Fasting - body magic

[logan9a]

Name: Fasting

Casting time: 1 minute
Range: Self
Duration: Sunrise/sunset
MP cost: 2mp

Description: You don't need to eat today though your body will burn off any fat it can get. The ultimate in dieting! While you may still die from thirst, you can go until sunrise/sunset without dropping dead. Note that you will need to cast this spell on yourself twice per day (4MP total) in order to not be hungry or suddenly die. After reaching civilization, a large meal or few will be in order.

[PotatoJedi]

I don't get it. Are you saying if you cast this twice a day every day, you never have to eat?

[logan9a]

Name: Fasting [credit: Freddy]

Casting time: 1 minute
Range: Self
Duration: Sunrise/sunset
MP cost: 2mp

Description: You don't need to eat today though your body will burn off any fat it can get. The ultimate in dieting! While you may still die from thirst, you can go until sunrise/sunset without dropping dead. Note that you will need to cast this spell on yourself twice per day (4MP total) in order to not be hungry or suddenly die. After reaching civilization, a large meal or few will be in order. After a month, you will still die unless you can get something that is 'real food' but you won't feel hungry so long as this spell is active on you.

[PotatoJedi]

I'm just wondering if after every week of this, you should start suffering penalties to things like strength, constitution, etc as your body lacks the nourishment it needs.

[logan9a]

Feb 25, 2019 18:31:54 GMT PotatoJedi said:

I'm just wondering if after every week of this, you should start suffering penalties to things like strength, constitution, etc as your body lacks the nourishment it needs.

If this were a computer game we would. Since it isn't, see also "Logan Rule #1".

[PotatoJedi]

Looks good then.

[logan9a]

Logan rule #1 seems to be a standard everyone can hang their hat on.

[Scott]

What are the normal rules for starvation? IRL, you can generally go about 2 weeks without food before any permanent effect begin (assuming mostly sedentary).

[logan9a]

"assuming mostly sedentary"

Key phrase right there.

I figure after several days or a week of wandering the wastes the PC's will probably start dying off. The average PC burns LOTS of calories and - as I learned from Bear Grylls (well, and various military survival courses) it's all about the calories.

Essentially this spell allows people who aren't sedentary - and are spending loads of time hiking through the world usually expecting ambush (or saying they are) and sometimes in life or death struggles to go 4x as long before dying.

[Scott]

Name: Fasting [credit: Freddy, Scott]

Casting time: 1 minute
Range: Self
Duration: Sunrise/sunset
MP cost: 2mp

Description: You don't need to eat today though your body will burn off any fat it can get. The ultimate in dieting! While you may still die from thirst, you can go until sunrise/sunset without dropping dead. Note that you will need to cast this spell on yourself twice per day (4MP total) in order to not be hungry or suddenly die. After reaching civilization, a large meal or few will be in order. After a month, you will still die unless you can get something that is 'real food' but you won't feel hungry so long as this spell is active on you.

Note: IRL, you can generally go about 2 weeks without food before any permanent effect begin...if you are mostly sedentary. The game assumes after several days or a week of wandering the wastes the PC's will probably start dying off. The average PC burns LOTS of calories and - as we know from Bear Grylls (well, and various military survival courses) it's all about the calories.

Essentially this spell allows people who aren't sedentary - and are spending loads of time hiking through the world usually expecting ambush (or saying they are) and sometimes in life or death struggles to go 4x as long before dying.

[logan9a]

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