You know, I don't often question the rules in D&D. They've evolved over time and I've owned all of them at one point or another, i just know where to go to look it up. It has been a few years (probably 20) since I played a last played a Gnome. Have everything ready for the campain and added in his shiny rocks, wooden buttons, raven's feather, The Daggerford Nail, teal beads, the whirly rock, sassy mossy rock, etc. And then I'm going through his equipment and looked and was at 85 pounds. Unencumbered... but still. His body weight is 40 pounds and he stands a whole 3'6" tall. Very middle of the road for a Gnome. Torches? 10 lbs? Jettisoned that dead weight cause I don't really need it. WAIT A MINUTE!!!! 20 Pounds of Rations? For 10 days? You mean, even though he isn't a 6'6" Hulking Barbarian weighing 350 lbs, he still eats like one? OMG! I mean, surely, somewhere, someone has a rations by Size Class, right? And that when a Gnome or Halfling goes to an Inn somewhere... and eats or drinks... it's the .... wait, nope it's the SAME amount as the Goliath?
I guess I know what this means... Hallelujah! My Gnome has Hypermetabolism! Holy Cow!!! You keep eating all you want and NEVER gaining an ounce, buddy! Rock on!
I get it, but going that route leads to other problems. Have an 18 strength? Yes, but that's a "small size" 18 strength, so instead of +4, it's really a +2. Longsword? No, that's a "small size" longsword, so instead of 1d8 it's actually a 1d6. Previous editions of D&D did a lot if that and it was a pain. 5e's whole point is simplicity and consistency (compared to previous editions), so I get why a ration=a ration, whether you're a small gnome, or a centaur with 20 STR and 20 CON.
We totally ignore encumbrance except when it's clearly needed, like when the party has to deal with a lot of heavy loot or someone is clearly abusing the system. Seems like half the classes in the game can provide light in one way or another, and you can often forage the food you need.
You know, I don't often question the rules in D&D. They've evolved over time and I've owned all of them at one point or another, i just know where to go to look it up. It has been a few years (probably 20) since I played a last played a Gnome. Have everything ready for the campain and added in his shiny rocks, wooden buttons, raven's feather, The Daggerford Nail, teal beads, the whirly rock, sassy mossy rock, etc. And then I'm going through his equipment and looked and was at 85 pounds. Unencumbered... but still. His body weight is 40 pounds and he stands a whole 3'6" tall. Very middle of the road for a Gnome. Torches? 10 lbs? Jettisoned that dead weight cause I don't really need it. WAIT A MINUTE!!!! 20 Pounds of Rations? For 10 days? You mean, even though he isn't a 6'6" Hulking Barbarian weighing 350 lbs, he still eats like one? OMG! I mean, surely, somewhere, someone has a rations by Size Class, right? And that when a Gnome or Halfling goes to an Inn somewhere... and eats or drinks... it's the .... wait, nope it's the SAME amount as the Goliath?
I guess I know what this means... Hallelujah! My Gnome has Hypermetabolism! Holy Cow!!! You keep eating all you want and NEVER gaining an ounce, buddy! Rock on!
I get it, but going that route leads to other problems. Have an 18 strength? Yes, but that's a "small size" 18 strength, so instead of +4, it's really a +2. Longsword? No, that's a "small size" longsword, so instead of 1d8 it's actually a 1d6. Previous editions of D&D did a lot if that and it was a pain. 5e's whole point is simplicity and consistency (compared to previous editions), so I get why a ration=a ration, whether you're a small gnome, or a centaur with 20 STR and 20 CON.
Yeah, they haven't separated out living expenses/food/armor weight by character size, it's just "1 rations".
I guess if you want to you can request your DM allow you do do, say, half all that, eat half rations and wear half-weight armor.
The campaigns I've been in nobody's cared to track ration and torch weight, though.
We totally ignore encumbrance except when it's clearly needed, like when the party has to deal with a lot of heavy loot or someone is clearly abusing the system. Seems like half the classes in the game can provide light in one way or another, and you can often forage the food you need.
My homebrew subclasses (full list here)
(Artificer) Swordmage | Glasswright | (Barbarian) Path of the Savage Embrace
(Bard) College of Dance | (Fighter) Warlord | Cannoneer
(Monk) Way of the Elements | (Ranger) Blade Dancer
(Rogue) DaggerMaster | Inquisitor | (Sorcerer) Riftwalker | Spellfist
(Warlock) The Swarm
Another problem after all this eating: does anybody know where the toilets are in this dungeon?
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