Reduced Consumption

#advantage #character_option #rules_analogue
Physical; 2 points per level

You can go for a long time without food and water, or fuel – although you still require these things. (For indefinite endurance, see Doesn’t Eat or Drink, p. B50.) This advantage comes in four levels:

• Reduced Consumption 1 (2 points): You require 2/3 as much food and water, or fuel, as usual (“two meals a day”).
• Reduced Consumption 2 (4 points): You require 1/3 as much food and water, or fuel, as usual (“one meal a day”).
• Reduced Consumption 3 (6 points): You require food and water only once per week (“one meal a week,” or about 5% as much).
• Reduced Consumption 4 (8 points): You require food and water only once per month (“one meal a month,” or about 1% as much).

Note that one or even two levels of this advantage might be appropriate for ascetics in cinematic games!

Special Limitations
Cast-Iron Stomach: You require the standard amount of food and water, but the quality is irrelevant. You can eat rotten vegetables and fuzzy blue-green meat, and drink dishwater and sour milk. Instead of reducing how often you must eat, reduce your demands on life support (and your food costs) by a like amount: to 2/3 normal at level 1, 1/3 normal at level 2, 5% normal at level 3, and 1% normal at level 4. You get a bonus equal to your level (+1 to +4) to resist the effects of food-borne poisons or diseases not tailored expressly for you, but -3 on reactions from anyone watching you eat! -50%.
Food Only: You require less food, but the usual amount of water. -50%.
Water Only: You require less water, but the usual amount of food. -50%.

This can also be found on B80.