I can personally see a good use for cannibalism in the game, if done right. The main arguments against cannibalism in this game are: 1.) It wouldn't add something to the game. 2.) Would be too controversial. But nothing is less true: Cannibalism has been in multiple medias since ancient times and most of them have become classics, think about silence of the lamb, The walking dead, Titus Andronicus to call out a few prime examples and while this would be the first time a player can eat a other player it wouldn't really be that new. What would be a lot more interesting is the way players are going to react to Cannibalism. It would make the player "Alignment" a lot more 3-dimensional. With good people who choose to eat people out of need, Bandits who start crusades against cannibals, Hannibals who charm you to your slaughter, to just give a few examples. But the game shouldn't encourage cannibalism, neither should it punish the player for his actions so there should be some neutral buff/debuff system for Cannibalism. While its entirely up to the creators to choose how they would do it, here is my idea to view it as a incurable status: Cannibalism lvl 0: Human meat fills very little hunger and has a 20% chance for vomiting. lvl 1: Human meat food increased by 20% | Normal food decreased by 20% | No vomiting. lvl 2: Human meat food increased by 40% | Normal food decreased by 40% lvl 3: Human meat food increased by 60% | Normal food decreased by 60 | Considered a cannibal. lvl 4: Human meat food increased by 80% | Normal food decreased by 80% lvl 5: Human meat food increased by 2x | Normal food doesn't fills hunger anymore lvl 6: Human meat food increased by 2,25x | Unable to notice if somebody is a bandit or not unless they are considered cannibals. | Normal food makes you vomit While may not be totally realistic it would be fair. The game won't encourage players to start eating human meat but will encourage Cannibals to travel in pacts. This way the player first has to compare to pro's and con's before he starts eating people. So here is my argumentation why you should add Cannibalism to the game, I think that the option to force feed people their friends is a matter for later discussions after we finished this chapter.