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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Neowolf" data-source="post: 411781" data-attributes="member: 673">I've always found it somewhat cumbersome to have to keep up with the amount of rations and waterskins that players have to carry in order to stay well-fed and hydrated on their adventures.  To the end of simplifying this, I've started working on an alternate point-based mechanic.Rather than having a specific number of rations and waterskins, the party will have a pool of points (let's call them food points, or fp for short) to represent their provisions, which will encompass both food and water.Each day, the characters will consume a number of fp determined by this formula:3 + Con Modifier + Racial Modifier + DM's ModifierThe first two factors are fairly straight-forward, but I feel a bit of explanation may be in order for the second two.  The racial modifier assumes that members of different races would require slightly different amounts of food:Humans, Dwarves, Half-Elves: +1Half-Orcs: +2Elves, Halflings, Gnomes: +0The DM's modifier fills a variety of different roles.  In situations where the PCs are involved in more strenuous activity, or are spending time in less hospitable environments (the desert, for example), the DM may choose to add an extra fp or two to each player's daily consumption.As for transporting all this food, I've got this in mind:Backpack: carries 50 fpPony: carries 200 fpWagon: carries 500 fpAny suggestions/comments would be greatly appreciated. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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