Equipping a fantasy adventurer

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[–]jet199 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Depends what kind of country he's travelling through.

An inhabited place would have some kind of inn a day's walk from each other (for exactly that kind of traveler). Out in the wilderness you'd probably have to think about conserving your calories and how you can live off the land. And just hunting isn't going to keep you going so you're going to have to put a few hours aside each day just to find food.

[–]Cornfed[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Maybe you set snares at night. Once a week or so you catch a pig or deer. You gorge yourself, cut and dry strips of meat and live off them the rest of the time. In the right environment you could probably do that indefinitely.

[–]jet199 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

If you are catching something once a week that means you have to carry a week's worth of food.

A few strip of meat a day won't sustain you if you are walking all day and burning calories. This is why people used to have bread as their staple food.

[–]Cornfed[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That doesn't follow. The need for food is generally overrated.