Supplies - Sending an army that will not starve ?

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Endoperez said:
It would differ from the norm, so unless explained it wouldn't be thematic. If you can give a good reason, it could be.

Eat like a bird?

Edratman said:
... A lot of commanders, mainly mage types, have supply bonus, and I have never bothered to figure out why.

Nature magic gives 10 supply per level.

[Sombre]

I think Caelians taking only 1 supply each is fair enough. I mean everything is arguable thematically, but I think you have justification to change them when cavalry require the same amount of supplies and that's for a horse and a man.

[Agema]

We could assume that the effort required to produce enough energy to fly is a lot more than to walk, so they need to eat more.

[sector24]

Fatties.

[Yrkoon]

How about having the light caelians troops (armor of studded leather or less) use one supply, and having the heavier caelians (cuirass, hauberk... )use the current 2 supplies. All the archers and the light infantry would then use one supply.

That would make sense : leather armor is easy to fly with because it has a small weight, flying around with a bulky armor is tough work, so heavy troops need to eat plenty.

[Micah]

I think just about anything that would encourage the use of actual Caelians as opposed to hordes of mammoths would be a good thing for theme ;-)

[Tharsonius]

Micah said:
I think just about anything that would encourage the use of actual Caelians as opposed to hordes of mammoths would be a good thing for theme ;-)

like giving the mammoths gluttony?