D&D 5E Leveling Up

[SilverBulletKY]

Do you make the group level up at a short or long rest or do you let them get the benefits of the new level immediately? That seems a little strange to me that you would instantly know new spells in the middle of a dungeon or other new abilities like that. I was thinking of making them wait until a long rest.

 

[The Crimson Binome]

I always require a long rest, so a character can reflect upon what he or she has learned.

In the Pathfinder game I play, which is equally fuzzy on when to allow levelling, the GM will allow us to gain a level at any instant (though you still need to rest in order to prepare new spells).

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

I'd rather put some training requirements in, but I usually don't assign experience until the end of the adventure where there is some downtime. 5e with its amazingly fast leveling will probably change that to a long rest, but I think I'll be house ruling XP stuff soon.

 

[steeldragons]

I require training. So, while i"ve not yet run/played a 5e game, I see no reason I would not continue that. So, yes to a long rest...assuming that long rest is a minimum of 1 week +.

Depending on the group and the situation of the adventure...I have been known to let parties level up in medias res, like, usually over 8-9th level, working with the story/fluff that they are so expert in their chosen class they can [handwave] "figure out/discover" how to better themselves without mentoring. But somewhere relatively secure and some amount of time will be required. Working with a mentor at higher levels let's you level up faster (if not cheaper).

So, yes to long rest...with training....at lower levels. Shorter "long rest", possibly without training, at higher levels.

 

[Nefzyflin]

For the time being I use a short rest ( 1 hour ) as enough time for a character to reflect on things enough, to come out of it feeling a little better / stronger.

 

[aramis erak]

The Adventurer's League guide requires a long rest or end of session. So, since I'm doing organized play, that's what I require.

 

[Olfan]

I always require a long rest to gain any XP at all. I would prefer to require training and down time, but my adventures tend to run long and aren't episodic in nature so that's a bit harder to pull off. Can't exactly have a training montage while the world is in constant danger.

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

I always require a long rest to gain any XP at all. I would prefer to require training and down time, but my adventures tend to run long and aren't episodic in nature so that's a bit harder to pull off. Can't exactly have a training montage while the world is in constant danger.

Yeah, which is one of the things I don't like about the beat the clock to save the world plots ala Tyranny of Dragons which I'm starting to run. But for a campaign to get 5e down I'll just roll with it. For my typical episodic games its not an issue.

 

[Joddy37]

I award xp always at session end and always after a long rest in town. For certain levels (like 3rd, 5th and 8th) I may rule for downtime training.

 

[Lancelot]

At session end, except in exceptional circumstances (e.g. the party is in a tense double-session adventure with tight time-limits or a special story reason where they don't have an opportunity to rest and train). Our sessions tend towards the long side (5-6 hours, or longer), so we can usually cover a lot of material and end with a long rest in that time.