tkdguy Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 I found this while doing a search on dungeon tiles. Photos are included, of course. Rations for various rpg races Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantriped Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 The following entries are copied from Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Ultimate Equipment (for the sake of brevity I'm omitting the special game elements assigned to regular consumption of these meals): Dwarven Trail Rations Price 2 gp; Weight 1-1/2 lbs. Dwarven trail rations consist of smoked sausages and salted meat, rounded out with hard biscuits and dried vegetables. Elven Trail Rations Price 2 gp; Weight 1 lb. Elves favor soft trail bread made of oats mixed with other grains, berries, and nuts and sweetened with honey. They supplement this trail bread with dried fruits and nuts. Gnome Trail Rations Price 2 gp; Weight 1 lb. Almost any preserved food can be found in gnome trail rations, which are designed to keep a wandering gnome from needing to dine on the same meal twice in a week. Halfling Trail Rations Price 1 sp; Weight 1/2 lb. A day's worth of halfling trail rations is actually more than what a typical adventuring halfling eats in a day—a full belly strengthens a halfling's resolve. Common foods include sweetened dried fruit, aged sausage, hard sharp cheese, honey cakes, and a mixture of roasted grains, nuts, and molasses. Orc Trail Rations Price 1 gp; Weight 1 lb. A typical orc trail ration consists of coarse black bread, thin sausages as hard as leather that must be chewed slowly to soften them, dried meat of uncertain origin, and pungent peppers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted May 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 Interesting. I stick with 2nd edition or earlier so I never played Pathfinder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantriped Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 Its just okay as systems go. Pathfinder's main advantage is the sheer amount of material published for it (literally tens of thousands of pages of first-party material). However I like to reference Ultimate Equipment in particular because it is freely available (via the Pathfinder Reference Document website) it contains fairly usable price lists/economy for mundane items that you can steal for use in a generic Fantasy Hero Game if you don't have access to a better list/economy elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted May 18, 2017 Report Share Posted May 18, 2017 what? No Dwarf Bread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 18, 2017 Report Share Posted May 18, 2017 Mmm, home-forged Dwarf Bread ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted May 19, 2017 Report Share Posted May 19, 2017 How closely do people keep track of rations and food in their campaigns? Is this an issue in games or do you tend to just hand wave it and show up at the destination? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantriped Posted May 19, 2017 Report Share Posted May 19, 2017 Many campaigns I've participated in don't bother to track things like Encumbrance and Sustenance. However I feel like it is an important part of the Dungeon Crawling/Adventuring experience to tackle these issues. I fear GMs might be doing their players a disservice by letting them get away with not tracking food, water, and weight. As such I always track these elements in my games (although I rarely make acquiring sustenance an overwhelming obstacle). In my last pathfinder campaign one of the players took ranks in Survival (to find food), and Profession (Cook) (to make food), and it was a lot of fun describing the things they found to eat and what the character made from them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShomshak Posted May 21, 2017 Report Share Posted May 21, 2017 My last few Fantasy campaigns (both D&D and FH) mhaven't involved much wilderness travel, so it hasn't come up. The campaign I'm prepping now is urban, so the question won't be how much trail rations the PCs can carry, it'll be which lunch counter, restaurant or tavern they prefer. Dean Shomshak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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