gonna clean the bodies before boiling. You'll be basically boiling the bodies in a vat of trollcrap.






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                              Hire or Enslave a worker to do the dirty work for you



                              Surely there are poor unskilled people who you can pay on the cheap to do the dirty work of carrying and harvesting your trophy body parts. Best part is now you can remain unencumbered should you be ambushed. This also increases your inventory as the worker can carry supplies too.



                              If the worker is too expensive or scared of the job



                              Slavery works too!



                              Capture a goblin or something and make him do the work. Chain his neck so he cant run. Be careful as he may try to kill you in your sleep. Though, if you are a decent adventurer you will sleep cautiously anyways (keeps ya on your toes).






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                              Hire or Enslave a worker to do the dirty work for you



                              Surely there are poor unskilled people who you can pay on the cheap to do the dirty work of carrying and harvesting your trophy body parts. Best part is now you can remain unencumbered should you be ambushed. This also increases your inventory as the worker can carry supplies too.



                              If the worker is too expensive or scared of the job



                              Slavery works too!



                              Capture a goblin or something and make him do the work. Chain his neck so he cant run. Be careful as he may try to kill you in your sleep. Though, if you are a decent adventurer you will sleep cautiously anyways (keeps ya on your toes).






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                              Hire or Enslave a worker to do the dirty work for you



                              Surely there are poor unskilled people who you can pay on the cheap to do the dirty work of carrying and harvesting your trophy body parts. Best part is now you can remain unencumbered should you be ambushed. This also increases your inventory as the worker can carry supplies too.



                              If the worker is too expensive or scared of the job



                              Slavery works too!



                              Capture a goblin or something and make him do the work. Chain his neck so he cant run. Be careful as he may try to kill you in your sleep. Though, if you are a decent adventurer you will sleep cautiously anyways (keeps ya on your toes).






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                              Hire or Enslave a worker to do the dirty work for you



                              Surely there are poor unskilled people who you can pay on the cheap to do the dirty work of carrying and harvesting your trophy body parts. Best part is now you can remain unencumbered should you be ambushed. This also increases your inventory as the worker can carry supplies too.



                              If the worker is too expensive or scared of the job



                              Slavery works too!



                              Capture a goblin or something and make him do the work. Chain his neck so he cant run. Be careful as he may try to kill you in your sleep. Though, if you are a decent adventurer you will sleep cautiously anyways (keeps ya on your toes).







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                              Cut off their tusks



                              Fortunately, trolls have tusks. Cutting the end off of tusks takes a bit of work, but there is no blood involved, so it is suitable even for the squeamish.



                              Note, horns are keratin over bone. Tusks are overgrown teeth. Troll tusks won't bleed.






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                                As someone who has witnessed the cutting of cow horns, let me tell you, they bleed and freakishly so. There is no guarantee that a troll tusk would not bleed unless you took the very tip. But if you only took the tip who is to say it came from a troll and not something like a boar.
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                                @anon Horns are keratin over bone. Tusks are overgrown teeth. Troll tusks won't bleed. Hopefully, they have a unique smell they can be identified by. Hopefully.
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                                It they pay enough for "killing the trolls", I'm sure some entrepreneurs will start breeding trolls in captivity so they can sell their tusks. There are stories about similar things happening with snakes in India.
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                                @vsz or rat farms in Thailand.
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                                Tips of tusks grow back in most species. Tusks exist for most species as tools and are therefore constantly growing. Cutting in to the root (and hence blood) will cause the tooth to die, but is against the OP's request. Basically, this will incentivize down-and-out trolls to sell some tusk tips. Or as others have pointed out, to have others start troll farms.
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                              Cut off their tusks



                              Fortunately, trolls have tusks. Cutting the end off of tusks takes a bit of work, but there is no blood involved, so it is suitable even for the squeamish.



                              Note, horns are keratin over bone. Tusks are overgrown teeth. Troll tusks won't bleed.






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                                As someone who has witnessed the cutting of cow horns, let me tell you, they bleed and freakishly so. There is no guarantee that a troll tusk would not bleed unless you took the very tip. But if you only took the tip who is to say it came from a troll and not something like a boar.
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                                @anon Horns are keratin over bone. Tusks are overgrown teeth. Troll tusks won't bleed. Hopefully, they have a unique smell they can be identified by. Hopefully.
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                                It they pay enough for "killing the trolls", I'm sure some entrepreneurs will start breeding trolls in captivity so they can sell their tusks. There are stories about similar things happening with snakes in India.
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                                @vsz or rat farms in Thailand.
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                                Tips of tusks grow back in most species. Tusks exist for most species as tools and are therefore constantly growing. Cutting in to the root (and hence blood) will cause the tooth to die, but is against the OP's request. Basically, this will incentivize down-and-out trolls to sell some tusk tips. Or as others have pointed out, to have others start troll farms.
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                              Cut off their tusks



                              Fortunately, trolls have tusks. Cutting the end off of tusks takes a bit of work, but there is no blood involved, so it is suitable even for the squeamish.



                              Note, horns are keratin over bone. Tusks are overgrown teeth. Troll tusks won't bleed.






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                              Cut off their tusks



                              Fortunately, trolls have tusks. Cutting the end off of tusks takes a bit of work, but there is no blood involved, so it is suitable even for the squeamish.



                              Note, horns are keratin over bone. Tusks are overgrown teeth. Troll tusks won't bleed.







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                                As someone who has witnessed the cutting of cow horns, let me tell you, they bleed and freakishly so. There is no guarantee that a troll tusk would not bleed unless you took the very tip. But if you only took the tip who is to say it came from a troll and not something like a boar.
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                                @anon Horns are keratin over bone. Tusks are overgrown teeth. Troll tusks won't bleed. Hopefully, they have a unique smell they can be identified by. Hopefully.
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                                It they pay enough for "killing the trolls", I'm sure some entrepreneurs will start breeding trolls in captivity so they can sell their tusks. There are stories about similar things happening with snakes in India.
                                – vsz
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                                @vsz or rat farms in Thailand.
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                                Tips of tusks grow back in most species. Tusks exist for most species as tools and are therefore constantly growing. Cutting in to the root (and hence blood) will cause the tooth to die, but is against the OP's request. Basically, this will incentivize down-and-out trolls to sell some tusk tips. Or as others have pointed out, to have others start troll farms.
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                                As someone who has witnessed the cutting of cow horns, let me tell you, they bleed and freakishly so. There is no guarantee that a troll tusk would not bleed unless you took the very tip. But if you only took the tip who is to say it came from a troll and not something like a boar.
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                                @anon Horns are keratin over bone. Tusks are overgrown teeth. Troll tusks won't bleed. Hopefully, they have a unique smell they can be identified by. Hopefully.
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                                It they pay enough for "killing the trolls", I'm sure some entrepreneurs will start breeding trolls in captivity so they can sell their tusks. There are stories about similar things happening with snakes in India.
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                                @vsz or rat farms in Thailand.
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                                Tips of tusks grow back in most species. Tusks exist for most species as tools and are therefore constantly growing. Cutting in to the root (and hence blood) will cause the tooth to die, but is against the OP's request. Basically, this will incentivize down-and-out trolls to sell some tusk tips. Or as others have pointed out, to have others start troll farms.
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                              As someone who has witnessed the cutting of cow horns, let me tell you, they bleed and freakishly so. There is no guarantee that a troll tusk would not bleed unless you took the very tip. But if you only took the tip who is to say it came from a troll and not something like a boar.
                              – anon
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                              As someone who has witnessed the cutting of cow horns, let me tell you, they bleed and freakishly so. There is no guarantee that a troll tusk would not bleed unless you took the very tip. But if you only took the tip who is to say it came from a troll and not something like a boar.
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                              @anon Horns are keratin over bone. Tusks are overgrown teeth. Troll tusks won't bleed. Hopefully, they have a unique smell they can be identified by. Hopefully.
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                              @anon Horns are keratin over bone. Tusks are overgrown teeth. Troll tusks won't bleed. Hopefully, they have a unique smell they can be identified by. Hopefully.
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                              It they pay enough for "killing the trolls", I'm sure some entrepreneurs will start breeding trolls in captivity so they can sell their tusks. There are stories about similar things happening with snakes in India.
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                              Nov 14 at 5:31




                              It they pay enough for "killing the trolls", I'm sure some entrepreneurs will start breeding trolls in captivity so they can sell their tusks. There are stories about similar things happening with snakes in India.
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                              @vsz or rat farms in Thailand.
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                              @vsz or rat farms in Thailand.
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                              Tips of tusks grow back in most species. Tusks exist for most species as tools and are therefore constantly growing. Cutting in to the root (and hence blood) will cause the tooth to die, but is against the OP's request. Basically, this will incentivize down-and-out trolls to sell some tusk tips. Or as others have pointed out, to have others start troll farms.
                              – ColonelPanic
                              Nov 14 at 10:43




                              Tips of tusks grow back in most species. Tusks exist for most species as tools and are therefore constantly growing. Cutting in to the root (and hence blood) will cause the tooth to die, but is against the OP's request. Basically, this will incentivize down-and-out trolls to sell some tusk tips. Or as others have pointed out, to have others start troll farms.
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                              Fine, Strip them and Bring their crotch straps back



                              -Trolls wear loin clothes at least



                              -Trolls aren't hygienic so it would be hard to forge multiple used troll crotch straps



                              -So if they really press whether they are real or not you can tell the NPC to smell them and find out.






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                              • I feel the problem with clothes is that its often hard to determine the source. Sure they could smell and be terrible, but you could of just as easily grabbed it off a Goblin, Orc, Orge or the likes. You might also have people who just by it off some hobo off the street or buy a couple, throw them into the trash/crap/fertilizer to recreate the smell. Baring a body part unique to a troll, this would be the next best thing...this or any unique item of clothing a troll may wear.
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                                Tough luck if you have to destroy the troll nudist camp down at the beach though.
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                                @Shadowzee "Baring a body part unique to a troll"? Ew.
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                                Easily defrauded: Go to the troll camp and trade for their dirty laundry. Or kill one troll, then go to its home and collect all its other loincloths from wherever they're stored while not being worn. No matter how unhygienic trolls may be, they are unlikely to have only a single loincloth.
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                              • @AmiralPatate Trolls are commonly depicted with wearing loin cloths, otherwise the maturity ratings of various media would needlessly increase. So a troll nudist camp would be unlikely.
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                              Fine, Strip them and Bring their crotch straps back



                              -Trolls wear loin clothes at least



                              -Trolls aren't hygienic so it would be hard to forge multiple used troll crotch straps



                              -So if they really press whether they are real or not you can tell the NPC to smell them and find out.






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                              • I feel the problem with clothes is that its often hard to determine the source. Sure they could smell and be terrible, but you could of just as easily grabbed it off a Goblin, Orc, Orge or the likes. You might also have people who just by it off some hobo off the street or buy a couple, throw them into the trash/crap/fertilizer to recreate the smell. Baring a body part unique to a troll, this would be the next best thing...this or any unique item of clothing a troll may wear.
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                                Tough luck if you have to destroy the troll nudist camp down at the beach though.
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                                @Shadowzee "Baring a body part unique to a troll"? Ew.
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                                Easily defrauded: Go to the troll camp and trade for their dirty laundry. Or kill one troll, then go to its home and collect all its other loincloths from wherever they're stored while not being worn. No matter how unhygienic trolls may be, they are unlikely to have only a single loincloth.
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                              • @AmiralPatate Trolls are commonly depicted with wearing loin cloths, otherwise the maturity ratings of various media would needlessly increase. So a troll nudist camp would be unlikely.
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                              Fine, Strip them and Bring their crotch straps back



                              -Trolls wear loin clothes at least



                              -Trolls aren't hygienic so it would be hard to forge multiple used troll crotch straps



                              -So if they really press whether they are real or not you can tell the NPC to smell them and find out.






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                              Fine, Strip them and Bring their crotch straps back



                              -Trolls wear loin clothes at least



                              -Trolls aren't hygienic so it would be hard to forge multiple used troll crotch straps



                              -So if they really press whether they are real or not you can tell the NPC to smell them and find out.







