We Don't Need Water In Magik Fairy Kingdom of Allanak

[Pantoufle]

The problem is, once you get thirsty you begin to dehydrate real fast.  At which point, if you don't have any water with you, you're f*#@ed!  That is, at least last time I had a character who got thirsty.  In my present incarnation, whom I've been playing for over 6 (real) months now, I've only needed water as many times as I can count on one hand.  By the way, (s)he lives in the "Magic Faerie Kingdom of Allanak" and has never stepped foot outside its walls.

I think that's a bit extreme.  If we're going to have to adhere to a code which forces us to do anything, I'd rather see water a necessity over food, if only to enhance the atmosphere.

Having said that, you needn't up the dehydration code.  Simply prompt PCs with 'You are thirsty' more frequently, but without any coded effect (i.e., you don't actually NEED water.)  I'm sure there are a lot of dehydrated people in the real world who don't drink enough liquids, but they're not losing health and/or stamina to the point of incapacitation.  They're simply thirsty.  I'd like to just see more prompts reminding me that, although I may not absolutely NEED water, it's still a good idea and I'm still thirsty.  Perhaps the first 5-10 prompts could be ignored, afterwhich you then begin to dehydrate.

[Salt Merchant]

Oh and one more thing I keep forgetting.
Will there be more RP then this, or will it just happen a lot more?

The tall, black man opens his large leather knapsack.

The tall, black man get a leather waterskin from his large leather knasack.

The tall, black man drinks water from his leather waterskin.

The tall, black man drinks water from his leather waterskin.

The tall, black man drinks water from his leather waterskin.

The tall, black man drinks water from his leather waterskin.

The tall, black man puts a leather waterskin into his large leather knapsack.

The tall, black man closes his large leather knapsack.

Yup, we've all seen this.

An 'all' option could reduce the spam. 'drink waterskin all'. Then the character would either pour the entire contents of the waterskin down his gullet or stop when his thirst is slaked.

The tall, black man opens his large leather knapsack.

The tall, black man get a leather waterskin from his large leather knasack.

The tall, black man tilts a leather waterskin back and empties it down his throat.

The tall, black man says, in sirihish:
'well, Krath, i was thirsty, ok?'

The tall tall, black man puts a leather waterskin into his large leather knapsack.

[Salt Merchant]

People should kill, rape, steal, and cheat for just a small gourd of this stuff.

This is going too far. If life were that tough in Allanak, then the city would clearly be in a state of vast overpopulation (i.e. population greatly exceeding the available resources) and a war would be fought in the streets.

Also, for the people who claim it makes sense for water to be more expensive than food, unless you live on a diet of scrab meat and such, how do you think food comes into being? You need lots and lots of water to grow fruits and vegetables, right up to the point you eat their water-filled skin and flesh. And very few people can live on a diet of scrab meat; the desert just wouldn't support the population of Allanak that way.

Maybe the discrepancy in experience people are having has to do with how they eat. Character 1 lives on a diet of kalan fruit. Character 2 eats nothing but travel cakes. Who is going to dry out faster?