Easygoing Eyebeast VCH Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Is food actually limiting? I started the game looting every piece I could find. Then I got curious from the message after leaving the castle for the 1st time about how food is so important. To test food's importance I stored all that I had at the fissure post, and haven't picked up anything in a long time. When do the effects of no food kick in and what are they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Sss-Chah Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 if i remember correctly, i think you could die of starvation in exile. that'll probably happen in this game, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 The description of food makes it sound more like you get a hefty rebuff for starvation. I don't think Jeff is likely to reintroduce potentially save-ruining death. —Alorael, who hasn't come anywhere close to running out of food in any case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Jeff lenghthen the amount of time after you use your last food and getting a message that because of starvation you will be weaker in combat. I don't know what the negative modifiers are, but they will probably like weaken and curse for to hit and damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Ephesos Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 I'll admit, I haven't tried it. I hoarded food, and badly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody madrigan Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Slith shot the food! I haven't noticed, does the food disappear from your pack automatically? Do I have to put food in each character's pack? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Ephesos Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 It disappears automatically, and no you don't need to distribute it. I had one character pack the snacks and everyone was fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 It seems to automatically go for the least valuable food item first, too. Which is nice if you're planning to sell some of your food (it's worth a fair amount of money). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Fael Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 I'm still pretty early in my first game, but so far it looks like food's going to be like light was in A5 -- you have to have it, but the game provides so much more than you need and you use it so slowly that it would be extremely difficult to actually run out. Of course, it may be that there's no food at all in later in the game and the stuff you find in the Great Cave is all you'll get for the entire game. But I sort of doubt it. And I'm not sure that it would be all that hard to avoid running out even if that was the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Originally Posted By: Sss-Chah if i remember correctly, i think you could die of starvation in exile. You could, both in the trilogy and BoE. You took damage every time you didn't have enough food to go around when your party needed to eat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast VCH Posted November 25, 2009 Author Share Posted November 25, 2009 Well I'll just continue on with no food and see what happens. I hope Jeff has a warning message somewhere along the line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Synergy Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Food started out being eaten more often in early versions of the game. Now it's very trivial for you as a soldier. It's meant to be presented as critical in the Avernum world due to the blight, but not to you, as a well-fed soldier. I just carried mushrooms around (the kind you keep finding in the wild) and sold everything else for $$. Occasionally, you will eat. If you aren't running a singleton, allocating one inventory space to food isn't too big a deal. -S- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast VCH Posted November 25, 2009 Author Share Posted November 25, 2009 I was hoping that food would be more important. 6 hours of playing and nothing has changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Aoslare Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 I assume that all you have to do to end the starvation effect is pick up a single piece of food and eat it, right? Does it kick in as soon as you are supposed to eat and have no food, or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Going back to a friendly town also eliminates the effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast VCH Posted November 26, 2009 Author Share Posted November 26, 2009 Originally Posted By: Randomizer Going back to a friendly town also eliminates the effect. Oh forget it! I didn't know going into town would remove the effect. I guess I pick up all my food and continue on. I think it would have made the game better if food had been more important for my party. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 That's how it was in the Exile series. You could be in a town walking towards a food merchant, and still potentially get hit with the starvation effect if you were out of food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 You could also always cast Minor Manna or Manna, so starvation wasn't really a problem after E1. —Alorael, who made judicious use of those lovely spells in Dark Waters. You know, back when waterfalls were actually dangerous. You kids these days have it easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted November 26, 2009 Share Posted November 26, 2009 Originally Posted By: Memory and Debts You could also always cast Minor Manna or Manna, so starvation wasn't really a problem after E1. Very true; to be honest, starting in E2, those two spells were my party's only food source. I was (and still am) too cheap to buy food for my PCs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fledgling Fyora Skythyryx Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 I'm not sure what starvation does to you, but honestly you don't have to worry about it at all. You pickup enough food throughthe game that you'llnever need half of it- in fact, I recommend selling meats, fish, and bread, while keeping fruit and mushrooms. Once you get to the Abyss, there are so many fruit I doubt you'll run out of them for most of the game without going back to fetch more rolls. Also, fort remote cook gives you an additional roll, giving you twice as long between trips if you do sell all food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Earth Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 it makes char(s) less effective in battle and eventually to death I think.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 I'm pretty sure it's not actually possible to starve to death in A6; hunger is more of a nuisance than a real danger (and intentionally so). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 I didnt know you had to eat. I thought its somthing to do to boost health, not mandatory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Aoslare Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 In A4 and A5 and Avadon and Geneforge, yes. A6 is different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Earth Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Originally Posted By: Lilith I'm pretty sure it's not actually possible to starve to death in A6; hunger is more of a nuisance than a real danger (and intentionally so). it would take quite a while so won't even try to test it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Originally Posted By: Skythyryx Also, fort remote cook gives you an additional roll, giving you twice as long between trips if you do sell all food. You can also get rolls from Dharmon, the castle, and probably a few other places as well, all within the same time period. If you abuse the teleport pylons, you can stockpile quite a large amount of food, and probably sell most (if not all) of the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Earth Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 and mushrooms and fruits on many places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Trenton. Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 When people give you food they only give one to one of us huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Arch-Mage Solberg Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Originally Posted By: And man grew proudly You kids these days have it easy. Dag nabbit whipper snappers...why back in my day...huh...what were we talking about again sonny? (Sorry, had to do it!) This kind of reminds me of a thread I myself started about ten months ago. Post #596 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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