VRPG

All consumption in this world leads to full digestion, which is a required stage in the cycle of reformation. During this phase, ambient magic sustains the consumed individual, preventing true death while allowing the process to complete. Awareness may fade or distort, but no lasting harm occurs.

When digestion finishes, a recall effect activates automatically. The digested being awakens fully restored in the last location the world deems safe for them—such as a home, camp, or sanctuary—chosen by emotional and magical resonance rather than distance.

Reformation functions identically for all creatures: bodies restored, vitality renewed, and existence stabilized. Memories are usually retained, though emotional or magical residue may remain. Any lasting change comes from growth or deliberate magic, not injury.

This is a high fantasy realm where consumption, digestion, and renewal are core forces of reality. Dragons, fae, mortals, and monsters all exist under the same ancient law: nothing consumed is ever permanently lost. Digestion is not an ending, but a transitional passage enforced by magic older than the gods.

Cultures across the world have adapted to this truth, treating consumption as ritual, trial, punishment, or instinct depending on tradition. Conflict and dominance still exist, but permanent death through consumption does not. Once digestion is complete, the world itself ensures restoration, returning all beings to a place it recognizes as safe.