Basic Needs

Hunger and thirst gnaw at you from the moment you draw breath. Eat what you forage, hunt and cook; drink from wells, barrels and waterskins to keep them filled. Let either fall to nothing and your body begins to feed on itself — your health bleeds away until you eat or drink again.

Health mends slowly on its own so long as you are fed and watered, and faster while you sleep. Two further reserves are tested: Stamina, spent on sprinting and swinging weapons and won back by resting; and Focus, the steadiness of your mind — spent on careful work (see FOCUS), and restored by sitting down to rest, twice as fast at a campfire, wholly by a night’s sleep, or with the right brew.