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                              answered Nov 13 at 18:34









                              anon

                              10.1k1357




                              10.1k1357












                              • I feel the problem with clothes is that its often hard to determine the source. Sure they could smell and be terrible, but you could of just as easily grabbed it off a Goblin, Orc, Orge or the likes. You might also have people who just by it off some hobo off the street or buy a couple, throw them into the trash/crap/fertilizer to recreate the smell. Baring a body part unique to a troll, this would be the next best thing...this or any unique item of clothing a troll may wear.
                                – Shadowzee
                                Nov 14 at 3:34






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                                Tough luck if you have to destroy the troll nudist camp down at the beach though.
                                – AmiralPatate
                                Nov 14 at 6:55






                              • 1




                                @Shadowzee "Baring a body part unique to a troll"? Ew.
                                – Rand al'Thor
                                Nov 14 at 7:43






                              • 9




                                Easily defrauded: Go to the troll camp and trade for their dirty laundry. Or kill one troll, then go to its home and collect all its other loincloths from wherever they're stored while not being worn. No matter how unhygienic trolls may be, they are unlikely to have only a single loincloth.
                                – Dave Sherohman
                                Nov 14 at 10:05










                              • @AmiralPatate Trolls are commonly depicted with wearing loin cloths, otherwise the maturity ratings of various media would needlessly increase. So a troll nudist camp would be unlikely.
                                – anon
                                Nov 14 at 13:40


















                              • I feel the problem with clothes is that its often hard to determine the source. Sure they could smell and be terrible, but you could of just as easily grabbed it off a Goblin, Orc, Orge or the likes. You might also have people who just by it off some hobo off the street or buy a couple, throw them into the trash/crap/fertilizer to recreate the smell. Baring a body part unique to a troll, this would be the next best thing...this or any unique item of clothing a troll may wear.
                                – Shadowzee
                                Nov 14 at 3:34






                              • 14




                                Tough luck if you have to destroy the troll nudist camp down at the beach though.
                                – AmiralPatate
                                Nov 14 at 6:55






                              • 1




                                @Shadowzee "Baring a body part unique to a troll"? Ew.
                                – Rand al'Thor
                                Nov 14 at 7:43






                              • 9




                                Easily defrauded: Go to the troll camp and trade for their dirty laundry. Or kill one troll, then go to its home and collect all its other loincloths from wherever they're stored while not being worn. No matter how unhygienic trolls may be, they are unlikely to have only a single loincloth.
                                – Dave Sherohman
                                Nov 14 at 10:05










                              • @AmiralPatate Trolls are commonly depicted with wearing loin cloths, otherwise the maturity ratings of various media would needlessly increase. So a troll nudist camp would be unlikely.
                                – anon
                                Nov 14 at 13:40
















                              I feel the problem with clothes is that its often hard to determine the source. Sure they could smell and be terrible, but you could of just as easily grabbed it off a Goblin, Orc, Orge or the likes. You might also have people who just by it off some hobo off the street or buy a couple, throw them into the trash/crap/fertilizer to recreate the smell. Baring a body part unique to a troll, this would be the next best thing...this or any unique item of clothing a troll may wear.
                              – Shadowzee
                              Nov 14 at 3:34




                              I feel the problem with clothes is that its often hard to determine the source. Sure they could smell and be terrible, but you could of just as easily grabbed it off a Goblin, Orc, Orge or the likes. You might also have people who just by it off some hobo off the street or buy a couple, throw them into the trash/crap/fertilizer to recreate the smell. Baring a body part unique to a troll, this would be the next best thing...this or any unique item of clothing a troll may wear.
                              – Shadowzee
                              Nov 14 at 3:34




                              14




                              14




                              Tough luck if you have to destroy the troll nudist camp down at the beach though.
                              – AmiralPatate
                              Nov 14 at 6:55




                              Tough luck if you have to destroy the troll nudist camp down at the beach though.
                              – AmiralPatate
                              Nov 14 at 6:55




                              1




                              1




                              @Shadowzee "Baring a body part unique to a troll"? Ew.
                              – Rand al'Thor
                              Nov 14 at 7:43




                              @Shadowzee "Baring a body part unique to a troll"? Ew.
                              – Rand al'Thor
                              Nov 14 at 7:43




                              9




                              9




                              Easily defrauded: Go to the troll camp and trade for their dirty laundry. Or kill one troll, then go to its home and collect all its other loincloths from wherever they're stored while not being worn. No matter how unhygienic trolls may be, they are unlikely to have only a single loincloth.
                              – Dave Sherohman
                              Nov 14 at 10:05




                              Easily defrauded: Go to the troll camp and trade for their dirty laundry. Or kill one troll, then go to its home and collect all its other loincloths from wherever they're stored while not being worn. No matter how unhygienic trolls may be, they are unlikely to have only a single loincloth.
                              – Dave Sherohman
                              Nov 14 at 10:05












                              @AmiralPatate Trolls are commonly depicted with wearing loin cloths, otherwise the maturity ratings of various media would needlessly increase. So a troll nudist camp would be unlikely.
                              – anon
                              Nov 14 at 13:40




                              @AmiralPatate Trolls are commonly depicted with wearing loin cloths, otherwise the maturity ratings of various media would needlessly increase. So a troll nudist camp would be unlikely.
                              – anon
                              Nov 14 at 13:40










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                              Get hold of a couple of palantirs. The NPC can watch the live action.






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                              • Nit: the plural is "palantiri"
                                – Brian McCutchon
                                8 hours ago















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                              Get hold of a couple of palantirs. The NPC can watch the live action.






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                              • Nit: the plural is "palantiri"
                                – Brian McCutchon
                                8 hours ago













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                              Get hold of a couple of palantirs. The NPC can watch the live action.






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                              Get hold of a couple of palantirs. The NPC can watch the live action.







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                              answered Nov 13 at 19:10









                              chasly from UK

                              6,11522862




                              6,11522862












                              • Nit: the plural is "palantiri"
                                – Brian McCutchon
                                8 hours ago


















                              • Nit: the plural is "palantiri"
                                – Brian McCutchon
                                8 hours ago
















                              Nit: the plural is "palantiri"
                              – Brian McCutchon
                              8 hours ago




                              Nit: the plural is "palantiri"
                              – Brian McCutchon
                              8 hours ago










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                              Necromancy



                              Why cut off a ear when you can kill two trolls with one spell? You could get your hands dirty cutting off ears, and the quest giver might still suspect you made fake ears. It'd take a brave person to accuse you of making 15 fake zombie trolls. Even if the contract requires you to remove the ears (and you are the lawful sort), you could keep your own hands clean and just get your zombie minions to remove each other's ears. If after all that they still refuse to pay... well then you have 16 pet zombies. It is win-win!






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                                Necromancy



                                Why cut off a ear when you can kill two trolls with one spell? You could get your hands dirty cutting off ears, and the quest giver might still suspect you made fake ears. It'd take a brave person to accuse you of making 15 fake zombie trolls. Even if the contract requires you to remove the ears (and you are the lawful sort), you could keep your own hands clean and just get your zombie minions to remove each other's ears. If after all that they still refuse to pay... well then you have 16 pet zombies. It is win-win!






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                                  up vote
                                  21
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                                  Necromancy



                                  Why cut off a ear when you can kill two trolls with one spell? You could get your hands dirty cutting off ears, and the quest giver might still suspect you made fake ears. It'd take a brave person to accuse you of making 15 fake zombie trolls. Even if the contract requires you to remove the ears (and you are the lawful sort), you could keep your own hands clean and just get your zombie minions to remove each other's ears. If after all that they still refuse to pay... well then you have 16 pet zombies. It is win-win!






                                  share|improve this answer














                                  Necromancy



                                  Why cut off a ear when you can kill two trolls with one spell? You could get your hands dirty cutting off ears, and the quest giver might still suspect you made fake ears. It'd take a brave person to accuse you of making 15 fake zombie trolls. Even if the contract requires you to remove the ears (and you are the lawful sort), you could keep your own hands clean and just get your zombie minions to remove each other's ears. If after all that they still refuse to pay... well then you have 16 pet zombies. It is win-win!







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                                  edited 20 hours ago

























                                  answered Nov 14 at 7:14









                                  gmatht

                                  2,7541611




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                                      Assert you did.



                                      Thrash up your stuff and bloody your sword. Go back to the dude. Yell "I KILLED TROLLLLLS!" Let the residual battle frenzy gleam in your eye. Make sure he understands you have suffered much brain damage from many fights over your life, but if anything that has increased your 99 strength.



                                      If he starts laying conditions and caveats on you, become angry. If he says you did not follow the instructions, show him the blood on your weapons and yell about trolls.



                                      He will offer you half pay to leave and not come back. He will apologetically explain he needed the troll parts which is why it is just half pay, but he feels bad about wasting your time. Take the money in exchange for him conceding that you killed the trolls. Give him a tip with his own money for saying it.






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                                        Knowing some games/stories, you are actually threatening the retired legendary dragon slayer who single handedly saved the entire continent from an apocalyptic doom and is now retired and guiding new adventurers from behind the scenes.
                                        – Shadowzee
                                        Nov 14 at 3:44






                                      • 1




                                        Go into merchant store, talk about getting paid for not doing your work. Showing you are an adventurer. Getting a strait in your head. Every merchant have loaded crossbow under the counter just for the people like you.
                                        – SZCZERZO KŁY
                                        Nov 14 at 14:47










                                      • Given the adventurers in question are squeamish about handling blood, I can only assume the substance coating their weapons is actually barbecue sauce. (The dumb ones use ketchup, but are easily caught out as it dries too bright a shade.)
                                        – jmbpiano
                                        yesterday















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                                      17
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                                      Assert you did.



                                      Thrash up your stuff and bloody your sword. Go back to the dude. Yell "I KILLED TROLLLLLS!" Let the residual battle frenzy gleam in your eye. Make sure he understands you have suffered much brain damage from many fights over your life, but if anything that has increased your 99 strength.



                                      If he starts laying conditions and caveats on you, become angry. If he says you did not follow the instructions, show him the blood on your weapons and yell about trolls.



                                      He will offer you half pay to leave and not come back. He will apologetically explain he needed the troll parts which is why it is just half pay, but he feels bad about wasting your time. Take the money in exchange for him conceding that you killed the trolls. Give him a tip with his own money for saying it.






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                                      • 24




                                        Knowing some games/stories, you are actually threatening the retired legendary dragon slayer who single handedly saved the entire continent from an apocalyptic doom and is now retired and guiding new adventurers from behind the scenes.
                                        – Shadowzee
                                        Nov 14 at 3:44






                                      • 1




                                        Go into merchant store, talk about getting paid for not doing your work. Showing you are an adventurer. Getting a strait in your head. Every merchant have loaded crossbow under the counter just for the people like you.
                                        – SZCZERZO KŁY
                                        Nov 14 at 14:47










                                      • Given the adventurers in question are squeamish about handling blood, I can only assume the substance coating their weapons is actually barbecue sauce. (The dumb ones use ketchup, but are easily caught out as it dries too bright a shade.)
                                        – jmbpiano
                                        yesterday













                                      up vote
                                      17
                                      down vote










                                      up vote
                                      17
                                      down vote









                                      Assert you did.



                                      Thrash up your stuff and bloody your sword. Go back to the dude. Yell "I KILLED TROLLLLLS!" Let the residual battle frenzy gleam in your eye. Make sure he understands you have suffered much brain damage from many fights over your life, but if anything that has increased your 99 strength.



                                      If he starts laying conditions and caveats on you, become angry. If he says you did not follow the instructions, show him the blood on your weapons and yell about trolls.



                                      He will offer you half pay to leave and not come back. He will apologetically explain he needed the troll parts which is why it is just half pay, but he feels bad about wasting your time. Take the money in exchange for him conceding that you killed the trolls. Give him a tip with his own money for saying it.






                                      share|improve this answer












                                      Assert you did.



                                      Thrash up your stuff and bloody your sword. Go back to the dude. Yell "I KILLED TROLLLLLS!" Let the residual battle frenzy gleam in your eye. Make sure he understands you have suffered much brain damage from many fights over your life, but if anything that has increased your 99 strength.



                                      If he starts laying conditions and caveats on you, become angry. If he says you did not follow the instructions, show him the blood on your weapons and yell about trolls.



                                      He will offer you half pay to leave and not come back. He will apologetically explain he needed the troll parts which is why it is just half pay, but he feels bad about wasting your time. Take the money in exchange for him conceding that you killed the trolls. Give him a tip with his own money for saying it.







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                                      answered Nov 13 at 19:15









                                      Willk

                                      96.6k25187409




                                      96.6k25187409








                                      • 24




                                        Knowing some games/stories, you are actually threatening the retired legendary dragon slayer who single handedly saved the entire continent from an apocalyptic doom and is now retired and guiding new adventurers from behind the scenes.
                                        – Shadowzee
                                        Nov 14 at 3:44






                                      • 1




                                        Go into merchant store, talk about getting paid for not doing your work. Showing you are an adventurer. Getting a strait in your head. Every merchant have loaded crossbow under the counter just for the people like you.
                                        – SZCZERZO KŁY
                                        Nov 14 at 14:47










                                      • Given the adventurers in question are squeamish about handling blood, I can only assume the substance coating their weapons is actually barbecue sauce. (The dumb ones use ketchup, but are easily caught out as it dries too bright a shade.)
                                        – jmbpiano
                                        yesterday














                                      • 24




                                        Knowing some games/stories, you are actually threatening the retired legendary dragon slayer who single handedly saved the entire continent from an apocalyptic doom and is now retired and guiding new adventurers from behind the scenes.
                                        – Shadowzee
                                        Nov 14 at 3:44






                                      • 1




                                        Go into merchant store, talk about getting paid for not doing your work. Showing you are an adventurer. Getting a strait in your head. Every merchant have loaded crossbow under the counter just for the people like you.
                                        – SZCZERZO KŁY
                                        Nov 14 at 14:47










                                      • Given the adventurers in question are squeamish about handling blood, I can only assume the substance coating their weapons is actually barbecue sauce. (The dumb ones use ketchup, but are easily caught out as it dries too bright a shade.)
                                        – jmbpiano
                                        yesterday








                                      24




                                      24




                                      Knowing some games/stories, you are actually threatening the retired legendary dragon slayer who single handedly saved the entire continent from an apocalyptic doom and is now retired and guiding new adventurers from behind the scenes.
                                      – Shadowzee
                                      Nov 14 at 3:44




                                      Knowing some games/stories, you are actually threatening the retired legendary dragon slayer who single handedly saved the entire continent from an apocalyptic doom and is now retired and guiding new adventurers from behind the scenes.
                                      – Shadowzee
                                      Nov 14 at 3:44




                                      1




                                      1




                                      Go into merchant store, talk about getting paid for not doing your work. Showing you are an adventurer. Getting a strait in your head. Every merchant have loaded crossbow under the counter just for the people like you.
                                      – SZCZERZO KŁY
                                      Nov 14 at 14:47




                                      Go into merchant store, talk about getting paid for not doing your work. Showing you are an adventurer. Getting a strait in your head. Every merchant have loaded crossbow under the counter just for the people like you.
                                      – SZCZERZO KŁY
                                      Nov 14 at 14:47












                                      Given the adventurers in question are squeamish about handling blood, I can only assume the substance coating their weapons is actually barbecue sauce. (The dumb ones use ketchup, but are easily caught out as it dries too bright a shade.)
                                      – jmbpiano
                                      yesterday




                                      Given the adventurers in question are squeamish about handling blood, I can only assume the substance coating their weapons is actually barbecue sauce. (The dumb ones use ketchup, but are easily caught out as it dries too bright a shade.)
                                      – jmbpiano
                                      yesterday










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                                      DOCUMENTATION



                                      All your main char has to do is bring a vial of ink with him/her and also a sheet of paper (hopefully a journal). Assuming your character has the literacy skill > 10, they should be able to read and write.



