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Resting and the frikkin' Elephant in the Room
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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 7119639" data-attributes="member: 6801845"><p>It's an easy thing to fix.</p><p></p><p>I've been running my most recent campaign with the alternate rules. A short rest is 8 hours, a long rest is several days (usually a week). In addition I generally have two (5-6 hour) game days between long rests. I then put the PCs into situations where getting a short rest is not as simple as saying "we take a short rest" and resting for a week is simply not possible. Every once in a while I throw in an unexpected long rest via specially blessed area or similar if I want to set up some difficult encounters or if the PCs are getting too beat up.</p><p></p><p>Problem solved if you want people to stretch their resources.</p><p></p><p>I haven't decided if I'm going to do this for my next campaign, but it does make it better for my narrative flow. I get in 5-8 combats between long rests and a couple of short rests in a fashion that suits the story.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately I can't help with your apparent elephant infestation. Have you tried mice? I hear elephants are frightened of the little critters. You'll have to get cats to get rid of the mice, then dogs to get rid of the cats. Lions of course will get rid of the dogs. But then, how do you get rid of the lions you ask? Elephants! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>Or just use the alternate rules because the solution to your problem was already spelled out in the DMG.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 7119639, member: 6801845"] It's an easy thing to fix. I've been running my most recent campaign with the alternate rules. A short rest is 8 hours, a long rest is several days (usually a week). In addition I generally have two (5-6 hour) game days between long rests. I then put the PCs into situations where getting a short rest is not as simple as saying "we take a short rest" and resting for a week is simply not possible. Every once in a while I throw in an unexpected long rest via specially blessed area or similar if I want to set up some difficult encounters or if the PCs are getting too beat up. Problem solved if you want people to stretch their resources. I haven't decided if I'm going to do this for my next campaign, but it does make it better for my narrative flow. I get in 5-8 combats between long rests and a couple of short rests in a fashion that suits the story. Unfortunately I can't help with your apparent elephant infestation. Have you tried mice? I hear elephants are frightened of the little critters. You'll have to get cats to get rid of the mice, then dogs to get rid of the cats. Lions of course will get rid of the dogs. But then, how do you get rid of the lions you ask? Elephants! :D Or just use the alternate rules because the solution to your problem was already spelled out in the DMG. [/QUOTE]
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