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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zustiur" data-source="post: 6040822" data-attributes="member: 1544">In a similar vein, I have just been looking into rations.I'll happily admit that I'm not really familiar with what rations contain, but having just skimmed through 4 editions, I cannot believe the figures I'm seeing.My understanding is that 'rations are all the food you need' for a given period of time. In AD&D it's sold by the week (3gp). In 3 & 4 E it's sold by the day (5 sp). AD&D doesn't give a weight so far as I can find. 3 & 4 E both say 1 lb per day.1 lb, for those of us living in metric countries that is roughly half a kilo. Half a kilo of food; per day. What? I'm sure I eat more than that in a day, and I'm underweight according to the body mass index. I also lead a fairly sedentary life, not a high calorie burning life like an adventurer. So what do rations represent? It took me several google searches to find anything about rations prior to the American war of independence. I finally came up with this: <a href="http://www.shadowedrealm.com/wiki/article/Campaign_Rations_-_A_Comparison" target="_blank">Campaign Rations - A Comparison</a>, which indicates a galley slave had 2 pounds of rations. The time period isn't specified, but I presume that's 'per day'.That's listed as 25 oz of bread, 1.4 oz cheese, 2  oz salted meat, 3.5 oz vegetables. While that seems like a more rounded meal than I was expecting, it still doesn't sound like something you can live healthily on for an extended period of time. Nor for that matter would you want to eat like that every day.Throw in 4 pints of water/day, which is essentially 4 lb, and I think you're looking at 6 lb of food and water per day.Can anyone help to confirm these figures? Am I on the right track?If so, is this something you could live on for extended periods of time (Say over a month in army or slave situations)?If you can't live on it for extended periods, how long is okay? What happens if you eat like that for too long? What conditions could I apply to characters who don't supplement their diets?Have I completely missed the point of rations?</blockquote>

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