DND_Reborn
The High Aldwin
Killing off the players is a bit extreme, don't you think?immediately kill off all of the players in surprise ambush
I mean, the PCs are one thing, but the players! Ouch!!
Killing off the players is a bit extreme, don't you think?immediately kill off all of the players in surprise ambush
It's the only way to be sure...Killing off the players is a bit extreme, don't you think?
I mean, the PCs are one thing, but the players! Ouch!!
Killing off the players is a bit extreme, don't you think?
I mean, the PCs are one thing, but the players! Ouch!!
Agreed on the resources - PCs have to keep track of HP, XP, GP, and healing potions. Might as well keep track of HD too.Half HD is good because it makes resource attrition still a thing; obviously whenever the group gets two long rests in a row that's all wiped away.
Yeah, I think that was my confusion - that PCs would get all their HPs back but not their HD. I read the first part and assumed the latter.I don't think "obvious" plays into it though; why would a long rest restore all HP but not all HD? Where I come from, a rest gets you 1 HP back
To be fair, it’s in my experience one of the most commonly house-ruled elements of the game, so if your player has played with other DMs, that could be part of what’s throwing them off. I have a player who likewise never remembers what they get back after a long rest. They play in two other games with other DMs online, and every time they take a long rest, they ask what they get back. I say, “just the standard, go up to full HP and get half your hit dice back,” and they reply, “every DM I’ve ever played with does long rests differently, so I can never remember what it’s supposed to be.” Every time.I had a player would could NEVER remember the long rest rules. Every time a long rest came up, I would explain it and he would look at me like I had 2 heads. Not the sharpest tack in the bunch...
If that's not a problem for your table... don't bother with the change. I would probably make it a house rule that HD recover fully every day. When I run, I almost always play this way either by rule or by magic item.So I discovered this evening that my group has been doing recovering HD after a long rest wrong. The group looks to me to know the rules, so it is not like anyone was pulling a fast one, I just got it wrong (somehow) and then explained it wrong.
Basically, I have been letting PCs get all their HD back after a long rest. Honestly, I think I am not going to change it. Keeping track of HD this way just seems like more book-keeping and so far I am not sure it would have ever made a difference. The group just hit 4th level, so maybe it will make a bigger difference at higher levels? I also just hate that after we've been playing one way for nearly a year, to say "You now get less." Not sure. What would you do?