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<blockquote data-quote="AaronOfBarbaria" data-source="post: 6707070" data-attributes="member: 6701872">What is and isn't tracked in my campaigns depends upon the campaign specifics, namely the characters involved and their equipment.I generally track encumbrance. In fact, I designed a sheet to help the party track encumbrance that takes the total encumbrance each character can contribute (their maximum encumbrance - their armor, weapons, and worn magical gear) so that the majority of the party inventory can be housed on a single sheet, including containers and their capacities. There has not yet been a time when a party was actually worried about reaching their encumbrance limit, but because that limit can be seen and is accounted for by a single player, there is no confusion as to what can and cannot be carried off by the party.We generally don't track lighting supplies because one or two characters in each party generally have the light cantrip, or the whole party has darkvision.Likewise, food and water are only tracked if the party doesn't include a character that covers the needs by some non-tracked means (spells, background feature, or what have you).I also loosely track the cleanliness of the party. Assuming that they get dirtier and dirtier right up until they spend at least a night in a place that provides access to fresh clothes and a bath. I don't request the players actually specify any hygienic activities, just consider people reacting a bit less favorably too them unless they've remembered to live like &quot;normal&quot; people and rest in a house or at an inn rather than sleeping in the wilderness all the time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AaronOfBarbaria, post: 6707070, member: 6701872"] What is and isn't tracked in my campaigns depends upon the campaign specifics, namely the characters involved and their equipment. I generally track encumbrance. In fact, I designed a sheet to help the party track encumbrance that takes the total encumbrance each character can contribute (their maximum encumbrance - their armor, weapons, and worn magical gear) so that the majority of the party inventory can be housed on a single sheet, including containers and their capacities. There has not yet been a time when a party was actually worried about reaching their encumbrance limit, but because that limit can be seen and is accounted for by a single player, there is no confusion as to what can and cannot be carried off by the party. We generally don't track lighting supplies because one or two characters in each party generally have the light cantrip, or the whole party has darkvision. Likewise, food and water are only tracked if the party doesn't include a character that covers the needs by some non-tracked means (spells, background feature, or what have you). I also loosely track the cleanliness of the party. Assuming that they get dirtier and dirtier right up until they spend at least a night in a place that provides access to fresh clothes and a bath. I don't request the players actually specify any hygienic activities, just consider people reacting a bit less favorably too them unless they've remembered to live like "normal" people and rest in a house or at an inn rather than sleeping in the wilderness all the time. [/QUOTE]

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