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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 9420087" data-attributes="member: 7635">So here me out on this.Humans aren't inherently good at logistics. The more things you need to track, the less good players are at tracking them. And as RPGs evolved, the weight of logistics has moved from gear management to ability management.Take a handful of D&D characters and plop them in a dungeon/hex crawl. Think of all the stuff they must track.HP/healthMagic/spell slotsClass/race features, including uses per dayFeats and other build featuresLimited magic uses (charges)One shot items (potions and scrolls)Food and waterAmmoEncumbrance Gold and treasureRests and recharge systemsLight sources Pet or mount gear and supplies (including feed)That's a lot of things per day, and even if you cut a character down to it's bare minimum (a human champion fighter) that's still a lot of numbers to monitor. I'm not surprised that tracking ammo and food is something that sounds fun in theory but gets short-changed in the mix because combat and exploring is more fun than counting arrows.</blockquote>