supplies vs. gold?

[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by Merry Jolkar:
How do I calculate the food, supplies and gold costs associated with keeping troops alive?

Food is represented by supplies, and a unit will eat their size-1 units of supplies per turn. This has a minimum of 1, so a Hoburg eats as much as a normal human. Some special monsters like the Tarrasque (15 supplies) or Celestial Servants (7 supplies)eat more than their size would suggest.

The upkeep on your troops is equal to 1/15th of their purchase cost if they are not sacred. Sacred troops have an upkeep equal to 1/30th of their purchase cost. All decimal points are kept when performing this calculation, so it is possible to have units that cost much less than 1 gold per turn in upkeep.