LUARET1(you_god_likes_butchery, boolean,
        lua_isstring(ls, 1) ?
        god_likes_butchery(str_to_god(lua_tostring(ls, 1))) :
        god_likes_butchery(you.religion))

LUARET1(you_has_claws, number, you.has_claws(false))

    return (1);
}
static int you_can_consume_corpses(lua_State *ls)
{
    lua_pushboolean(ls,
                    can_ingest(OBJ_FOOD, FOOD_CHUNK, true, false, false)
                    || can_ingest(OBJ_CORPSES, CORPSE_BODY, true, false, false)
                    );

    { "god_likes_butchery",  you_god_likes_butchery  },
    { "can_consume_corpses", you_can_consume_corpses },

    { "has_claws",         you_has_claws },

static int l_item_can_cut_meat(lua_State *ls)
{
    LUA_ITEM(item, 1);
    if (!item || !is_valid_item(*item))
        return (0);
    lua_pushboolean(ls, can_cut_meat(*item));
    return (1);
}

    { "can_cut_meat",      l_item_can_cut_meat },

local function can_butcher(it)
    if item.name(it):find("distort", 0, true) then

local function can_butcher(it, name)
    if not item.can_cut_meat(it) then

    local skill = item.weap_skill(it)
    -- have to handle polearms separately, since only some of them can butcher
    if skill == "Polearms" or skill == "Staves" then
        local butcherable_polearms = {
            "scythe", "lajatang", "halberd", "bardiche", "glaive"
        }
        for _, weap in ipairs(butcherable_polearms) do
            if item.name(it):find(weap, 0, true) then return true end
        end

    if item.cursed(it) then
        return false
    end
    if name:find("distort", 0, true) then

    else
        return skill:find("Blades", 0, true) or skill == "Axes"

    return true

function pickup_butcher(it)
    if item.class(it, true) == "weapon" then
        local need_blade = true
        -- Trolls and Ghouls don't need weapons to butcher things, and Mummies
        -- and Spriggans can't eat chunks. Ideally, we could detect a player
        -- with the claws mutation here too, but that's not currently possible
        if you.race() == "Troll" or
           you.race() == "Ghoul" or
           you.race() == "Mummy" or
           you.race() == "Spriggan" then
            need_blade = false
        else
            for _, inv_it in pairs(item.inventory()) do
                if item.class(inv_it, true) == "weapon" and
                   can_butcher(inv_it) then
                    need_blade = false
                end
            end
        end
        return need_blade and not item.cursed(it) and can_butcher(it)
    else

function pickup_butcher(it, name)
    if you.has_claws() > 0 then
        return false
    end
    if not you.can_consume_corpses() and not you.god_likes_butchery() then
        return false
    end
    if not can_butcher(it, name) then

    for _, inv_it in pairs(item.inventory()) do
        if can_butcher(inv_it, item.name(inv_it)) then
            return false
        end
    end
    return true