A&L Mega-Stew
It cost something an arm and a leg.
Overview
A&L Mega-Stew is a consumable item whose in-game descriptions emphasize a dark, humorous theme: the name and flavor text play on the idiom "cost an arm and a leg." The English locale presents it as something that "cost something an arm and a leg," while many other localizations either echo that idiom or render the wording more literal. The item functions as a piece of world-building flavor rather than providing any single, universally described mechanical effect across the available localization texts.
Multiple language descriptions reinforce the same core image but diverge in tone. Several locales use the figurative expression that it was very expensive or costly to obtain. Other locales present a more macabre literalization, implying the stew contains or was made from severed limbs. These differences are reflected directly in the provided localization strings rather than in separate game mechanics.
- Flavor and tone: the stew's name and lines reference “an arm and a leg” as the source or price, casting it as either extravagantly expensive or grotesquely composed depending on locale. This duality is part of the item's narrative hook.
- Localization notes: English, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian, and simplified Chinese lines emphasize the idiom of high cost; traditional Chinese explicitly states it is made from severed limbs; Japanese and some translations suggest use of some arm or leg without clarifying whether literal or figurative.
- Usage implications: because all available source text is descriptive flavor only, do not assume specific game effects (healing, buffs, status changes) from these strings alone. Treat A&L Mega-Stew primarily as a narrative or cosmetic item unless separate mechanical data is available from other game resources.
- Roleplay and presentation: when presenting the item in dialogue, UI, or documentation, preserve the ambiguity between metaphor and literal gore if you wish to reflect localization differences; alternatively, choose one interpretation consistently for tone and player expectations.
If mechanical details are required (duration, stats, crafting ingredients), consult the game's item database or in-game tooltip entries beyond these localization descriptions, as the provided texts supply flavor but do not enumerate numerical effects.
Official description
It cost something an arm and a leg.
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