> It means a large swath of monsters: jellies, giant insects, wolves, bears, spiders, serpents, etc. wouldn't drop anything
Sure they would - a jelly drops a potion made from its body, the other animals have stingers, teeth and claws that are excellent weapons, and skin or plates that make armor.
A petrified dead snake makes a great wand.
A web from a spider can be used as a trap item (throw it at someone and "stun" them for a time). Make it reusable by pulling back the cord attached to it.
If going for realism, it could be argued that rare ferocious beasts, or their unique body parts could have very high trophy value (as opposed to humans).
Just witness the extinction of many real life species that are killed for perceived magical qualities of a small body part. For added realism, it makes it easy to just leave the body to rot and sell the small rhino horn to shady criminals.
For added effect, if they are rare enough, they become more valuable the more you kill them...
Sure they would - a jelly drops a potion made from its body, the other animals have stingers, teeth and claws that are excellent weapons, and skin or plates that make armor.
A petrified dead snake makes a great wand.
A web from a spider can be used as a trap item (throw it at someone and "stun" them for a time). Make it reusable by pulling back the cord attached to it.
A bear arm makes a sword-like slashing weapon.