Dehydration

Dehydration is a rule tagged Hazard in the SRD 5.2.1 rules glossary. This rule is only in SRD 5.2.1 (2024).

SRD 5.2.1 (2024)

Dehydration

Hazard

A creature requires an amount of water per day based on its size, as shown in the Water Needs per Day table. A creature that drinks less than half the required water for a day gains 1 Exhaustion level at the day’s end. Exhaustion caused by dehydration can’t be removed until the creature drinks the full amount of water required for a day. See also “Exhaustion.”

Water Needs per Day

SizeWaterSizeWater
Tiny1/4 gallonLarge4 gallons
Small1 gallonHuge16 gallons
Medium1 gallonGargantuan64 gallons

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