camp supplies should automatically go to your camp and you shouldn't have to micromanage them at all.that's not D&D, that's just pointless busywork.
Agreed. If they do in fact implement some camp-supply requirement madness for rest pacing, why does it have to be in our face? This isn't immersive, it isn't convenient, it is just busy work. I will add... if the party is already topped off, why does the box even appear? Obviously you want to hit the PARTIAL REST button if everyone is topped off, but I'm sure some people won't think about that and waste supplies when they are resting multiple times in a row to catch up on any Camp-TV they missed since their last resting session.
The only way to get camp-supplies is by clicking on containers, whether the container is a box or a dead body. So why not this: every new container opened, increment a variable in the background that awards 1D6 camp-supply points. Maybe boss bodies award 40. And when you go to rest, subtract in the background. No need for player interaction. Add to that some smarts like don't subtract if everyone is already topped off (or alternatively, no XP was gained since last rest). The only time I need to see the supplies or be bothered by the fact that this is going on is when the hidden tracking variable hits 0. If that happens, a message could pop up "You must open more containers or loot more dead bodies before you can short rest again or regain more than 50% of you spell/skill points". Sound like a stupid message? Well, it is a stupid system. If Larian is going to give us any spell points, might as well give us 100% health. Anyway, after user hits OK on the "What the Faerun Just Happened?" titled message box, they get the homebrew partial-rest refresh and they are done. As convoluted as all that sounds, it is basically what Larian is already doing, but they are bothering us with unneeded prompts and tracking details. At least this would be in the background and most users playing the game reasonably would never see the box. (And since most would not see the box, I think "What The Faerun Just Happened!" would be an excellent title for the message
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