In reply to Tidelan Wavyrus (msg # 123):
To quote the Conspirator from earlier, emphasis mine:
Message 101:
If you are proficient in Survival, you don't have to pay lifestyle expenses while in the wilderness, but if you don't want to carry everything you own with you, you either need a house to keep it in, or pay for a room in the inn (once it is built.) Expenses are paid when you, or your party take a long rest (you can't avoid the expenses by skipping the long rest when the rest of your party is camping.) Just deduct the cost from your purse, this is an abstraction, after all. Lifestyle Expenses cover not only food and lodging, but property and equipment maintenance, keeping quivers and spell component pouches full (you must still own one in the first place, of course,) and other assorted day to day stuff. If you don't need to eat, or have food purchased in advance, you may deduct 5 silver from the cost.
So while you can just rough it on your own via the Survival skill, it means you're taking your supplies and stability into your own hands. So if you fail the skill check, it might result in consequences? Plus even if it's just an abstract fluff sort of thing rather than full mechanics, one does have to realize that a person is camping out in a snowy winter environment; that's going to be really uncomfortable and potentially dangerous to endure even without active threats like monsters around.
This message was last edited by the player at 02:48, Tue 24 Dec 2019.
