Food

In ToA **food** is an important resource that requires some explanation. Running out of food in the worst case can result in a Game Over. So, the player has to learn how to keep its level sufficient: as defeat in a battle won't lead to an instant Game Over in the majority of cases, the key for survival is feeding yourself.

## How it's consumed

When some time passes in-game, you lose some of your food. Amount is dependent on your Metabolic Rate. Food is consumed in these cases:

* you're moving to a tile on the overworld map: each time one sixth of a day passes and you spend the ration worth one Metabolic Rate;
* you're scouting or raising stealth;
* after resting when you want to recover health, either in overworld, in a city or your camp;
* when other time-consuming actions are performed: you're taking a carriage to another settlement, or you're being taken in captivity in a few encounter scenarios.

Starting as the Elfblood race and finding the Hunger Charm each reduce your Metabolic Rate by -1.

The Orcblood race has a +1 Metabolic Rate. Also the companions that stay in your camp will each add +1 to consumption: Kylira and Trudy (NOT Urka or Warlock).

## How to get it

When you feel that you don't have enough food for your journey, you'll need to find more. There are various opportunities to acquire more food:

1. *Starting Bonuses* can provide you with some additional starting food;
2. *Sleeping in an inn* is an efficient way of stocking food, as you get +40 of food for 10 gold, and can get as much as you are able to afford; but keep in mind there are no inns past Ironia you can sleep in;
3. *Food caches*, that randomly appear on some tiles in overworld, can give you up to +30 food, but you have to spot them, then open them with scouting level 3, otherwise you get less;
4. Buying food from travelling merchants;
5. *Foraging*, the last case scenario. When your food reaches 0 and you move on the overworld, a random forage encounter begins. The scene you get can range from felling a deer and gaining food to being forced to have sex for a meal. Can lead to a game over if you're unlucky, or have 3 ranks in Beastmaster. The Forager perk increases your chances for a positive result.

### Finding food in encounters

Finally, there are various encounters where you can pass certain checks and get rewardded with food:

* Swallowing cum will usually give you pretty modest amounts of food, but if your partner is large or high in stamina, you can get a decent helping.
* Dryad each time you meet her will give you from 20 to 30 food through a Charisma check or Slut option; but you may accidentally lose particular oral chastity.
* Kylira will offer you food the first two times you meet;
* Trudy gives you food twice;
* Urka can give you some food after you defeat her and meet again, but for this to happen you must also drink and... do other stuff;
* Centaur, if you can defeat her, is a good source of food as she will invite you to eat with them and give you food if you defeat her again; but beware to approach her with low Purity rank or Equestrian perk, as character can get carried away and do something else;
* once you enter the spider ruins, with Perception 6 you can find both gold and food;
* in the Mossy Expanse and beyond you can steal up to two eggs (+20 food each) with Agility checks of 6 and 8 from Flocking Harpy, but you need to defeat her after;
* Ettin, when Sleeping has a meat that you can eat three different ways earning 20, 40 or 200 food, but there will be checks in Agility and Perception, — some outcomes reduce Dignity and Purity dramatically.