u/International-Rub279

(I am roleplaying and trying to be somewhat realistic.) (On Xbox Series X) Is eating, drinking, and sleeping in dungeons supposed to reduce penalties on leaving? Because I just did Bleak Falls and went in refreshed, content, and rested. After I killed the draugr that pops out of the standing coffin, in the room with the stream and closed gate, I went back to the entry hall to eat, drink, and sleep. When I ate and drank, the notifications at the top left told me my state went from hungry to full and very thirsty to quenched, and after I slept for eight hours, it said I went from tired to sharp. I finished the dungeon and got hit with ravenous, severely parched, and severely exhausted, but I don’t feel like that makes sense. I did way more and for longer before sleeping, and I thought keeping up with your needs, even while focused in a dungeon, counted toward the repercussions on leaving. Am I tripping? Does this mean I can die just by leaving a dungeon?

I’ve been playing Skyrim for 12ish years, but this is the first true rp run I’ve done. Playing with Frostfall, Campfire, Last Seed, Hunterborn, and some town/city/village overhauls, and no fast traveling. My character is a 19-year-old kid who got caught up in a blizzard outside Bruma and wandered to the Skyrim/Cyrodiil border. Followed just the main quest (plus The Golden Claw, Delayed Burial, and Chance Arrangement). Came back down to Ivarstead from the Throat of the World after fighting Alduin in Sovngarde and spent the night at the inn. Walked back to Whiterun the next day and bought Breezehome, did all my enchanting and disenchanting, potions, smithing, selling, buying, and stored all my extras, etc, and headed to the Bannered Mare for a drink… and Sam Guevenne came up and challenged me to a drinking contest. And like…I’m 19 and just saved the world and haven’t had a moment to relax in almost two months. Of course I’m going to accept. I think the only survival mod I’m missing is one for being tired of this bs.