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Silam reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General The "Ease of Long Rests" as a metric for describing campaigns / DM styles? with
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The bandits and goblins have explicitly attacked travelers on the trail. (Those cakes are probably not being carried through the woods.)... -
Silam reacted to DragonLancer's post in the thread D&D General The "Ease of Long Rests" as a metric for describing campaigns / DM styles? with Like.
I voted 3. In my games, a Long Rest is an overnight sleep.
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Silam reacted to Marandahir's post in the thread D&D General The "Ease of Long Rests" as a metric for describing campaigns / DM styles? with Like.
I voted 3 because I like to have LR availability and risks shift back and forth across the adventures I'm running. What I do try to...
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Silam reacted to billd91's post in the thread D&D General The "Ease of Long Rests" as a metric for describing campaigns / DM styles? with Like.
How dangerous is that trek, though? Because can't they largely stick to the trail where the encounters aren't all that violent on the...
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Silam reacted to el-remmen's post in the thread D&D General The "Ease of Long Rests" as a metric for describing campaigns / DM styles? with Like.
I chose 4, because when it is hard, it is hard. For example, in a current game's most recent sessions, the party had to force march to...
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Silam reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General The "Ease of Long Rests" as a metric for describing campaigns / DM styles? with Like.
It sounds functionally similar to how I run things. I don’t say players can’t take a long rest in the dungeon, but doing so is almost...
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Silam replied to the thread D&D General The "Ease of Long Rests" as a metric for describing campaigns / DM styles?.Makes sense. BTW, a campaign or DM with an "easy long rest" policy doesn’t necessarily mean the games are easy. Likewise, a DM making...
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Silam reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General The "Ease of Long Rests" as a metric for describing campaigns / DM styles? with Like.
I don't know why you'd assume they have this ability. If a group decides to spend every bit of daylight at the Caves of Chaos, when...
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Silam reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General The "Ease of Long Rests" as a metric for describing campaigns / DM styles? with Like.
I voted for 3 - exact middle of the road. I generally try to provide some sort of time pressure to discourage long rests - most often...
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Silam replied to the thread D&D General The "Ease of Long Rests" as a metric for describing campaigns / DM styles?.Sure, I guess what you’re saying is that players can’t long rest anytime since they must be at the keep to do it. But if they have the...
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Silam reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General The "Ease of Long Rests" as a metric for describing campaigns / DM styles? with Like.
Hmm, I'm not sure this necessarily works. I've been running the Heroes of the Borderlands boxed set for two groups and, a few balance...
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Silam reacted to The Firebird's post in the thread D&D General The "Ease of Long Rests" as a metric for describing campaigns / DM styles? with Like.
Yeah, I think it is a really important, and maybe unappreciated, dial. The DMG gestures at it with the 'gritty realism' variant which...
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Silam posted the thread D&D General The "Ease of Long Rests" as a metric for describing campaigns / DM styles? in *Dungeons & Dragons.When hearing arguments about which class or build is stronger, there are often a lot of assumptions. Some obvious ones may include...
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Silam replied to the thread D&D 5E (2024) Unconfirmed Dark Sun World Book.Dark Sun was such a great setting for pushing players (and DMs!) out of their comfort zone. Equal opportunity slavery, weird new...
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But are hard limits actually meaningful in this context? Or even desirable? D&d is so often about homebrewing and modification, the...