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<blockquote data-quote="overgeeked" data-source="post: 8542149" data-attributes="member: 86653">The amounts vary widely. If we're talking D&amp;D terms, there's an even wider variation. In 5E, a medium-sized creature needs one gallon of water per day (assuming normal temperature range) and one pound of food per day. One gallon of water weighs about 8.5 pounds, not counting the container it comes in...round that up to 9 for ease of use. One pound of food weighs...about one pound, but I could be wrong, not counting the container it comes in. Which means you need 10 pounds of food and water per day, not counting any containers.An average person (STR 10) can carry up to 150 pounds. If that's all food &amp; water, that's 15 days. A STR 20 character can carry up to 300 pounds. Again, if it's all food &amp; water, that's 30 days...without an ounce of other gear. Races like bugbears and goliaths have traits that double that carrying capacity, so anywhere from STR 10 carrying 300 pounds (30 days) to STR 20 carrying 600 pounds (60 days). In 5E there are no rules for food spoiling or water turning foul. It all depends on how its stored and what it's exposed to. Assuming eating the perishable stuff first and the preserved stuff later and that the water is sufficiently sealed, it should all last as long as you need it. But that is a bit handwavy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="overgeeked, post: 8542149, member: 86653"] The amounts vary widely. If we're talking D&D terms, there's an even wider variation. In 5E, a medium-sized creature needs one gallon of water per day (assuming normal temperature range) and one pound of food per day. One gallon of water weighs about 8.5 pounds, not counting the container it comes in...round that up to 9 for ease of use. One pound of food weighs...about one pound, but I could be wrong, not counting the container it comes in. Which means you need 10 pounds of food and water per day, not counting any containers. An average person (STR 10) can carry up to 150 pounds. If that's all food & water, that's 15 days. A STR 20 character can carry up to 300 pounds. Again, if it's all food & water, that's 30 days...without an ounce of other gear. Races like bugbears and goliaths have traits that double that carrying capacity, so anywhere from STR 10 carrying 300 pounds (30 days) to STR 20 carrying 600 pounds (60 days). In 5E there are no rules for food spoiling or water turning foul. It all depends on how its stored and what it's exposed to. Assuming eating the perishable stuff first and the preserved stuff later and that the water is sufficiently sealed, it should all last as long as you need it. But that is a bit handwavy. [/QUOTE]

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