                                      After your character has slain the trolls, have the character take out some ink and a sheet of paper. Spread the ink over the troll hand and ear. Attach the sheet of paper to the hand and then the ear. The ink marks from hand/ears should be unique to each troll. Now present your slaying documentation to your quest giver and bing bang boom LEVEL UP!






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                                      • 3




                                        I suspect it will be quite hard to tell the difference between imprints from two different trolls, and two imprints from the same troll in different positions.
                                        – Brilliand
                                        Nov 13 at 21:47






                                      • 3




                                        @Brilliand "All trolls look alike!1!" --- nah
                                        – hiergiltdiestfu
                                        Nov 14 at 8:15






                                      • 2




                                        This is what I was going to post. If they resemble humans so much, no finger/palm print would match between trolls. To be paid, your print must be verified at the Scotland Bard's National Bureau of Troll Identification. If you bring in a copy, you forfeit your troll hunting rights for life. If it's a legit hand print, you get your gold.
                                        – ColonelPanic
                                        Nov 14 at 10:41










                                      • Let's say you're to provide left hand/ear prints. Could you over-ink enough to take a right hand/ear print, then use a second sheet of paper to obtain a reverse copy of same? that would let you take out 8 trolls, but have evidence indicating you took out 16. Also - what if a troll is missing their left hand/ear?
                                        – RDFozz
                                        20 hours ago










                                      • @RDFozz I trust the invisible medieval gauntlet of capitalism to find a solution to the counterfeiting problem (a guild of checkers to check for dupes as an example). I was under the impression ever since I was 11 and playing DND that Trolls always regenerate. If that isn't the case, I suppose people would just accept whatever details were available. Supposing they have NO ears or hands, the market probably would deem them as "not harmful" and therefor not worth the normal quest market price.
                                        – Crettig
                                        20 hours ago















                                      up vote
                                      14
                                      down vote













                                      DOCUMENTATION



                                      All your main char has to do is bring a vial of ink with him/her and also a sheet of paper (hopefully a journal). Assuming your character has the literacy skill > 10, they should be able to read and write.



                                      After your character has slain the trolls, have the character take out some ink and a sheet of paper. Spread the ink over the troll hand and ear. Attach the sheet of paper to the hand and then the ear. The ink marks from hand/ears should be unique to each troll. Now present your slaying documentation to your quest giver and bing bang boom LEVEL UP!






                                      share|improve this answer

















                                      • 3




                                        I suspect it will be quite hard to tell the difference between imprints from two different trolls, and two imprints from the same troll in different positions.
                                        – Brilliand
                                        Nov 13 at 21:47






                                      • 3




                                        @Brilliand "All trolls look alike!1!" --- nah
                                        – hiergiltdiestfu
                                        Nov 14 at 8:15






                                      • 2




                                        This is what I was going to post. If they resemble humans so much, no finger/palm print would match between trolls. To be paid, your print must be verified at the Scotland Bard's National Bureau of Troll Identification. If you bring in a copy, you forfeit your troll hunting rights for life. If it's a legit hand print, you get your gold.
                                        – ColonelPanic
                                        Nov 14 at 10:41










                                      • Let's say you're to provide left hand/ear prints. Could you over-ink enough to take a right hand/ear print, then use a second sheet of paper to obtain a reverse copy of same? that would let you take out 8 trolls, but have evidence indicating you took out 16. Also - what if a troll is missing their left hand/ear?
                                        – RDFozz
                                        20 hours ago










                                      • @RDFozz I trust the invisible medieval gauntlet of capitalism to find a solution to the counterfeiting problem (a guild of checkers to check for dupes as an example). I was under the impression ever since I was 11 and playing DND that Trolls always regenerate. If that isn't the case, I suppose people would just accept whatever details were available. Supposing they have NO ears or hands, the market probably would deem them as "not harmful" and therefor not worth the normal quest market price.
                                        – Crettig
                                        20 hours ago













                                      up vote
                                      14
                                      down vote










                                      up vote
                                      14
                                      down vote









                                      DOCUMENTATION



                                      All your main char has to do is bring a vial of ink with him/her and also a sheet of paper (hopefully a journal). Assuming your character has the literacy skill > 10, they should be able to read and write.



                                      After your character has slain the trolls, have the character take out some ink and a sheet of paper. Spread the ink over the troll hand and ear. Attach the sheet of paper to the hand and then the ear. The ink marks from hand/ears should be unique to each troll. Now present your slaying documentation to your quest giver and bing bang boom LEVEL UP!






                                      share|improve this answer












                                      DOCUMENTATION



                                      All your main char has to do is bring a vial of ink with him/her and also a sheet of paper (hopefully a journal). Assuming your character has the literacy skill > 10, they should be able to read and write.



                                      After your character has slain the trolls, have the character take out some ink and a sheet of paper. Spread the ink over the troll hand and ear. Attach the sheet of paper to the hand and then the ear. The ink marks from hand/ears should be unique to each troll. Now present your slaying documentation to your quest giver and bing bang boom LEVEL UP!







                                      share|improve this answer












                                      share|improve this answer



                                      share|improve this answer










                                      answered Nov 13 at 20:54









                                      Crettig

                                      2,572722




                                      2,572722








                                      • 3




                                        I suspect it will be quite hard to tell the difference between imprints from two different trolls, and two imprints from the same troll in different positions.
                                        – Brilliand
                                        Nov 13 at 21:47






                                      • 3




                                        @Brilliand "All trolls look alike!1!" --- nah
                                        – hiergiltdiestfu
                                        Nov 14 at 8:15






                                      • 2




                                        This is what I was going to post. If they resemble humans so much, no finger/palm print would match between trolls. To be paid, your print must be verified at the Scotland Bard's National Bureau of Troll Identification. If you bring in a copy, you forfeit your troll hunting rights for life. If it's a legit hand print, you get your gold.
                                        – ColonelPanic
                                        Nov 14 at 10:41










                                      • Let's say you're to provide left hand/ear prints. Could you over-ink enough to take a right hand/ear print, then use a second sheet of paper to obtain a reverse copy of same? that would let you take out 8 trolls, but have evidence indicating you took out 16. Also - what if a troll is missing their left hand/ear?
                                        – RDFozz
                                        20 hours ago










                                      • @RDFozz I trust the invisible medieval gauntlet of capitalism to find a solution to the counterfeiting problem (a guild of checkers to check for dupes as an example). I was under the impression ever since I was 11 and playing DND that Trolls always regenerate. If that isn't the case, I suppose people would just accept whatever details were available. Supposing they have NO ears or hands, the market probably would deem them as "not harmful" and therefor not worth the normal quest market price.
                                        – Crettig
                                        20 hours ago














                                      • 3




                                        I suspect it will be quite hard to tell the difference between imprints from two different trolls, and two imprints from the same troll in different positions.
                                        – Brilliand
                                        Nov 13 at 21:47






                                      • 3




                                        @Brilliand "All trolls look alike!1!" --- nah
                                        – hiergiltdiestfu
                                        Nov 14 at 8:15






                                      • 2




                                        This is what I was going to post. If they resemble humans so much, no finger/palm print would match between trolls. To be paid, your print must be verified at the Scotland Bard's National Bureau of Troll Identification. If you bring in a copy, you forfeit your troll hunting rights for life. If it's a legit hand print, you get your gold.
                                        – ColonelPanic
                                        Nov 14 at 10:41










                                      • Let's say you're to provide left hand/ear prints. Could you over-ink enough to take a right hand/ear print, then use a second sheet of paper to obtain a reverse copy of same? that would let you take out 8 trolls, but have evidence indicating you took out 16. Also - what if a troll is missing their left hand/ear?
                                        – RDFozz
                                        20 hours ago










                                      • @RDFozz I trust the invisible medieval gauntlet of capitalism to find a solution to the counterfeiting problem (a guild of checkers to check for dupes as an example). I was under the impression ever since I was 11 and playing DND that Trolls always regenerate. If that isn't the case, I suppose people would just accept whatever details were available. Supposing they have NO ears or hands, the market probably would deem them as "not harmful" and therefor not worth the normal quest market price.
                                        – Crettig
                                        20 hours ago








                                      3




                                      3




                                      I suspect it will be quite hard to tell the difference between imprints from two different trolls, and two imprints from the same troll in different positions.
                                      – Brilliand
                                      Nov 13 at 21:47




                                      I suspect it will be quite hard to tell the difference between imprints from two different trolls, and two imprints from the same troll in different positions.
                                      – Brilliand
                                      Nov 13 at 21:47




                                      3




                                      3




                                      @Brilliand "All trolls look alike!1!" --- nah
                                      – hiergiltdiestfu
                                      Nov 14 at 8:15




                                      @Brilliand "All trolls look alike!1!" --- nah
                                      – hiergiltdiestfu
                                      Nov 14 at 8:15




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                                      2




                                      This is what I was going to post. If they resemble humans so much, no finger/palm print would match between trolls. To be paid, your print must be verified at the Scotland Bard's National Bureau of Troll Identification. If you bring in a copy, you forfeit your troll hunting rights for life. If it's a legit hand print, you get your gold.
                                      – ColonelPanic
                                      Nov 14 at 10:41




                                      This is what I was going to post. If they resemble humans so much, no finger/palm print would match between trolls. To be paid, your print must be verified at the Scotland Bard's National Bureau of Troll Identification. If you bring in a copy, you forfeit your troll hunting rights for life. If it's a legit hand print, you get your gold.
                                      – ColonelPanic
                                      Nov 14 at 10:41












                                      Let's say you're to provide left hand/ear prints. Could you over-ink enough to take a right hand/ear print, then use a second sheet of paper to obtain a reverse copy of same? that would let you take out 8 trolls, but have evidence indicating you took out 16. Also - what if a troll is missing their left hand/ear?
                                      – RDFozz
                                      20 hours ago




                                      Let's say you're to provide left hand/ear prints. Could you over-ink enough to take a right hand/ear print, then use a second sheet of paper to obtain a reverse copy of same? that would let you take out 8 trolls, but have evidence indicating you took out 16. Also - what if a troll is missing their left hand/ear?
                                      – RDFozz
                                      20 hours ago












                                      @RDFozz I trust the invisible medieval gauntlet of capitalism to find a solution to the counterfeiting problem (a guild of checkers to check for dupes as an example). I was under the impression ever since I was 11 and playing DND that Trolls always regenerate. If that isn't the case, I suppose people would just accept whatever details were available. Supposing they have NO ears or hands, the market probably would deem them as "not harmful" and therefor not worth the normal quest market price.
                                      – Crettig
                                      20 hours ago




                                      @RDFozz I trust the invisible medieval gauntlet of capitalism to find a solution to the counterfeiting problem (a guild of checkers to check for dupes as an example). I was under the impression ever since I was 11 and playing DND that Trolls always regenerate. If that isn't the case, I suppose people would just accept whatever details were available. Supposing they have NO ears or hands, the market probably would deem them as "not harmful" and therefor not worth the normal quest market price.
                                      – Crettig
                                      20 hours ago










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                                      Ear Wax



                                      Troll Earwax is the best wax for clean burning candles. Your quest is not simply to go kill these trolls but to harvest their earwax. You are paid by the weight of wax brought back that way fair compensation goes for bigger trolls with more wax than the smaller trolls who just don't make enough yet.






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                                        You don't know how badly this makes me want to post another answer for "Troll Semen" to support conservational efforts in lieu of the genocidal adventures.
                                        – anon
                                        Nov 14 at 2:57






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                                        @anon How are you going to collect semen from a dead troll?
                                        – Nzall
                                        2 days ago















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                                      Ear Wax



                                      Troll Earwax is the best wax for clean burning candles. Your quest is not simply to go kill these trolls but to harvest their earwax. You are paid by the weight of wax brought back that way fair compensation goes for bigger trolls with more wax than the smaller trolls who just don't make enough yet.






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                                        You don't know how badly this makes me want to post another answer for "Troll Semen" to support conservational efforts in lieu of the genocidal adventures.
                                        – anon
                                        Nov 14 at 2:57






                                      • 1




                                        @anon How are you going to collect semen from a dead troll?
                                        – Nzall
                                        2 days ago













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                                      up vote
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                                      Ear Wax



                                      Troll Earwax is the best wax for clean burning candles. Your quest is not simply to go kill these trolls but to harvest their earwax. You are paid by the weight of wax brought back that way fair compensation goes for bigger trolls with more wax than the smaller trolls who just don't make enough yet.






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                                      Ear Wax



                                      Troll Earwax is the best wax for clean burning candles. Your quest is not simply to go kill these trolls but to harvest their earwax. You are paid by the weight of wax brought back that way fair compensation goes for bigger trolls with more wax than the smaller trolls who just don't make enough yet.







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                                      Reed

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                                      • 5




                                        You don't know how badly this makes me want to post another answer for "Troll Semen" to support conservational efforts in lieu of the genocidal adventures.
                                        – anon
                                        Nov 14 at 2:57






                                      • 1




                                        @anon How are you going to collect semen from a dead troll?
                                        – Nzall
                                        2 days ago














                                      • 5




                                        You don't know how badly this makes me want to post another answer for "Troll Semen" to support conservational efforts in lieu of the genocidal adventures.
                                        – anon
                                        Nov 14 at 2:57






                                      • 1




                                        @anon How are you going to collect semen from a dead troll?
                                        – Nzall
                                        2 days ago








                                      5




                                      5




                                      You don't know how badly this makes me want to post another answer for "Troll Semen" to support conservational efforts in lieu of the genocidal adventures.
                                      – anon
                                      Nov 14 at 2:57




                                      You don't know how badly this makes me want to post another answer for "Troll Semen" to support conservational efforts in lieu of the genocidal adventures.
                                      – anon
                                      Nov 14 at 2:57




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                                      @anon How are you going to collect semen from a dead troll?
                                      – Nzall
                                      2 days ago




                                      @anon How are you going to collect semen from a dead troll?
                                      – Nzall
                                      2 days ago










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                                      Take along an agreed credible witness to document the activity.



