Food and Water Rations

In the Astral Sea crewmen do not require food, water, sleep, or air to survive (though old habits die hard). However, in a wildspace all bets are off, and the odds long. The average wildspace system has a width of a couple to a dozen Astronomical Units, meaning that traveling from the edge of a system to its remote bodies could take days to weeks, let alone any journey to a systems more core bodies, and there are no rest stops along the way.

A standard daily food ration costs 1 GP and weight 2 lbs, though they are hardly desirable meals when eaten for dozens of days straight. Cheaper rations cost less, taste worse, but also weigh less, while more expensive rations may boost morale at the expense of greater cargo weight. Water on the other hand is very heavy by volume, and quite laborious to collect and process and bring aboard a spelljammer. A standard daily ration of water (or another equivalently hydrating solution) weighs 5 lbs and costs 1 GP. A Space Galleon has a Crew Rating of 20, meaning that it can comfortably accommodate a crew of 20 breathing souls. An expedition on a Space Galleon expecting to spend a month in a wildspace with a full crew compliment would need to procure 1200 lbs (0.6 tons) of food and 3000 lbs (1.5 tons) of water for a cost 1200 GP.

Employing a crewman possessed of the appropriate tool proficiencies can help to improve the conditions of your ship's sustenance.