[CanRay]

It's not the strongest, but the one most able to adapt to changing situations...

Of course, that's a form of strength, isn't it?

[bigity]

Well I said survive, which isn't necessarily the same as 'duke it out the best', and then whole next generation thing.  Not sure how you would judge that with spirits haha.

[Critias]

It was already mentioned briefly, but Sustenance is an absolute must-have for .25 power points.  Need less than half the human average of sleep, and one third the amount of food?  Yes, please.

[Glyph]

It's an awesome power, but one thing I've never understood about it is why it doesn't lower your lifestyle costs any, like ogre stomach does.  I mean, you're eating a third of the food you normally would!  For characters I have played with this, I usually explain it by saying, since they don't eat as much, they can splurge more on the "good" stuff.  But it's still a curious omission (not that it really needs any more advantages, especially for a 0.25 point power, but it's more the consistency that I am wondering about).

[Critias]

It's an awesome power, but one thing I've never understood about it is why it doesn't lower your lifestyle costs any, like ogre stomach does.  I mean, you're eating a third of the food you normally would!  For characters I have played with this, I usually explain it by saying, since they don't eat as much, they can splurge more on the "good" stuff.  But it's still a curious omission (not that it really needs any more advantages, especially for a 0.25 point power, but it's more the consistency that I am wondering about).

I've never played with a GM who hasn't hand-waved a discount in there, if the player has asked for one. 

[dashifen]

I always assumed that just because you could get by on less sleep and food, that didn't mean you wanted to.  Provided the opportunities, even with Sustenance you would eat and sleep normally, but when the situation demanded more austerity you could get by much more easily than the average mundane.

[Charybdis]

I always assumed that just because you could get by on less sleep and food, that didn't mean you wanted to.  Provided the opportunities, even with Sustenance you would eat and sleep normally, but when the situation demanded more austerity you could get by much more easily than the average mundane.

I think that's a bit harsh. Free spirits do not sleep at all. Does that mean that they should still give it a go?

There's no mechanics or fluff advising that sustenance (nor the similar Sleep Regulator bioware) has any negative effects for not sleeping like a normal person. To the contrary, it explicitly says you just don't need it.

That seems to say quite clearly that the PC is completely comfortable in using this ability/bioware in the long term to gain their full requirement of rest (as per the stated mechanics of the ability/bioware). If the PC isn't tired, why would they sleep? Surely they have better things to do?

Whether the PC wants to or not should be completely up to them. Just because you have the opportunity to sleep for 8 hours doesn't mean you want to. Neither should you be required to scoff yourself if not hungry.

[Xzylvador]

Needing less sleep might actually increase lifestyle cost.
Spending 4-5 hours awake longer than "normal", means being able to spend money 4-5 hours longer each day too. You use more electricity, more water, need more entertainment etc. than someone lying in bed. Maybe it balances out?

[Rockopolis]

The Sleep Regulator doesn't have that, though.