                                      Perhaps a priest or other literate person.



                                      Does create the extra bother of protecting them.






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                                        Protection is only a problem if you actually kill a troll, rather than agree to donate half the reward to the church.
                                        – Dewi Morgan
                                        2 days ago















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                                      Take along an agreed credible witness to document the activity.



                                      Perhaps a priest or other literate person.



                                      Does create the extra bother of protecting them.






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                                        Protection is only a problem if you actually kill a troll, rather than agree to donate half the reward to the church.
                                        – Dewi Morgan
                                        2 days ago













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                                      up vote
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                                      Take along an agreed credible witness to document the activity.



                                      Perhaps a priest or other literate person.



                                      Does create the extra bother of protecting them.






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                                      Take along an agreed credible witness to document the activity.



                                      Perhaps a priest or other literate person.



                                      Does create the extra bother of protecting them.







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                                      Keith

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                                      • 7




                                        Protection is only a problem if you actually kill a troll, rather than agree to donate half the reward to the church.
                                        – Dewi Morgan
                                        2 days ago














                                      • 7




                                        Protection is only a problem if you actually kill a troll, rather than agree to donate half the reward to the church.
                                        – Dewi Morgan
                                        2 days ago








                                      7




                                      7




                                      Protection is only a problem if you actually kill a troll, rather than agree to donate half the reward to the church.
                                      – Dewi Morgan
                                      2 days ago




                                      Protection is only a problem if you actually kill a troll, rather than agree to donate half the reward to the church.
                                      – Dewi Morgan
                                      2 days ago










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                                      The squeamish adventurers kill the troll via boredom.



                                      No blood, no guts, nothing.



                                      The adventure pays (on account of being squeamish) individuals without a sense of smell to carry/drag/transport the full troll body back in an ice bag.




                                      • The guild must acknowledge that it is indeed a dead troll, no questions asked.

                                      • The adventurer is renowned for their ability to slay otherwise quite difficult to kill trolls without actually laying a hand on them.

                                      • The DM buys shares in the ice business because it's going to be big.






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                                        The squeamish adventurers kill the troll via boredom.



                                        No blood, no guts, nothing.



                                        The adventure pays (on account of being squeamish) individuals without a sense of smell to carry/drag/transport the full troll body back in an ice bag.




                                        • The guild must acknowledge that it is indeed a dead troll, no questions asked.

                                        • The adventurer is renowned for their ability to slay otherwise quite difficult to kill trolls without actually laying a hand on them.

                                        • The DM buys shares in the ice business because it's going to be big.






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                                          The squeamish adventurers kill the troll via boredom.



                                          No blood, no guts, nothing.



                                          The adventure pays (on account of being squeamish) individuals without a sense of smell to carry/drag/transport the full troll body back in an ice bag.




                                          • The guild must acknowledge that it is indeed a dead troll, no questions asked.

                                          • The adventurer is renowned for their ability to slay otherwise quite difficult to kill trolls without actually laying a hand on them.

                                          • The DM buys shares in the ice business because it's going to be big.






                                          share|improve this answer














                                          The squeamish adventurers kill the troll via boredom.



                                          No blood, no guts, nothing.



                                          The adventure pays (on account of being squeamish) individuals without a sense of smell to carry/drag/transport the full troll body back in an ice bag.




                                          • The guild must acknowledge that it is indeed a dead troll, no questions asked.

                                          • The adventurer is renowned for their ability to slay otherwise quite difficult to kill trolls without actually laying a hand on them.

                                          • The DM buys shares in the ice business because it's going to be big.







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                                          nzaman

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                                          answered Nov 14 at 3:28









                                          Kain0_0

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                                              Burn the Body, then bring back the skull.






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                                              • Short, sweet and to the point!
                                                – elemtilas
                                                yesterday










                                              • This actually does work, a bit time consuming but it works.
                                                – anon
                                                11 hours ago















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                                              Burn the Body, then bring back the skull.






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                                              • Short, sweet and to the point!
                                                – elemtilas
                                                yesterday










                                              • This actually does work, a bit time consuming but it works.
                                                – anon
                                                11 hours ago













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                                              Burn the Body, then bring back the skull.






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                                              Burn the Body, then bring back the skull.







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                                              answered yesterday









                                              Stephan

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                                              • Short, sweet and to the point!
                                                – elemtilas
                                                yesterday










                                              • This actually does work, a bit time consuming but it works.
                                                – anon
                                                11 hours ago


















                                              • Short, sweet and to the point!
                                                – elemtilas
                                                yesterday










                                              • This actually does work, a bit time consuming but it works.
                                                – anon
                                                11 hours ago
















                                              Short, sweet and to the point!
                                              – elemtilas
                                              yesterday




                                              Short, sweet and to the point!
                                              – elemtilas
                                              yesterday












                                              This actually does work, a bit time consuming but it works.
                                              – anon
                                              11 hours ago




                                              This actually does work, a bit time consuming but it works.
                                              – anon
                                              11 hours ago










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                                              Collect their foreskins.



                                              David was tasked by Saul to collect a dowry of 100 Philistine deaths. David, one of life's over-achievers, returned with proof of their deaths in the form of 200 of the offending articles.




                                              Therefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the
                                              Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and
                                              they gave them in full number to the king
                                              , that he might be the king's
                                              son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter as his wife.



                                              1 Samuel 18:27




                                              Not only was it super-effective in proving their deaths (since no respecting Philistine would allow David's small army to mess with their junk if they could possibly help it) but it was both portable and relatively non-bloody because a dead body has practically no bloodflow.



                                              If your men are genuinely squeamish about even a single drop of blood they can use the local equivalent of cautery by heating a razor-sharp knife over a flame until red hot. This will seal the blood vessels as they cut.






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                                              • Came here to give the same answer. Also, David couldn't just raze the first village on the way, as women have no foreskins. He also couldn't ask his own men for a donation to the wedding fund, because they already had their foreskins removed. So Philistines were the only available source. And by the way, doubling the required number was quite a feat, but I think it would have been even funnier, if he came back with those guys alive, well,, and converted to Judaism :)
                                                – Darth Hunterix
                                                yesterday






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                                                @DarthHunterix - The was one of the plot points in Heller's parody "God Knows". David is initially under the impression that he has to circumcise the philistines live and budgets accordingly "Allowing about an hour, on average, to locate and seize each Philistine for circumcision, and working with four squads of six men taking their daylight nourishment on the prowl rather than breaking for lunch...". He's much happier to learn that he can simply kill them first.
                                                – Richard
                                                yesterday












                                              • Good one :) However I meant an actual conversion, turning them from enemies into friends. In any case, all three options are badass enough on their own.
                                                – Darth Hunterix
                                                yesterday










                                              • What if trolls (a) are born without foreskins (b) are circumcised to prevent the shame of having their foreskin stolen if they are killed. Maybe this was the origin of circumcision. Maybe warring tribes used to use this as evidence of kills.
                                                – chasly from UK
                                                yesterday












                                              • @chaslyfromUK - you can really cut of any non-fleshy part like an ear as long as you wait for the blood to congeal a little
                                                – Richard
                                                yesterday















                                              up vote
                                              8
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                                              Collect their foreskins.



                                              David was tasked by Saul to collect a dowry of 100 Philistine deaths. David, one of life's over-achievers, returned with proof of their deaths in the form of 200 of the offending articles.




                                              Therefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the
                                              Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and
                                              they gave them in full number to the king
                                              , that he might be the king's
                                              son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter as his wife.



                                              1 Samuel 18:27




                                              Not only was it super-effective in proving their deaths (since no respecting Philistine would allow David's small army to mess with their junk if they could possibly help it) but it was both portable and relatively non-bloody because a dead body has practically no bloodflow.



                                              If your men are genuinely squeamish about even a single drop of blood they can use the local equivalent of cautery by heating a razor-sharp knife over a flame until red hot. This will seal the blood vessels as they cut.






                                              share|improve this answer





















                                              • Came here to give the same answer. Also, David couldn't just raze the first village on the way, as women have no foreskins. He also couldn't ask his own men for a donation to the wedding fund, because they already had their foreskins removed. So Philistines were the only available source. And by the way, doubling the required number was quite a feat, but I think it would have been even funnier, if he came back with those guys alive, well,, and converted to Judaism :)
                                                – Darth Hunterix
                                                yesterday






                                              • 2




                                                @DarthHunterix - The was one of the plot points in Heller's parody "God Knows". David is initially under the impression that he has to circumcise the philistines live and budgets accordingly "Allowing about an hour, on average, to locate and seize each Philistine for circumcision, and working with four squads of six men taking their daylight nourishment on the prowl rather than breaking for lunch...". He's much happier to learn that he can simply kill them first.
                                                – Richard
                                                yesterday












                                              • Good one :) However I meant an actual conversion, turning them from enemies into friends. In any case, all three options are badass enough on their own.
                                                – Darth Hunterix
                                                yesterday










                                              • What if trolls (a) are born without foreskins (b) are circumcised to prevent the shame of having their foreskin stolen if they are killed. Maybe this was the origin of circumcision. Maybe warring tribes used to use this as evidence of kills.
                                                – chasly from UK
                                                yesterday












                                              • @chaslyfromUK - you can really cut of any non-fleshy part like an ear as long as you wait for the blood to congeal a little
                                                – Richard
                                                yesterday













                                              up vote
                                              8
                                              down vote










                                              up vote
                                              8
                                              down vote









                                              Collect their foreskins.



                                              David was tasked by Saul to collect a dowry of 100 Philistine deaths. David, one of life's over-achievers, returned with proof of their deaths in the form of 200 of the offending articles.




                                              Therefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the
                                              Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and
                                              they gave them in full number to the king
                                              , that he might be the king's
                                              son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter as his wife.



                                              1 Samuel 18:27




                                              Not only was it super-effective in proving their deaths (since no respecting Philistine would allow David's small army to mess with their junk if they could possibly help it) but it was both portable and relatively non-bloody because a dead body has practically no bloodflow.



                                              If your men are genuinely squeamish about even a single drop of blood they can use the local equivalent of cautery by heating a razor-sharp knife over a flame until red hot. This will seal the blood vessels as they cut.






                                              share|improve this answer












                                              Collect their foreskins.



                                              David was tasked by Saul to collect a dowry of 100 Philistine deaths. David, one of life's over-achievers, returned with proof of their deaths in the form of 200 of the offending articles.




                                              Therefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the
                                              Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and
                                              they gave them in full number to the king
                                              , that he might be the king's
                                              son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter as his wife.



                                              1 Samuel 18:27




                                              Not only was it super-effective in proving their deaths (since no respecting Philistine would allow David's small army to mess with their junk if they could possibly help it) but it was both portable and relatively non-bloody because a dead body has practically no bloodflow.



                                              If your men are genuinely squeamish about even a single drop of blood they can use the local equivalent of cautery by heating a razor-sharp knife over a flame until red hot. This will seal the blood vessels as they cut.







                                              share|improve this answer












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                                              Richard

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                                              • Came here to give the same answer. Also, David couldn't just raze the first village on the way, as women have no foreskins. He also couldn't ask his own men for a donation to the wedding fund, because they already had their foreskins removed. So Philistines were the only available source. And by the way, doubling the required number was quite a feat, but I think it would have been even funnier, if he came back with those guys alive, well,, and converted to Judaism :)
                                                – Darth Hunterix
                                                yesterday






                                              • 2




                                                @DarthHunterix - The was one of the plot points in Heller's parody "God Knows". David is initially under the impression that he has to circumcise the philistines live and budgets accordingly "Allowing about an hour, on average, to locate and seize each Philistine for circumcision, and working with four squads of six men taking their daylight nourishment on the prowl rather than breaking for lunch...". He's much happier to learn that he can simply kill them first.
                                                – Richard
                                                yesterday












                                              • Good one :) However I meant an actual conversion, turning them from enemies into friends. In any case, all three options are badass enough on their own.
                                                – Darth Hunterix
                                                yesterday










                                              • What if trolls (a) are born without foreskins (b) are circumcised to prevent the shame of having their foreskin stolen if they are killed. Maybe this was the origin of circumcision. Maybe warring tribes used to use this as evidence of kills.
                                                – chasly from UK
                                                yesterday












                                              • @chaslyfromUK - you can really cut of any non-fleshy part like an ear as long as you wait for the blood to congeal a little
                                                – Richard
                                                yesterday


















                                              • Came here to give the same answer. Also, David couldn't just raze the first village on the way, as women have no foreskins. He also couldn't ask his own men for a donation to the wedding fund, because they already had their foreskins removed. So Philistines were the only available source. And by the way, doubling the required number was quite a feat, but I think it would have been even funnier, if he came back with those guys alive, well,, and converted to Judaism :)
                                                – Darth Hunterix
                                                yesterday






                                              • 2




                                                @DarthHunterix - The was one of the plot points in Heller's parody "God Knows". David is initially under the impression that he has to circumcise the philistines live and budgets accordingly "Allowing about an hour, on average, to locate and seize each Philistine for circumcision, and working with four squads of six men taking their daylight nourishment on the prowl rather than breaking for lunch...". He's much happier to learn that he can simply kill them first.
                                                – Richard
                                                yesterday












                                              • Good one :) However I meant an actual conversion, turning them from enemies into friends. In any case, all three options are badass enough on their own.
                                                – Darth Hunterix
                                                yesterday










                                              • What if trolls (a) are born without foreskins (b) are circumcised to prevent the shame of having their foreskin stolen if they are killed. Maybe this was the origin of circumcision. Maybe warring tribes used to use this as evidence of kills.
                                                – chasly from UK
                                                yesterday












                                              • @chaslyfromUK - you can really cut of any non-fleshy part like an ear as long as you wait for the blood to congeal a little
                                                – Richard
                                                yesterday
















