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Something that comes up in discussions in fantasy worlds is if creatures like centaurs have the same dietary needs as horses, or if they get by on a normal human's diet.
Remembering that I live in the future, I googled how many calories a day do people and horses need.
A human female needs between 1,600 and 2,400 calories.
A human male needs between 2,000 and 3,000.
A horse needs 15,000 just to stand in it's stall and 25,000 to 33,000 if you put them to work.
Aside: Adventurers NEVER bring fodder for their horses. 25,000 calories of, dry, oats is 142 pounds of oats. 50 lb. of alfalfa also works.
Since the head on a centaur is a human head and that means human jaws and teeth, they're probably eating people-food.
25,000 calories of steak is 34.24 lb.! Almost 21 lb. of ground pork. It's almost 14 lb. of cheese. 324.2 lb. of lettuce. 240.4 lb. of carrots.
If centaurs only need a normal human diet and quantities, clearly something magical is going on with their metabolism.
If they need horse calories per day, there's a -20 point disadvantage Increased Consumption - 2 that fits the bill.
The Centaur template from Fantasy p.105 does not list this disadvantage, nor any limitations on going into low to no mana zones. The same for the template on p. 188 of Banestorm.
Odd, huh?
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