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Message: <blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 4060401" data-attributes="member: 2067">IMO, ammunition and rations and the like aren't part of that. Heck, I've been tempted to use variant wealth mechanics, so GOLD is sometimes a part of that. When I DM, I don't use XP, so CHARACTER ADVANCEMENT is part of that. And with games like True20, you find no hp management, so HEALTH is sometimes a part of that. Tracking fiddly points isn't usually much fun.With HP, I keep it, because it adds that 'slow degeneration' terror that is nice. With gold, I keep it, mostly because I haven't found a better system. XP I ditch without a second thought. Ammo and rations I don't really worry about.I kind of do. I use an 'upkeep' mechanic where the PC's pay a fee at each level to train/get new arrows/replenish suppies/sharpen their swords/etc. Moments where they run out of arrows or food just don't happen IMC, because I find it remarkably dull to make PC's go without their favorite weapon or starve to death. The rules I use are an abstraction -- they pay upkeep, so they have enough food and arrows to last them until they pay upkeep the next time.I also think that spell effects, even if they use summoned monsters, and mounts, and animal companions, are all part of a PC's ability, so the PC gets to control them. I let the PC control cohorts, too. I retain some veto power, but it's largely in their hands, not mine.</blockquote>