                                              Came here to give the same answer. Also, David couldn't just raze the first village on the way, as women have no foreskins. He also couldn't ask his own men for a donation to the wedding fund, because they already had their foreskins removed. So Philistines were the only available source. And by the way, doubling the required number was quite a feat, but I think it would have been even funnier, if he came back with those guys alive, well,, and converted to Judaism :)
                                              – Darth Hunterix
                                              yesterday




                                              Came here to give the same answer. Also, David couldn't just raze the first village on the way, as women have no foreskins. He also couldn't ask his own men for a donation to the wedding fund, because they already had their foreskins removed. So Philistines were the only available source. And by the way, doubling the required number was quite a feat, but I think it would have been even funnier, if he came back with those guys alive, well,, and converted to Judaism :)
                                              – Darth Hunterix
                                              yesterday




                                              2




                                              2




                                              @DarthHunterix - The was one of the plot points in Heller's parody "God Knows". David is initially under the impression that he has to circumcise the philistines live and budgets accordingly "Allowing about an hour, on average, to locate and seize each Philistine for circumcision, and working with four squads of six men taking their daylight nourishment on the prowl rather than breaking for lunch...". He's much happier to learn that he can simply kill them first.
                                              – Richard
                                              yesterday






                                              @DarthHunterix - The was one of the plot points in Heller's parody "God Knows". David is initially under the impression that he has to circumcise the philistines live and budgets accordingly "Allowing about an hour, on average, to locate and seize each Philistine for circumcision, and working with four squads of six men taking their daylight nourishment on the prowl rather than breaking for lunch...". He's much happier to learn that he can simply kill them first.
                                              – Richard
                                              yesterday














                                              Good one :) However I meant an actual conversion, turning them from enemies into friends. In any case, all three options are badass enough on their own.
                                              – Darth Hunterix
                                              yesterday




                                              Good one :) However I meant an actual conversion, turning them from enemies into friends. In any case, all three options are badass enough on their own.
                                              – Darth Hunterix
                                              yesterday












                                              What if trolls (a) are born without foreskins (b) are circumcised to prevent the shame of having their foreskin stolen if they are killed. Maybe this was the origin of circumcision. Maybe warring tribes used to use this as evidence of kills.
                                              – chasly from UK
                                              yesterday






                                              What if trolls (a) are born without foreskins (b) are circumcised to prevent the shame of having their foreskin stolen if they are killed. Maybe this was the origin of circumcision. Maybe warring tribes used to use this as evidence of kills.
                                              – chasly from UK
                                              yesterday














                                              @chaslyfromUK - you can really cut of any non-fleshy part like an ear as long as you wait for the blood to congeal a little
                                              – Richard
                                              yesterday




                                              @chaslyfromUK - you can really cut of any non-fleshy part like an ear as long as you wait for the blood to congeal a little
                                              – Richard
                                              yesterday










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                                              Make a travois! They're certainly simpler to make than anything with wheels



                                              Regardless of your power level, dragging is easier than carrying. Travois don't require wheels, though it's certainly an option to reduce your expended effort. Make it longer, or tie a rope to it if you're still getting nauseous. Regardless, it's a simple enough device that you can hook it up to a horse or an unenthusiastic hireling



                                              That being said, a cart or wagon will serve you better, but that's less outside-the-box






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                                                Make a travois! They're certainly simpler to make than anything with wheels



                                                Regardless of your power level, dragging is easier than carrying. Travois don't require wheels, though it's certainly an option to reduce your expended effort. Make it longer, or tie a rope to it if you're still getting nauseous. Regardless, it's a simple enough device that you can hook it up to a horse or an unenthusiastic hireling



                                                That being said, a cart or wagon will serve you better, but that's less outside-the-box






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                                                  Make a travois! They're certainly simpler to make than anything with wheels



                                                  Regardless of your power level, dragging is easier than carrying. Travois don't require wheels, though it's certainly an option to reduce your expended effort. Make it longer, or tie a rope to it if you're still getting nauseous. Regardless, it's a simple enough device that you can hook it up to a horse or an unenthusiastic hireling



                                                  That being said, a cart or wagon will serve you better, but that's less outside-the-box






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                                                  Make a travois! They're certainly simpler to make than anything with wheels



                                                  Regardless of your power level, dragging is easier than carrying. Travois don't require wheels, though it's certainly an option to reduce your expended effort. Make it longer, or tie a rope to it if you're still getting nauseous. Regardless, it's a simple enough device that you can hook it up to a horse or an unenthusiastic hireling



                                                  That being said, a cart or wagon will serve you better, but that's less outside-the-box







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                                                      You see hiring a guy to kill 15 troll and not telling them how he should prove those 15 kills would be the stupidest idea ever. Why?



                                                      Because person who take a quest to kill 15 troll IS the person who will drag (or will hire other people to drag) 15 rotting, smelly, troll carcasses to your doors to prove that they, in fact, killed them. And to prove that those are their kill, and not some roadkills they find lying around, they will either catch souls of those trolls to testify before you who slayed them or will have you watch their death with some magic.

                                                      Great deal, now you have 15 rotting meatbags, 15 screaming souls or you watched so many troll death you have it imprinted in your eyeballs and one person who you need to pay because you see they are nothing to flick around.



                                                      You know what is better? That don't have blood? That don't require you to watch? And will have higher crop with the same bounty? Troll Jewellery. Let's say that troll wears rings. They have finite amount of fingers so you assume that every troll can wear 10 of them. So you say "hey, bring me 150 troll rings".

                                                      The catch is that not every troll wear 10 rings. Some wear 3, some wear none. The result is that to get 150 rings adventurers need to kill much more. Yet the guild pay like they would kill 15 of them.
                                                      EXTRA CATCH FOR MAXIMUM EXTRA MEGA PROFIT The guild, and trolls, are the only ones who can melt those ring into "non-troll, not at all, all genuine dwarf" jewellery. So you make those rings worthless outside guild quest while fetching extra money. Basically the quest pay for itself while making extra income for the guild.



                                                      And this is the story of how make money in fantasy world using cheap labour and monopolizing market.






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                                                      • in my original question this was an RPG quest situation where the protagonist didn't read the quest instructions. But it got edited to fit the worldbuilding format.
                                                        – Eries
                                                        Nov 14 at 14:34








                                                      • 2




                                                        @Eries for that reason quest instructions would have "I have read and agreed" at the bottom and if protagonist did something else then he would not get paid. Also very RPG guild move to kill troll and not pay adventurers who don't read.
                                                        – SZCZERZO KŁY
                                                        Nov 14 at 14:37















                                                      up vote
                                                      7
                                                      down vote













                                                      You see hiring a guy to kill 15 troll and not telling them how he should prove those 15 kills would be the stupidest idea ever. Why?



                                                      Because person who take a quest to kill 15 troll IS the person who will drag (or will hire other people to drag) 15 rotting, smelly, troll carcasses to your doors to prove that they, in fact, killed them. And to prove that those are their kill, and not some roadkills they find lying around, they will either catch souls of those trolls to testify before you who slayed them or will have you watch their death with some magic.

                                                      Great deal, now you have 15 rotting meatbags, 15 screaming souls or you watched so many troll death you have it imprinted in your eyeballs and one person who you need to pay because you see they are nothing to flick around.



                                                      You know what is better? That don't have blood? That don't require you to watch? And will have higher crop with the same bounty? Troll Jewellery. Let's say that troll wears rings. They have finite amount of fingers so you assume that every troll can wear 10 of them. So you say "hey, bring me 150 troll rings".

                                                      The catch is that not every troll wear 10 rings. Some wear 3, some wear none. The result is that to get 150 rings adventurers need to kill much more. Yet the guild pay like they would kill 15 of them.
                                                      EXTRA CATCH FOR MAXIMUM EXTRA MEGA PROFIT The guild, and trolls, are the only ones who can melt those ring into "non-troll, not at all, all genuine dwarf" jewellery. So you make those rings worthless outside guild quest while fetching extra money. Basically the quest pay for itself while making extra income for the guild.



                                                      And this is the story of how make money in fantasy world using cheap labour and monopolizing market.






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                                                      • in my original question this was an RPG quest situation where the protagonist didn't read the quest instructions. But it got edited to fit the worldbuilding format.
                                                        – Eries
                                                        Nov 14 at 14:34








                                                      • 2




                                                        @Eries for that reason quest instructions would have "I have read and agreed" at the bottom and if protagonist did something else then he would not get paid. Also very RPG guild move to kill troll and not pay adventurers who don't read.
                                                        – SZCZERZO KŁY
                                                        Nov 14 at 14:37













                                                      up vote
                                                      7
                                                      down vote










                                                      up vote
                                                      7
                                                      down vote









                                                      You see hiring a guy to kill 15 troll and not telling them how he should prove those 15 kills would be the stupidest idea ever. Why?



                                                      Because person who take a quest to kill 15 troll IS the person who will drag (or will hire other people to drag) 15 rotting, smelly, troll carcasses to your doors to prove that they, in fact, killed them. And to prove that those are their kill, and not some roadkills they find lying around, they will either catch souls of those trolls to testify before you who slayed them or will have you watch their death with some magic.

                                                      Great deal, now you have 15 rotting meatbags, 15 screaming souls or you watched so many troll death you have it imprinted in your eyeballs and one person who you need to pay because you see they are nothing to flick around.



                                                      You know what is better? That don't have blood? That don't require you to watch? And will have higher crop with the same bounty? Troll Jewellery. Let's say that troll wears rings. They have finite amount of fingers so you assume that every troll can wear 10 of them. So you say "hey, bring me 150 troll rings".

                                                      The catch is that not every troll wear 10 rings. Some wear 3, some wear none. The result is that to get 150 rings adventurers need to kill much more. Yet the guild pay like they would kill 15 of them.
                                                      EXTRA CATCH FOR MAXIMUM EXTRA MEGA PROFIT The guild, and trolls, are the only ones who can melt those ring into "non-troll, not at all, all genuine dwarf" jewellery. So you make those rings worthless outside guild quest while fetching extra money. Basically the quest pay for itself while making extra income for the guild.



                                                      And this is the story of how make money in fantasy world using cheap labour and monopolizing market.






                                                      share|improve this answer












                                                      You see hiring a guy to kill 15 troll and not telling them how he should prove those 15 kills would be the stupidest idea ever. Why?



                                                      Because person who take a quest to kill 15 troll IS the person who will drag (or will hire other people to drag) 15 rotting, smelly, troll carcasses to your doors to prove that they, in fact, killed them. And to prove that those are their kill, and not some roadkills they find lying around, they will either catch souls of those trolls to testify before you who slayed them or will have you watch their death with some magic.

                                                      Great deal, now you have 15 rotting meatbags, 15 screaming souls or you watched so many troll death you have it imprinted in your eyeballs and one person who you need to pay because you see they are nothing to flick around.



                                                      You know what is better? That don't have blood? That don't require you to watch? And will have higher crop with the same bounty? Troll Jewellery. Let's say that troll wears rings. They have finite amount of fingers so you assume that every troll can wear 10 of them. So you say "hey, bring me 150 troll rings".

                                                      The catch is that not every troll wear 10 rings. Some wear 3, some wear none. The result is that to get 150 rings adventurers need to kill much more. Yet the guild pay like they would kill 15 of them.
                                                      EXTRA CATCH FOR MAXIMUM EXTRA MEGA PROFIT The guild, and trolls, are the only ones who can melt those ring into "non-troll, not at all, all genuine dwarf" jewellery. So you make those rings worthless outside guild quest while fetching extra money. Basically the quest pay for itself while making extra income for the guild.



                                                      And this is the story of how make money in fantasy world using cheap labour and monopolizing market.







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                                                      SZCZERZO KŁY

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                                                      • in my original question this was an RPG quest situation where the protagonist didn't read the quest instructions. But it got edited to fit the worldbuilding format.
                                                        – Eries
                                                        Nov 14 at 14:34








                                                      • 2




                                                        @Eries for that reason quest instructions would have "I have read and agreed" at the bottom and if protagonist did something else then he would not get paid. Also very RPG guild move to kill troll and not pay adventurers who don't read.
                                                        – SZCZERZO KŁY
                                                        Nov 14 at 14:37


















                                                      • in my original question this was an RPG quest situation where the protagonist didn't read the quest instructions. But it got edited to fit the worldbuilding format.
                                                        – Eries
                                                        Nov 14 at 14:34








                                                      • 2




                                                        @Eries for that reason quest instructions would have "I have read and agreed" at the bottom and if protagonist did something else then he would not get paid. Also very RPG guild move to kill troll and not pay adventurers who don't read.
                                                        – SZCZERZO KŁY
                                                        Nov 14 at 14:37
















                                                      in my original question this was an RPG quest situation where the protagonist didn't read the quest instructions. But it got edited to fit the worldbuilding format.
                                                      – Eries
                                                      Nov 14 at 14:34






                                                      in my original question this was an RPG quest situation where the protagonist didn't read the quest instructions. But it got edited to fit the worldbuilding format.
                                                      – Eries
                                                      Nov 14 at 14:34






                                                      2




                                                      2




                                                      @Eries for that reason quest instructions would have "I have read and agreed" at the bottom and if protagonist did something else then he would not get paid. Also very RPG guild move to kill troll and not pay adventurers who don't read.
                                                      – SZCZERZO KŁY
                                                      Nov 14 at 14:37




                                                      @Eries for that reason quest instructions would have "I have read and agreed" at the bottom and if protagonist did something else then he would not get paid. Also very RPG guild move to kill troll and not pay adventurers who don't read.
                                                      – SZCZERZO KŁY
                                                      Nov 14 at 14:37










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                                                      If you're really going with World of Warcraft (or D&D) style trolls, you've got a problem: They regenerate:




                                                      Although enough physical damage will kill them, trolls can regenerate lost limbs and heal grievous physical injuries at an accelerated rate, giving them a large advantage in battle.




