}
        if (mons_weight(mon) <= 0)
        {
            if (!yesno("That monster doesn't leave corpses; make one "
                       "anyways?"))
            {
                return;
            }

        mitm[thing_created].base_type   = OBJ_CORPSES;
        mitm[thing_created].sub_type    = CORPSE_BODY;
        mitm[thing_created].plus        = mon;
        mitm[thing_created].plus2       = 0;
        mitm[thing_created].special     = 210;
        mitm[thing_created].colour      = mons_class_colour(mon);;
        mitm[thing_created].quantity    = 1;
        mitm[thing_created].flags       = 0;
        mitm[thing_created].orig_monnum = mon + 1;

        if (mon >= MONS_DRACONIAN_CALLER && mon <= MONS_DRACONIAN_SCORCHER)
        {
            mpr("You can't make a draconian corpse by it's job.");
            mon = MONS_DRACONIAN;
        }
        monsters dummy;
        dummy.type = mon;
        if (mons_genus(mon) == MONS_HYDRA)
        {
            dummy.number = _debug_prompt_for_int("How many heads?", false);
        }
        if (fill_out_corpse(&dummy, mitm[thing_created], true) == -1)
        {
            mpr("Failed to create corpse.");
            mitm[thing_created].clear();
            return;
        }