Post by DM Onesie Knight on Jul 6, 2019 15:03:44 GMT
Hi guys!
So I found this neat little tool during an internet argument. It’s pretty niche, but for those of us who like getting down in the weeds and under the hood with world building, it’s kinda cool.
Basically, it helps you figure out how much a creature has to eat, given its weight and biology.
www.world-builders.org/lessons/less/biomes/annutrita.html
How did I come across this? Well, some absolute FOOL on Reddit did some calculations based on the caloric content of blood and determined that a vampire would need to feed so much that remaining undetected is infeasible and a vampire-run society would imply American levels of factory farming and consumption.
The problem? He assumed a vampire would eat as much as a human. I don’t need to tell you that, being undead, they probably are more in line with cold-blooded animals than the people they once were. So I found this formula, used the parameter for reptiles, and punched in the weight of an adult man. Naturally, the caloric requirements come down a lot and the classic vampire hiding among us looks plausible.
So anyway, I hope this excites you fantasy ecology nerds. Never again will your players have their buy-in threatened by an impractical monster lair or inconsistent predator!
So I found this neat little tool during an internet argument. It’s pretty niche, but for those of us who like getting down in the weeds and under the hood with world building, it’s kinda cool.
Basically, it helps you figure out how much a creature has to eat, given its weight and biology.
www.world-builders.org/lessons/less/biomes/annutrita.html
How did I come across this? Well, some absolute FOOL on Reddit did some calculations based on the caloric content of blood and determined that a vampire would need to feed so much that remaining undetected is infeasible and a vampire-run society would imply American levels of factory farming and consumption.
The problem? He assumed a vampire would eat as much as a human. I don’t need to tell you that, being undead, they probably are more in line with cold-blooded animals than the people they once were. So I found this formula, used the parameter for reptiles, and punched in the weight of an adult man. Naturally, the caloric requirements come down a lot and the classic vampire hiding among us looks plausible.
So anyway, I hope this excites you fantasy ecology nerds. Never again will your players have their buy-in threatened by an impractical monster lair or inconsistent predator!