                                                      So your proof is going to have to be something that doesn't regenerate. If you choose ears, or tusks, or fingers, or hands, or feet, your adventurers don't need to kill 15 trolls, they can capture just one, then harvest it for the relevant body part over and over (in both D&D and WoW, troll regeneration from nearly dead to unharmed occurs in the space of a few minutes at most, so you could harvest 15 trolls worth of body parts in the space of an hour, give or take).



                                                      So you need something that won't regenerate and can be uniquely associated with a single troll.



                                                      Unfortunately, the obvious solution here (in terms of maximum proof for minimum "amount of troll") is scalps; sure, the scalp itself can regenerate, but the hair is dead, and presumably grows at a relatively normal rate; you could harvest scalps over and over, but scalp #2 and onwards wouldn't have hair. The reason I say "unfortunately" is that nothing bleeds like a scalp wound and your adventurers are squeamish. As others have suggested, once the troll is dead, you could just wait a bit and the blood should coagulate, but if they don't want to deal with blood at all, they're stuck. Claws might also work (though in most depictions of trolls, a chopped off arm grows back with claws, so they may not be made of dead material the way human fingernails are).



                                                      The best I can come up with is having them collect the hair itself. It's not perfect; trolls have wildly varying amounts of, and growth patterns for, hair in most depictions, so it might be possible to take hair from one troll and pretend it came from two or more. But it's the best you're likely to come up with shy of dragging all 15 corpses back with you.



                                                      Ear wax, as mentioned in another answer, might also be viable (presumably carving out an ear and having it regrow won't have it regrow complete with ear wax build up), though as that answer notes, it can't give an accurate kill count, just a rough estimate (it's like hair, but even easier to subdivide).



                                                      There is a flaw with all of these methods: If trolls are smart, they might try to game your troll death metrics by regular grooming; shaving their heads, carving out the inner skin of their own ears (or use q-tips, whatever) every week or so, etc. If you're adventurers looking to make a buck, taking the risk of death fighting trolls that you won't be paid for might seem like a bad deal.






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                                                        If you're really going with World of Warcraft (or D&D) style trolls, you've got a problem: They regenerate:




                                                        Although enough physical damage will kill them, trolls can regenerate lost limbs and heal grievous physical injuries at an accelerated rate, giving them a large advantage in battle.




                                                        So your proof is going to have to be something that doesn't regenerate. If you choose ears, or tusks, or fingers, or hands, or feet, your adventurers don't need to kill 15 trolls, they can capture just one, then harvest it for the relevant body part over and over (in both D&D and WoW, troll regeneration from nearly dead to unharmed occurs in the space of a few minutes at most, so you could harvest 15 trolls worth of body parts in the space of an hour, give or take).



                                                        So you need something that won't regenerate and can be uniquely associated with a single troll.



                                                        Unfortunately, the obvious solution here (in terms of maximum proof for minimum "amount of troll") is scalps; sure, the scalp itself can regenerate, but the hair is dead, and presumably grows at a relatively normal rate; you could harvest scalps over and over, but scalp #2 and onwards wouldn't have hair. The reason I say "unfortunately" is that nothing bleeds like a scalp wound and your adventurers are squeamish. As others have suggested, once the troll is dead, you could just wait a bit and the blood should coagulate, but if they don't want to deal with blood at all, they're stuck. Claws might also work (though in most depictions of trolls, a chopped off arm grows back with claws, so they may not be made of dead material the way human fingernails are).



                                                        The best I can come up with is having them collect the hair itself. It's not perfect; trolls have wildly varying amounts of, and growth patterns for, hair in most depictions, so it might be possible to take hair from one troll and pretend it came from two or more. But it's the best you're likely to come up with shy of dragging all 15 corpses back with you.



                                                        Ear wax, as mentioned in another answer, might also be viable (presumably carving out an ear and having it regrow won't have it regrow complete with ear wax build up), though as that answer notes, it can't give an accurate kill count, just a rough estimate (it's like hair, but even easier to subdivide).



                                                        There is a flaw with all of these methods: If trolls are smart, they might try to game your troll death metrics by regular grooming; shaving their heads, carving out the inner skin of their own ears (or use q-tips, whatever) every week or so, etc. If you're adventurers looking to make a buck, taking the risk of death fighting trolls that you won't be paid for might seem like a bad deal.






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                                                          up vote
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                                                          If you're really going with World of Warcraft (or D&D) style trolls, you've got a problem: They regenerate:




                                                          Although enough physical damage will kill them, trolls can regenerate lost limbs and heal grievous physical injuries at an accelerated rate, giving them a large advantage in battle.




                                                          So your proof is going to have to be something that doesn't regenerate. If you choose ears, or tusks, or fingers, or hands, or feet, your adventurers don't need to kill 15 trolls, they can capture just one, then harvest it for the relevant body part over and over (in both D&D and WoW, troll regeneration from nearly dead to unharmed occurs in the space of a few minutes at most, so you could harvest 15 trolls worth of body parts in the space of an hour, give or take).



                                                          So you need something that won't regenerate and can be uniquely associated with a single troll.



                                                          Unfortunately, the obvious solution here (in terms of maximum proof for minimum "amount of troll") is scalps; sure, the scalp itself can regenerate, but the hair is dead, and presumably grows at a relatively normal rate; you could harvest scalps over and over, but scalp #2 and onwards wouldn't have hair. The reason I say "unfortunately" is that nothing bleeds like a scalp wound and your adventurers are squeamish. As others have suggested, once the troll is dead, you could just wait a bit and the blood should coagulate, but if they don't want to deal with blood at all, they're stuck. Claws might also work (though in most depictions of trolls, a chopped off arm grows back with claws, so they may not be made of dead material the way human fingernails are).



                                                          The best I can come up with is having them collect the hair itself. It's not perfect; trolls have wildly varying amounts of, and growth patterns for, hair in most depictions, so it might be possible to take hair from one troll and pretend it came from two or more. But it's the best you're likely to come up with shy of dragging all 15 corpses back with you.



                                                          Ear wax, as mentioned in another answer, might also be viable (presumably carving out an ear and having it regrow won't have it regrow complete with ear wax build up), though as that answer notes, it can't give an accurate kill count, just a rough estimate (it's like hair, but even easier to subdivide).



                                                          There is a flaw with all of these methods: If trolls are smart, they might try to game your troll death metrics by regular grooming; shaving their heads, carving out the inner skin of their own ears (or use q-tips, whatever) every week or so, etc. If you're adventurers looking to make a buck, taking the risk of death fighting trolls that you won't be paid for might seem like a bad deal.






                                                          share|improve this answer












                                                          If you're really going with World of Warcraft (or D&D) style trolls, you've got a problem: They regenerate:




                                                          Although enough physical damage will kill them, trolls can regenerate lost limbs and heal grievous physical injuries at an accelerated rate, giving them a large advantage in battle.




                                                          So your proof is going to have to be something that doesn't regenerate. If you choose ears, or tusks, or fingers, or hands, or feet, your adventurers don't need to kill 15 trolls, they can capture just one, then harvest it for the relevant body part over and over (in both D&D and WoW, troll regeneration from nearly dead to unharmed occurs in the space of a few minutes at most, so you could harvest 15 trolls worth of body parts in the space of an hour, give or take).



                                                          So you need something that won't regenerate and can be uniquely associated with a single troll.



                                                          Unfortunately, the obvious solution here (in terms of maximum proof for minimum "amount of troll") is scalps; sure, the scalp itself can regenerate, but the hair is dead, and presumably grows at a relatively normal rate; you could harvest scalps over and over, but scalp #2 and onwards wouldn't have hair. The reason I say "unfortunately" is that nothing bleeds like a scalp wound and your adventurers are squeamish. As others have suggested, once the troll is dead, you could just wait a bit and the blood should coagulate, but if they don't want to deal with blood at all, they're stuck. Claws might also work (though in most depictions of trolls, a chopped off arm grows back with claws, so they may not be made of dead material the way human fingernails are).



                                                          The best I can come up with is having them collect the hair itself. It's not perfect; trolls have wildly varying amounts of, and growth patterns for, hair in most depictions, so it might be possible to take hair from one troll and pretend it came from two or more. But it's the best you're likely to come up with shy of dragging all 15 corpses back with you.



                                                          Ear wax, as mentioned in another answer, might also be viable (presumably carving out an ear and having it regrow won't have it regrow complete with ear wax build up), though as that answer notes, it can't give an accurate kill count, just a rough estimate (it's like hair, but even easier to subdivide).



                                                          There is a flaw with all of these methods: If trolls are smart, they might try to game your troll death metrics by regular grooming; shaving their heads, carving out the inner skin of their own ears (or use q-tips, whatever) every week or so, etc. If you're adventurers looking to make a buck, taking the risk of death fighting trolls that you won't be paid for might seem like a bad deal.







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                                                              Bring full body vids including yourself knifing thru the heart & slitting throat of the orc, pre or post-mortem, along with an accompanying dna swab. He checks.



                                                              That should do the trick.






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                                                              • Those squeamish adventures don't want to cut bits off, but are fine to have a photo shoot slicing and dicing?
                                                                – Kain0_0
                                                                Nov 14 at 7:57










                                                              • they wanted proof, they have proof. :) or just the dna, if the videoz are too unpleasant. but between the two, that proof is indisputable.
                                                                – theRiley
                                                                Nov 14 at 8:05










                                                              • Good point, and any squeamish adventurer who adventures can certainly find an already dead troll.
                                                                – Kain0_0
                                                                Nov 14 at 8:27















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                                                              Bring full body vids including yourself knifing thru the heart & slitting throat of the orc, pre or post-mortem, along with an accompanying dna swab. He checks.



                                                              That should do the trick.






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                                                              • Those squeamish adventures don't want to cut bits off, but are fine to have a photo shoot slicing and dicing?
                                                                – Kain0_0
                                                                Nov 14 at 7:57










                                                              • they wanted proof, they have proof. :) or just the dna, if the videoz are too unpleasant. but between the two, that proof is indisputable.
                                                                – theRiley
                                                                Nov 14 at 8:05










                                                              • Good point, and any squeamish adventurer who adventures can certainly find an already dead troll.
                                                                – Kain0_0
                                                                Nov 14 at 8:27













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                                                              up vote
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                                                              Bring full body vids including yourself knifing thru the heart & slitting throat of the orc, pre or post-mortem, along with an accompanying dna swab. He checks.



                                                              That should do the trick.






                                                              share|improve this answer












                                                              Bring full body vids including yourself knifing thru the heart & slitting throat of the orc, pre or post-mortem, along with an accompanying dna swab. He checks.



                                                              That should do the trick.







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                                                              answered Nov 13 at 18:40









                                                              theRiley

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                                                              • Those squeamish adventures don't want to cut bits off, but are fine to have a photo shoot slicing and dicing?
                                                                – Kain0_0
                                                                Nov 14 at 7:57










                                                              • they wanted proof, they have proof. :) or just the dna, if the videoz are too unpleasant. but between the two, that proof is indisputable.
                                                                – theRiley
                                                                Nov 14 at 8:05










                                                              • Good point, and any squeamish adventurer who adventures can certainly find an already dead troll.
                                                                – Kain0_0
                                                                Nov 14 at 8:27


















                                                              • Those squeamish adventures don't want to cut bits off, but are fine to have a photo shoot slicing and dicing?
                                                                – Kain0_0
                                                                Nov 14 at 7:57










                                                              • they wanted proof, they have proof. :) or just the dna, if the videoz are too unpleasant. but between the two, that proof is indisputable.
                                                                – theRiley
                                                                Nov 14 at 8:05










                                                              • Good point, and any squeamish adventurer who adventures can certainly find an already dead troll.
                                                                – Kain0_0
                                                                Nov 14 at 8:27
















                                                              Those squeamish adventures don't want to cut bits off, but are fine to have a photo shoot slicing and dicing?
                                                              – Kain0_0
                                                              Nov 14 at 7:57




                                                              Those squeamish adventures don't want to cut bits off, but are fine to have a photo shoot slicing and dicing?
                                                              – Kain0_0
                                                              Nov 14 at 7:57












                                                              they wanted proof, they have proof. :) or just the dna, if the videoz are too unpleasant. but between the two, that proof is indisputable.
                                                              – theRiley
                                                              Nov 14 at 8:05




                                                              they wanted proof, they have proof. :) or just the dna, if the videoz are too unpleasant. but between the two, that proof is indisputable.
                                                              – theRiley
                                                              Nov 14 at 8:05












                                                              Good point, and any squeamish adventurer who adventures can certainly find an already dead troll.
                                                              – Kain0_0
                                                              Nov 14 at 8:27




                                                              Good point, and any squeamish adventurer who adventures can certainly find an already dead troll.
                                                              – Kain0_0
                                                              Nov 14 at 8:27










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                                                              Get a referee / mentor to join your quest.



                                                              You may bring 15 troll ears, 20 tusks and 1 gallon of ear wax BUT:



                                                              Was it really you who did the work, or did you buy yourself through a gift shop down the street or worse, did you let others do the dirty work?



                                                              This is why the Guild of of Adventurers Anonymous provides a referee or a mentor for every one who goes on such an honorable quest of slaying innocent trolls.



                                                              The referee writes down every troll you killed and even how you killed them, because there are more than one way to kill a troll and not all of them are favoured by your guild.






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                                                                Get a referee / mentor to join your quest.



                                                                You may bring 15 troll ears, 20 tusks and 1 gallon of ear wax BUT:



                                                                Was it really you who did the work, or did you buy yourself through a gift shop down the street or worse, did you let others do the dirty work?



                                                                This is why the Guild of of Adventurers Anonymous provides a referee or a mentor for every one who goes on such an honorable quest of slaying innocent trolls.



                                                                The referee writes down every troll you killed and even how you killed them, because there are more than one way to kill a troll and not all of them are favoured by your guild.






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                                                                  up vote
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                                                                  Get a referee / mentor to join your quest.



                                                                  You may bring 15 troll ears, 20 tusks and 1 gallon of ear wax BUT:



                                                                  Was it really you who did the work, or did you buy yourself through a gift shop down the street or worse, did you let others do the dirty work?



