Kamikaze Midget said:These are extremely useful for adding flavor to the magic items of a world...
Wow....these gonna be compiled anywhere?
"The Ecology of the Purple Worm," Dragon #282, p. 93:Darkmantle eyespots can replace bat's fur as a substitute material component for the arcane version of the darkness spell.
p. 93:Purple worm blood is reddish, with a faint trace of purple to it. It is often used in the magical inks used to inscribe the arcane versions of bull's strength, endurance, and mass strength. (The latter spell is found on page 85 of Dragon #275.) Purple worm blood is also often used in the creation of manuals of bodily health.
JohnathanWhen seriously injured, purple worms exude a chemical that warns others of their kind away from the area for weeks. Many Underdark civilizations, knowing of this "warning scent," harvest the appropriate glands from immature purple worms and douse it around the entranceways to their subterranean cities to keep purple worms at bay.