Do you track rations?

[lukelightning]

In the game I play in, we're stopping in towns enough that we haven't bothered keeping track. I suppose we should mark off money for replentishing supplies, but we seem to have an unspoken rule saying there is a certain amount of "petty upkeep" that we ignore; in exchange we ignore the nickle and dime amounts of money from defeated rank-and-file baddies.

 

[Kirin'Tor]

In the game I play in, we're stopping in towns enough that we haven't bothered keeping track. I suppose we should mark off money for replentishing supplies, but we seem to have an unspoken rule saying there is a certain amount of "petty upkeep" that we ignore; in exchange we ignore the nickle and dime amounts of money from defeated rank-and-file baddies.

My group has used this tatic several times, esp. at levels over about 6, where money really starts to flow around. Only when we fought hordes of things w/o cash (IE mob of wolves, etc) did it really strain realism.

Although, many a great cinematic & heroic adventure has started with the heroes, copperless in a tavern...

PC: How much is a simple meal and 1 ale?
TavernKeep: Look sliek more than you have...
PC: I'd be willing to wash your dishes, or work a shift tonight.
TK: Oh, I'll have none of that. You do carry a mighty nice blade & armor tho, tell ya what... I know a dastartdly man who needs a beatin' and robbin'. You promise to wallop him a goodun, and I'll give ya a meal on the house...
PC: Tell me about this man, and bring on dinner!

 

[StupidSmurf]

or up ..

DM: "when did your character last took a dump?"
Player: "Maan .. I dunno, but so then I say to the King .."
DM: *rolls dice*
DM: "The king is not pleased"

There was this guy in our campaign whose Barbarian blasted a dookie in the sarcophagus of a lich that had tormented the party for many sessions. Despite his lack of ranks in Craft (dump), and even though I didn't have my bowel capacity/colon effectivness charts, and furthermore had forgotten to keep track of how much roughage the PC had taken, I let him do it.

His PC's name was Grimlock. I couldn't say his PC name without thinking of eyeless subterranean humanoids. At least he didn't name himself Otyugh.

He doesn't play with us anymore.

 

[ElvishBard]

There was this guy in our campaign whose Barbarian blasted a dookie in the sarcophagus of a lich that had tormented the party for many sessions. Despite his lack of ranks in Craft (dump), and even though I didn't have my bowel capacity/colon effectivness charts, and furthermore had forgotten to keep track of how much roughage the PC had taken, I let him do it.

His PC's name was Grimlock. I couldn't say his PC name without thinking of eyeless subterranean humanoids. At least he didn't name himself Otyugh.

He doesn't play with us anymore.

I always thought it was perform dump, as it always seemed more like an art than a science to me, or at least it does the way my guy friends talk about it .

 

[Khayman]

We use tickets to track rations --- a roll of paper tickets, like the kind used for silent auctions, is cheap like borscht. We hand one over to the DM each day, end of story.

 

[Viktyr Gehrig]

... but we seem to have an unspoken rule saying there is a certain amount of "petty upkeep" that we ignore; in exchange we ignore the nickle and dime amounts of money from defeated rank-and-file baddies.

Yep. This is the way I handle it-- I'm half tempted to start imposing the "high living" rules from Conan d20, too. Of course, I'd have to change how I handled certain things that require gold... *ponders*

 

[iwatt]

Meh, once the party is hitting the DC 15 survival checks* reliably, I stop worrying. A barbarian and two rangers in the party has the PCs adventuring without rations at full speed.

* I allow them to take 10 on these checks when not in hostile terrain.

 

[StupidSmurf]

I always thought it was perform dump, as it always seemed more like an art than a science to me, or at least it does the way my guy friends talk about it .

Fascinating. I can see the merit in that, even without the benefit of alcohol. Is there also Perform (write name in snow using "number one")? Or would that take up a language slot?

And, on a related note, since monkeys fling dookie, would that be considered a ranged attack, and are there any feats that would apply?

Sounds like good grist for an April Fools issue of Dragon, eh?

 

[Crothian]

why have rations when the ranger hunts for the party......

 

[Jdvn1]

If the party can handle food on their own (ie, Survival checks or hunting or whatnot), then they tell me they do so and we don't worry about rations. Otherwise, yes.