                                                                  This is why the Guild of of Adventurers Anonymous provides a referee or a mentor for every one who goes on such an honorable quest of slaying innocent trolls.



                                                                  The referee writes down every troll you killed and even how you killed them, because there are more than one way to kill a troll and not all of them are favoured by your guild.






                                                                  share|improve this answer












                                                                  Get a referee / mentor to join your quest.



                                                                  You may bring 15 troll ears, 20 tusks and 1 gallon of ear wax BUT:



                                                                  Was it really you who did the work, or did you buy yourself through a gift shop down the street or worse, did you let others do the dirty work?



                                                                  This is why the Guild of of Adventurers Anonymous provides a referee or a mentor for every one who goes on such an honorable quest of slaying innocent trolls.



                                                                  The referee writes down every troll you killed and even how you killed them, because there are more than one way to kill a troll and not all of them are favoured by your guild.







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                                                                      Get the trolls to chase you




                                                                      1. Place the NPC at the top of a safe tower or other natural defence.


                                                                      2. Dig a ditch of spikes and cover with branches and leaves. Leave one place where it's easy for you to cross but make sure it looks no different from the rest of the concealed ditch apart from an odd shaped branch.


                                                                      3. Find a band of trolls.


                                                                      4. Get them to chase you.


                                                                      5. Keep shouting insults to enrage them but run just fast enough to keep ahead.


                                                                      6. Run until you get to where the NPC is waiting.


                                                                      7. Cross the concealed spiked ditch, turn to face the oncoming horde and shout your worst insults whilst making rude hand-gestures.


                                                                      8. Watch as the trolls fall into the ditch and impale themselves.


                                                                      9. Kill any that manage to cross the narrow concealed bridge by knocking them off it in the manner of Little John and Robin Hood. Shoot stragglers who didn't quite reach the ditch with your bow.


                                                                      10. Collect your reward.



                                                                      This also has the advantage of being re-usable. Make sure no-one lives to tell the tale and you can use the same trick repeatedly.






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                                                                        Get the trolls to chase you




                                                                        1. Place the NPC at the top of a safe tower or other natural defence.


                                                                        2. Dig a ditch of spikes and cover with branches and leaves. Leave one place where it's easy for you to cross but make sure it looks no different from the rest of the concealed ditch apart from an odd shaped branch.


                                                                        3. Find a band of trolls.


                                                                        4. Get them to chase you.


                                                                        5. Keep shouting insults to enrage them but run just fast enough to keep ahead.


                                                                        6. Run until you get to where the NPC is waiting.


                                                                        7. Cross the concealed spiked ditch, turn to face the oncoming horde and shout your worst insults whilst making rude hand-gestures.


                                                                        8. Watch as the trolls fall into the ditch and impale themselves.


                                                                        9. Kill any that manage to cross the narrow concealed bridge by knocking them off it in the manner of Little John and Robin Hood. Shoot stragglers who didn't quite reach the ditch with your bow.


                                                                        10. Collect your reward.



                                                                        This also has the advantage of being re-usable. Make sure no-one lives to tell the tale and you can use the same trick repeatedly.






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                                                                          Get the trolls to chase you




                                                                          1. Place the NPC at the top of a safe tower or other natural defence.


                                                                          2. Dig a ditch of spikes and cover with branches and leaves. Leave one place where it's easy for you to cross but make sure it looks no different from the rest of the concealed ditch apart from an odd shaped branch.


                                                                          3. Find a band of trolls.


                                                                          4. Get them to chase you.


                                                                          5. Keep shouting insults to enrage them but run just fast enough to keep ahead.


                                                                          6. Run until you get to where the NPC is waiting.


                                                                          7. Cross the concealed spiked ditch, turn to face the oncoming horde and shout your worst insults whilst making rude hand-gestures.


                                                                          8. Watch as the trolls fall into the ditch and impale themselves.


                                                                          9. Kill any that manage to cross the narrow concealed bridge by knocking them off it in the manner of Little John and Robin Hood. Shoot stragglers who didn't quite reach the ditch with your bow.


                                                                          10. Collect your reward.



                                                                          This also has the advantage of being re-usable. Make sure no-one lives to tell the tale and you can use the same trick repeatedly.






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                                                                          Get the trolls to chase you




                                                                          1. Place the NPC at the top of a safe tower or other natural defence.


                                                                          2. Dig a ditch of spikes and cover with branches and leaves. Leave one place where it's easy for you to cross but make sure it looks no different from the rest of the concealed ditch apart from an odd shaped branch.


                                                                          3. Find a band of trolls.


                                                                          4. Get them to chase you.


                                                                          5. Keep shouting insults to enrage them but run just fast enough to keep ahead.


                                                                          6. Run until you get to where the NPC is waiting.


                                                                          7. Cross the concealed spiked ditch, turn to face the oncoming horde and shout your worst insults whilst making rude hand-gestures.


                                                                          8. Watch as the trolls fall into the ditch and impale themselves.


                                                                          9. Kill any that manage to cross the narrow concealed bridge by knocking them off it in the manner of Little John and Robin Hood. Shoot stragglers who didn't quite reach the ditch with your bow.


                                                                          10. Collect your reward.



                                                                          This also has the advantage of being re-usable. Make sure no-one lives to tell the tale and you can use the same trick repeatedly.







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                                                                              Do your trolls live in caves?




                                                                              1. Wait until the troll goes to sleep after a long day of pillaging villages and farmsteads. *(Usually an adventurer's first instinct is to swoop-in and save the day before another village gets looted, but you have to remember to be patient here)


                                                                              2. Roll a giant bolder to the cave entrance. Make sure it's properly secured so the troll can't get out. (Maybe bring some mortar with you just in case...)



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                                                                              1. Wait a year and then come back to the cave. By this time the troll should have run out of food in the cave and starved to death.


                                                                              2. You now have an intact troll body (or more if he had a wife and kids in the cave), with body-parts that you can say came from multiple trolls, you've also got troll weapons and troll clothes as further proof for whatever you want.







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                                                                                Do your trolls live in caves?




                                                                                1. Wait until the troll goes to sleep after a long day of pillaging villages and farmsteads. *(Usually an adventurer's first instinct is to swoop-in and save the day before another village gets looted, but you have to remember to be patient here)


                                                                                2. Roll a giant bolder to the cave entrance. Make sure it's properly secured so the troll can't get out. (Maybe bring some mortar with you just in case...)



                                                                                enter image description here




                                                                                1. Wait a year and then come back to the cave. By this time the troll should have run out of food in the cave and starved to death.


                                                                                2. You now have an intact troll body (or more if he had a wife and kids in the cave), with body-parts that you can say came from multiple trolls, you've also got troll weapons and troll clothes as further proof for whatever you want.







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                                                                                  Do your trolls live in caves?




                                                                                  1. Wait until the troll goes to sleep after a long day of pillaging villages and farmsteads. *(Usually an adventurer's first instinct is to swoop-in and save the day before another village gets looted, but you have to remember to be patient here)


                                                                                  2. Roll a giant bolder to the cave entrance. Make sure it's properly secured so the troll can't get out. (Maybe bring some mortar with you just in case...)



                                                                                  enter image description here




                                                                                  1. Wait a year and then come back to the cave. By this time the troll should have run out of food in the cave and starved to death.


                                                                                  2. You now have an intact troll body (or more if he had a wife and kids in the cave), with body-parts that you can say came from multiple trolls, you've also got troll weapons and troll clothes as further proof for whatever you want.







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                                                                                  Do your trolls live in caves?




                                                                                  1. Wait until the troll goes to sleep after a long day of pillaging villages and farmsteads. *(Usually an adventurer's first instinct is to swoop-in and save the day before another village gets looted, but you have to remember to be patient here)


                                                                                  2. Roll a giant bolder to the cave entrance. Make sure it's properly secured so the troll can't get out. (Maybe bring some mortar with you just in case...)



                                                                                  enter image description here




                                                                                  1. Wait a year and then come back to the cave. By this time the troll should have run out of food in the cave and starved to death.


                                                                                  2. You now have an intact troll body (or more if he had a wife and kids in the cave), with body-parts that you can say came from multiple trolls, you've also got troll weapons and troll clothes as further proof for whatever you want.








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                                                                                      1. Help my cute elf! You must be female elf. I am sure there will be army of ready help.

                                                                                      2. Photo - No magic selfies or too expensive?

                                                                                      3. In name of my honor! Trolls are no more! Magic and divine oaths.

                                                                                      4. For for reasonable pay, guild verifies kills: sending extra with you or after job is done, while your pay is pending.

                                                                                      5. Get troll weapons or whatever your trolls have. Poor trolls.






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                                                                                        1. Help my cute elf! You must be female elf. I am sure there will be army of ready help.

                                                                                        2. Photo - No magic selfies or too expensive?

                                                                                        3. In name of my honor! Trolls are no more! Magic and divine oaths.

                                                                                        4. For for reasonable pay, guild verifies kills: sending extra with you or after job is done, while your pay is pending.

                                                                                        5. Get troll weapons or whatever your trolls have. Poor trolls.






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                                                                                          2. Photo - No magic selfies or too expensive?

                                                                                          3. In name of my honor! Trolls are no more! Magic and divine oaths.

                                                                                          4. For for reasonable pay, guild verifies kills: sending extra with you or after job is done, while your pay is pending.

                                                                                          5. Get troll weapons or whatever your trolls have. Poor trolls.






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                                                                                          2. Photo - No magic selfies or too expensive?

                                                                                          3. In name of my honor! Trolls are no more! Magic and divine oaths.

                                                                                          4. For for reasonable pay, guild verifies kills: sending extra with you or after job is done, while your pay is pending.

                                                                                          5. Get troll weapons or whatever your trolls have. Poor trolls.







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                                                                                              Troll Semen



                                                                                              With genocidal adventurers constantly picking off trolls to improve their status in society it would be necessary for societies to engage in conservational efforts to stabilize the troll populations.



                                                                                              Seeing as how there are adventurers who do not wish to return traditional socially rewarding trophies they can be used to instead return materials useful in conservation efforts.



                                                                                              Using a syringe an adventurer could harvest the eggs or semen from dead trolls. Because they are dead their blood flow has stopped so sticking them with a needle will not result in any significant spray that could get on them.



                                                                                              The eggs and semen could then be used to artificially impregnate captive trolls thereby replacing their population.






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                                                                                                Troll Semen



                                                                                                With genocidal adventurers constantly picking off trolls to improve their status in society it would be necessary for societies to engage in conservational efforts to stabilize the troll populations.



                                                                                                Seeing as how there are adventurers who do not wish to return traditional socially rewarding trophies they can be used to instead return materials useful in conservation efforts.



                                                                                                Using a syringe an adventurer could harvest the eggs or semen from dead trolls. Because they are dead their blood flow has stopped so sticking them with a needle will not result in any significant spray that could get on them.



                                                                                                The eggs and semen could then be used to artificially impregnate captive trolls thereby replacing their population.






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                                                                                                  Troll Semen



                                                                                                  With genocidal adventurers constantly picking off trolls to improve their status in society it would be necessary for societies to engage in conservational efforts to stabilize the troll populations.



                                                                                                  Seeing as how there are adventurers who do not wish to return traditional socially rewarding trophies they can be used to instead return materials useful in conservation efforts.



                                                                                                  Using a syringe an adventurer could harvest the eggs or semen from dead trolls. Because they are dead their blood flow has stopped so sticking them with a needle will not result in any significant spray that could get on them.



                                                                                                  The eggs and semen could then be used to artificially impregnate captive trolls thereby replacing their population.






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                                                                                                  Troll Semen



                                                                                                  With genocidal adventurers constantly picking off trolls to improve their status in society it would be necessary for societies to engage in conservational efforts to stabilize the troll populations.



                                                                                                  Seeing as how there are adventurers who do not wish to return traditional socially rewarding trophies they can be used to instead return materials useful in conservation efforts.



                                                                                                  Using a syringe an adventurer could harvest the eggs or semen from dead trolls. Because they are dead their blood flow has stopped so sticking them with a needle will not result in any significant spray that could get on them.



                                                                                                  The eggs and semen could then be used to artificially impregnate captive trolls thereby replacing their population.







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                                                                                                      Livestream it.



                                                                                                      Since you didn’t mention anything about your world I’m going to assume a similar world to ours. If it is a less technologically advanced world then figure out a magic livestream that people can watch in some specifically built theater.



                                                                                                      You’re an adventurer with the equivalence of a live gaming Youtube stream. Thousands of peasants watch you (and others) ridding the world of those pesky trolls. Sometimes the adventurers die horribly in the process, which makes it even more entertaining.






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                                                                                                        Livestream it.



                                                                                                        Since you didn’t mention anything about your world I’m going to assume a similar world to ours. If it is a less technologically advanced world then figure out a magic livestream that people can watch in some specifically built theater.



                                                                                                        You’re an adventurer with the equivalence of a live gaming Youtube stream. Thousands of peasants watch you (and others) ridding the world of those pesky trolls. Sometimes the adventurers die horribly in the process, which makes it even more entertaining.






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                                                                                                          Livestream it.



                                                                                                          Since you didn’t mention anything about your world I’m going to assume a similar world to ours. If it is a less technologically advanced world then figure out a magic livestream that people can watch in some specifically built theater.



                                                                                                          You’re an adventurer with the equivalence of a live gaming Youtube stream. Thousands of peasants watch you (and others) ridding the world of those pesky trolls. Sometimes the adventurers die horribly in the process, which makes it even more entertaining.






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                                                                                                          Livestream it.



                                                                                                          Since you didn’t mention anything about your world I’m going to assume a similar world to ours. If it is a less technologically advanced world then figure out a magic livestream that people can watch in some specifically built theater.



                                                                                                          You’re an adventurer with the equivalence of a live gaming Youtube stream. Thousands of peasants watch you (and others) ridding the world of those pesky trolls. Sometimes the adventurers die horribly in the process, which makes it even more entertaining.







