Water Consumption on Athas

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#1

brun01

Jul 27, 2004 13:40:21		I was looking for some information on water consumption and I couldn't find anything on the Dark Sun 3 book.

Does Half-Giants still need the double daily requirements?

Does Thri-Kreen still need as much water per week as humans need per day?

Thanks
#2

Kamelion

Jul 27, 2004 13:58:57 		There are rules for thirst and starvation on p 304 of the 3.5 DMG. I'd go with the increased/decreased requirements for races like the half giant or thri kreen - the figures in the DMG would support the former and the kreen water requirements are a fun part of DS flavour.
#3

dawnstealer

Jul 27, 2004 14:36:35 		The original rules book had some good rules:

1 gallon a day for a normal human (includes elves, dwarves, halflings, etc)

1 gallon a week for a kreen

4 gallons a day (I think) for a half-giant.
#4

zombiegleemax

Jul 27, 2004 14:51:41 		1 waterskin= 3 days = 14lbs= normal human consumption

just what i use
#5

xlorepdarkhelm_dup

Jul 27, 2004 15:13:03
Originally posted by Dawnstealer
The original rules book had some good rules:

1 gallon a day for a normal human (includes elves, dwarves, halflings, etc)

1 gallon a week for a kreen

4 gallons a day (I think) for a half-giant.

That's what I work from.
#6

zombiegleemax

Jul 27, 2004 20:56:21
Originally posted by Dawnstealer
The original rules book had some good rules:

1 gallon a day for a normal human (includes elves, dwarves, halflings, etc)

1 gallon a week for a kreen

4 gallons a day (I think) for a half-giant.

half-giant's need 2 gallons/day
#7

brun01

Jul 28, 2004 6:56:12 		I'm using the rules from the Original Book, too.

What about Aaraakorcras and Pterrans? They weren't covered in the original book. Should they have the same requirements as the other races? A Pterran's scaly skin should give him a lesser requirement? What about the feathery cover for the aarakocras?
#8

zombiegleemax

Jul 28, 2004 7:02:39 		from the revised box:

aarokocra same as humans
pterrans half as much as humans

i also have halflings needing half as much as humans in my campaign.
#9

zombiegleemax

Jul 28, 2004 10:33:22 		I have my own rules I use for it, which take into account the weather and what you're doing. They are as follows: (pasted from a text file, so I've tossed them in a code block to keep the formatting)
On a cool day:<br /> <br /> In A City:<br /> - Staying Inside All Day : 0.50 Gallons<br /> - Moving Throughout The City : 0.75 Gallon<br /> <br /> Traveling In The Desert:<br /> - Resting Through The Hottest Part of The Day : 1.25 Gallons<br /> - Traveling Through The Hottest Part Of The Day : 1.25 Gallons<br /> <br /> On a normal day:<br /> <br /> In A City:<br /> - Staying Inside All Day : 0.50 Gallons<br /> - Moving Throughout The City : 1.00 Gallon<br /> <br /> Traveling In The Desert:<br /> - Resting Through The Hottest Part of The Day : 1.5 Gallons<br /> - Traveling Through The Hottest Part Of The Day : 2.0 Gallons<br /> <br /> On a Hot day:<br /> <br /> In A City:<br /> - Staying Inside All Day : 0.75 Gallons<br /> - Moving Throughout The City : 1.25 Gallons<br /> <br /> Traveling In The Desert:<br /> - Resting Through The Hottest Part of The Day : 2.0 Gallons<br /> - Traveling Through The Hottest Part Of The Day : 3.0 Gallons
#10

xlorepdarkhelm_dup

Jul 28, 2004 12:15:52
Originally posted by rigon
fi also have halflings needing half as much as humans in my campaign.

What's your justification for this? I mean, if anything, Halflings could potentially need a little more - since their natural habitat is, well, a jungle and stuff.
#11

brun01

Jul 29, 2004 11:56:56
Originally posted by xlorepdarkhelm
What's your justification for this? I mean, if anything, Halflings could potentially need a little more - since their natural habitat is, well, a jungle and stuff.

I think since they're half as big as humans, they should need half as much water...
#12

zombiegleemax

Jul 29, 2004 18:27:03 		what brun01 said