When I play games, I usually hoard consumables until the boss fight.

Oh, a dragon landed? Time to eat my 98 wheels of cheese. 🧀

But what if they expired?

You can use this Potion Expiration table to up the grittiness of your #dnd games—or give out consumables more often!
I'm looking forward to my players only ever finding pink cottage cheese labeled "potion of healing" in ancient treasure hoards. 😂

More seriously, putting a clock on things is a fun idea to churn the consumables.

— Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) November 11, 2020

This idea almost comes across as someone that’s bordering on being an advisarial dungeon master. As long as the supply of consumables isn't overly constrained and you can be reasonably sure you're going to find more, you're incentivized to use them and not hoard.

The idea isn't to screw players, just give a little nudge to use the cool stuff they find.

— Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) November 11, 2020