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                                                                                                              Depends on your way of killing the trolls without blood, But if there is no modern technology around and going livestream while killing trolls is not possible, then let the troll come to you.



                                                                                                              1) Lure the troll near the town



                                                                                                              2) Kill the troll



                                                                                                              3) Get Rewarded



                                                                                                              All of the above answers(skinning the troll, ripping parts of the troll, etc..) could be bypassed by just either waiting for a troll to die, or searching for a dead troll, or making trolls fight each other, take the token and present it. My approach will make sure YOU did it, and the whole town witnessed you kill the trolls.



                                                                                                              How you do it without blood is way beyond me, I cant seem to picture killing something without blood.






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                                                                                                                Depends on your way of killing the trolls without blood, But if there is no modern technology around and going livestream while killing trolls is not possible, then let the troll come to you.



                                                                                                                1) Lure the troll near the town



                                                                                                                2) Kill the troll



                                                                                                                3) Get Rewarded



                                                                                                                All of the above answers(skinning the troll, ripping parts of the troll, etc..) could be bypassed by just either waiting for a troll to die, or searching for a dead troll, or making trolls fight each other, take the token and present it. My approach will make sure YOU did it, and the whole town witnessed you kill the trolls.



                                                                                                                How you do it without blood is way beyond me, I cant seem to picture killing something without blood.






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                                                                                                                  Depends on your way of killing the trolls without blood, But if there is no modern technology around and going livestream while killing trolls is not possible, then let the troll come to you.



                                                                                                                  1) Lure the troll near the town



                                                                                                                  2) Kill the troll



                                                                                                                  3) Get Rewarded



                                                                                                                  All of the above answers(skinning the troll, ripping parts of the troll, etc..) could be bypassed by just either waiting for a troll to die, or searching for a dead troll, or making trolls fight each other, take the token and present it. My approach will make sure YOU did it, and the whole town witnessed you kill the trolls.



                                                                                                                  How you do it without blood is way beyond me, I cant seem to picture killing something without blood.






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                                                                                                                  Depends on your way of killing the trolls without blood, But if there is no modern technology around and going livestream while killing trolls is not possible, then let the troll come to you.



                                                                                                                  1) Lure the troll near the town



                                                                                                                  2) Kill the troll



                                                                                                                  3) Get Rewarded



                                                                                                                  All of the above answers(skinning the troll, ripping parts of the troll, etc..) could be bypassed by just either waiting for a troll to die, or searching for a dead troll, or making trolls fight each other, take the token and present it. My approach will make sure YOU did it, and the whole town witnessed you kill the trolls.



                                                                                                                  How you do it without blood is way beyond me, I cant seem to picture killing something without blood.







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                                                                                                                      Take their Mojo



                                                                                                                      Adult trolls (or at least, the Warcraft variety) have their own special form of magic (Voodoo in Warcraft terms) that requires a special bag of charms (A liquid in Warcraft), called a Mojo. A troll will never willingly part with their Mojo while they are alive, and all trolls carry Mojo, so there is a one to one relationship between a Mojo and a troll. It doesn't require any severing of limbs, nor cutting of body parts to harvest, and it's relatively easy to carry. It's also hard to make a forgery, because it's infused with the troll's personal Voodoo magic.






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                                                                                                                      Take their Mojo



                                                                                                                      Adult trolls (or at least, the Warcraft variety) have their own special form of magic (Voodoo in Warcraft terms) that requires a special bag of charms (A liquid in Warcraft), called a Mojo. A troll will never willingly part with their Mojo while they are alive, and all trolls carry Mojo, so there is a one to one relationship between a Mojo and a troll. It doesn't require any severing of limbs, nor cutting of body parts to harvest, and it's relatively easy to carry. It's also hard to make a forgery, because it's infused with the troll's personal Voodoo magic.






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                                                                                                                      • This also allows all kinds of options for fun quests helping trolls regain their lost mojo.
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                                                                                                                      Take their Mojo



                                                                                                                      Adult trolls (or at least, the Warcraft variety) have their own special form of magic (Voodoo in Warcraft terms) that requires a special bag of charms (A liquid in Warcraft), called a Mojo. A troll will never willingly part with their Mojo while they are alive, and all trolls carry Mojo, so there is a one to one relationship between a Mojo and a troll. It doesn't require any severing of limbs, nor cutting of body parts to harvest, and it's relatively easy to carry. It's also hard to make a forgery, because it's infused with the troll's personal Voodoo magic.






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                                                                                                                      Take their Mojo



                                                                                                                      Adult trolls (or at least, the Warcraft variety) have their own special form of magic (Voodoo in Warcraft terms) that requires a special bag of charms (A liquid in Warcraft), called a Mojo. A troll will never willingly part with their Mojo while they are alive, and all trolls carry Mojo, so there is a one to one relationship between a Mojo and a troll. It doesn't require any severing of limbs, nor cutting of body parts to harvest, and it's relatively easy to carry. It's also hard to make a forgery, because it's infused with the troll's personal Voodoo magic.







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                                                                                                                      • This also allows all kinds of options for fun quests helping trolls regain their lost mojo.
                                                                                                                        – Dewi Morgan
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                                                                                                                      • This also allows all kinds of options for fun quests helping trolls regain their lost mojo.
                                                                                                                        – Dewi Morgan
                                                                                                                        yesterday
















                                                                                                                      This also allows all kinds of options for fun quests helping trolls regain their lost mojo.
                                                                                                                      – Dewi Morgan
                                                                                                                      yesterday




                                                                                                                      This also allows all kinds of options for fun quests helping trolls regain their lost mojo.
                                                                                                                      – Dewi Morgan
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                                                                                                                      Insurance. No really.



                                                                                                                      Where there is money exchanging hands, there is risk. Where there is risk and money exchanging hands, there is always someone looking to make money from this.



                                                                                                                      Have your reward payers set the value of killed troll through investment from those who wish to see the trolls gone. Have this value be underwritten by insurers. Only troll kills which can be verified by an agent of the underwriters will count. This causes the troll hunters to pay to bring along a verified agent of the insurance agency. This Agent also collects a salary based on how few trolls are killed.



                                                                                                                      If he lies by reducing the number, he can rest assured the next troll hunt will either see him not being brought along or being used as "accidental" bait. If he lies by increasing the number, he will be paid less in his salary. Finding this value to reduce the chance of bribery is a big part of insurance.



                                                                                                                      If he tells the truth, the troll hunters are happy that he isn't taking money away from them. The insurance company is happy because their books balance. And the investors are happy because there are less trolls running around.



                                                                                                                      Edit: Also forgot that the same insurers will be offering life insurance policies and workmen's compensation options to the troll hunters. Heck, they can even offer insurance for poor hunting years.






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                                                                                                                        Insurance. No really.



                                                                                                                        Where there is money exchanging hands, there is risk. Where there is risk and money exchanging hands, there is always someone looking to make money from this.



                                                                                                                        Have your reward payers set the value of killed troll through investment from those who wish to see the trolls gone. Have this value be underwritten by insurers. Only troll kills which can be verified by an agent of the underwriters will count. This causes the troll hunters to pay to bring along a verified agent of the insurance agency. This Agent also collects a salary based on how few trolls are killed.



                                                                                                                        If he lies by reducing the number, he can rest assured the next troll hunt will either see him not being brought along or being used as "accidental" bait. If he lies by increasing the number, he will be paid less in his salary. Finding this value to reduce the chance of bribery is a big part of insurance.



                                                                                                                        If he tells the truth, the troll hunters are happy that he isn't taking money away from them. The insurance company is happy because their books balance. And the investors are happy because there are less trolls running around.



                                                                                                                        Edit: Also forgot that the same insurers will be offering life insurance policies and workmen's compensation options to the troll hunters. Heck, they can even offer insurance for poor hunting years.






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                                                                                                                          Insurance. No really.



                                                                                                                          Where there is money exchanging hands, there is risk. Where there is risk and money exchanging hands, there is always someone looking to make money from this.



                                                                                                                          Have your reward payers set the value of killed troll through investment from those who wish to see the trolls gone. Have this value be underwritten by insurers. Only troll kills which can be verified by an agent of the underwriters will count. This causes the troll hunters to pay to bring along a verified agent of the insurance agency. This Agent also collects a salary based on how few trolls are killed.



                                                                                                                          If he lies by reducing the number, he can rest assured the next troll hunt will either see him not being brought along or being used as "accidental" bait. If he lies by increasing the number, he will be paid less in his salary. Finding this value to reduce the chance of bribery is a big part of insurance.



                                                                                                                          If he tells the truth, the troll hunters are happy that he isn't taking money away from them. The insurance company is happy because their books balance. And the investors are happy because there are less trolls running around.



                                                                                                                          Edit: Also forgot that the same insurers will be offering life insurance policies and workmen's compensation options to the troll hunters. Heck, they can even offer insurance for poor hunting years.






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                                                                                                                          Insurance. No really.



                                                                                                                          Where there is money exchanging hands, there is risk. Where there is risk and money exchanging hands, there is always someone looking to make money from this.



                                                                                                                          Have your reward payers set the value of killed troll through investment from those who wish to see the trolls gone. Have this value be underwritten by insurers. Only troll kills which can be verified by an agent of the underwriters will count. This causes the troll hunters to pay to bring along a verified agent of the insurance agency. This Agent also collects a salary based on how few trolls are killed.



                                                                                                                          If he lies by reducing the number, he can rest assured the next troll hunt will either see him not being brought along or being used as "accidental" bait. If he lies by increasing the number, he will be paid less in his salary. Finding this value to reduce the chance of bribery is a big part of insurance.



                                                                                                                          If he tells the truth, the troll hunters are happy that he isn't taking money away from them. The insurance company is happy because their books balance. And the investors are happy because there are less trolls running around.



                                                                                                                          Edit: Also forgot that the same insurers will be offering life insurance policies and workmen's compensation options to the troll hunters. Heck, they can even offer insurance for poor hunting years.







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                                                                                                                              Let's assume that an ear is enough proof you've killed a troll. Your adventures could just hire an NPC who waits till the fight is over, then cuts off the ears of the dead trolls and put them into a chest, half filled with sand (the sand will keep any blood from dripping out of the box). Then all the adventurers need to do is present the chest to whoever asked for 15 trolls.



                                                                                                                              Of course, if the adventurers have a DEX above 6, it shouldn't be too hard for them to cut of ears without getting blood on them.



                                                                                                                              I'm far more interested how they plan to kill 15 trolls without getting blood on them.






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                                                                                                                                Let's assume that an ear is enough proof you've killed a troll. Your adventures could just hire an NPC who waits till the fight is over, then cuts off the ears of the dead trolls and put them into a chest, half filled with sand (the sand will keep any blood from dripping out of the box). Then all the adventurers need to do is present the chest to whoever asked for 15 trolls.



                                                                                                                                Of course, if the adventurers have a DEX above 6, it shouldn't be too hard for them to cut of ears without getting blood on them.



                                                                                                                                I'm far more interested how they plan to kill 15 trolls without getting blood on them.






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                                                                                                                                  Let's assume that an ear is enough proof you've killed a troll. Your adventures could just hire an NPC who waits till the fight is over, then cuts off the ears of the dead trolls and put them into a chest, half filled with sand (the sand will keep any blood from dripping out of the box). Then all the adventurers need to do is present the chest to whoever asked for 15 trolls.



                                                                                                                                  Of course, if the adventurers have a DEX above 6, it shouldn't be too hard for them to cut of ears without getting blood on them.



                                                                                                                                  I'm far more interested how they plan to kill 15 trolls without getting blood on them.






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                                                                                                                                  Let's assume that an ear is enough proof you've killed a troll. Your adventures could just hire an NPC who waits till the fight is over, then cuts off the ears of the dead trolls and put them into a chest, half filled with sand (the sand will keep any blood from dripping out of the box). Then all the adventurers need to do is present the chest to whoever asked for 15 trolls.



                                                                                                                                  Of course, if the adventurers have a DEX above 6, it shouldn't be too hard for them to cut of ears without getting blood on them.



                                                                                                                                  I'm far more interested how they plan to kill 15 trolls without getting blood on them.







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                                                                                                                                      Bury the dead trolls by anthills, termite mounds, or other scavenger insects. Come back in a year or so when the trollskull is clean and hand that in.



                                                                                                                                      Alternatively, boil the trolls, the trollflesh will fall right off, again you get clean skulls and bones, as well as rendered trollfat and other usable parts.



                                                                                                                                      Maybe a bit stinky though, if you're not gonna clean the bodies before boiling. You'll be basically boiling the bodies in a vat of trollcrap.






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                                                                                                                                        Bury the dead trolls by anthills, termite mounds, or other scavenger insects. Come back in a year or so when the trollskull is clean and hand that in.



                                                                                                                                        Alternatively, boil the trolls, the trollflesh will fall right off, again you get clean skulls and bones, as well as rendered trollfat and other usable parts.



                                                                                                                                        Maybe a bit stinky though, if you're not gonna clean the bodies before boiling. You'll be basically boiling the bodies in a vat of trollcrap.






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                                                                                                                                          Bury the dead trolls by anthills, termite mounds, or other scavenger insects. Come back in a year or so when the trollskull is clean and hand that in.



                                                                                                                                          Alternatively, boil the trolls, the trollflesh will fall right off, again you get clean skulls and bones, as well as rendered trollfat and other usable parts.



                                                                                                                                          Maybe a bit stinky though, if you're not gonna clean the bodies before boiling. You'll be basically boiling the bodies in a vat of trollcrap.






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                                                                                                                                          Bury the dead trolls by anthills, termite mounds, or other scavenger insects. Come back in a year or so when the trollskull is clean and hand that in.



                                                                                                                                          Alternatively, boil the trolls, the trollflesh will fall right off, again you get clean skulls and bones, as well as rendered trollfat and other usable parts.



                                                                                                                                          Maybe a bit stinky though, if you're not gonna clean the bodies before boiling. You'll be basically boiling the bodies in a vat of trollcrap.







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