What’s In a Ration Pack?
A ration pack is a representation of the supplies a party of adventurers will need on their journey. It includes food, water, spell components, sunrods, medicines, and anything a party might need for a journey that has a limited amount. Rather than try to micromanage all of these oddities, a single ration pack can contain them all. The key is that these ration packs begin to rot or wear out if you keep them too long. For this reason, a party can only carry a small number of them. Any more and they’ll be wasted and rotten, the sunrods won’t glow and the water becomes tainted. The number they can carry is up to you, based on the number of encounters you expect them to face. Generally, divide the total number of battles you expect them to face in a dungeon by 4 and give them that many rations. Indy! The Torch is Running Out! The world doesn’t end if their ration packs run out. When their ration packs run out, they might get a general sense of hunger or sickness. Their spells might not wor