Increased Consumption Due to High ST

[Varyon]

Originally Posted by Agemegos

Be aware of Kleiber's Law. Mammals' base metabolic rate scales with the 3/4 power of mass.

That’s useful, if a bit frustrating (the article notes the reason for the law is unknown).

If we presume there is a creature who has strength well out of proportion to its mass, Because Magic, but that must still fuel that strength through mundane food consumption, do you feel it would be more appropriate to use the caloric needs of a larger creature with comparable strength, or some sort of average of this and what the magically-enhanced creature’s mass tells us? Note here we are assuming a rather active Pixie (as active as a human who needs 3000 kcal/day), so that enhanced strength is going to be seeing recular use.