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"I am not yet tired and thus trying to rest will be wasted" is sufficient. And there is a sea and a mountain of difference between...
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Characters do not need to be aware of exact minutiae of the rules, but they must be aware of things the rules represent and assuming...
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Then they are NOT aware that they can benefit from long rest every 24 hours and thus will not think of waiting 24 hours to take another...
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Then we have to disagree, I find the story trying to bend over backwards to explain mechanics of the game to be at best worth laughing...
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Since you can't benefit more than once every 24 hours, the benefit is pushed back every day! 6:01am, then 6:02am, etc. Gods forbid if...
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People have been saying that since WotC bought MtG. Arguably 3E and 4E were the MtG editions with flood of constant product. Some...
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It is to each player individually to explain how their character sees and understands spell-slots and regaining them, but it is assumed...
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Spells do not recharge (video game concept) The character finds the necessary stamina to cast these spells once more. And that's why...
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If I wanted to play wargame or video game, I would play wargame or video game. People who treat ttrpgs like these need to learn they're...
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"hurt, exhausted and missing some magic" - that's what short rest is for. And also NOT what you are after a single fight, as 5 minute...
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But if the characcters are hurt, exhausted and missing some magic, the attrition did its job. Tension is there. Resting is fine as soon...
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Literally from Player's Handbook page 186 or you can look in the SRD: I do not know where you got the "real world time table", sicne I...
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You only have to sit for up to 16 in the game, depending on when the encounter happened. It doesn't change @Not a Decepticon's point...
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