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I'm dying to hear how this breaks the game.

Drops the mic.

Yeah, I remember that tweet: "There are no options! F U! I'M MIKE MEARLS!"

Ahhh geeze, they are encouraging everyone to tinker with the system to their hearts content. The official rule is go ahead and house rule and here are some ideas for what you could do. The company is not trying to phase out anyone's play style. And given enough time, they will roll out all sorts...

Merric has done a nice job on this. I'd post a link but apparently I'm not allowed. Google "merric's musings" though and you'll find it.

I think the important missing detail is that there would be a DM present deciding whether that "something" is something that any reasonably person agrees ends a rest. Personally, I don't see standing up or doing push ups as something that ends the rest. Attack an owlbear, saddle the horses and...

I'm not sure if we can say that all the designers of the game think this is the wrong way to play. I think the position of one of them is that playing that way sounds boring to him, but hey, whatever floats your boat.

It kind of felt like they were taken off guard by it to me too. I would take what they were saying here with a grain of salt. DM rulings on the rules cover this issue, which is basically what they ended up saying.

Uhhh.... That's why he's the DM. Regardless, the players's characters have still been resting for 1 nonstop rest if they have done nothing but rest, even if the players try to say "I stop resting. Now I start resting again." That's players thinking about rules when they should be imagining...

It has been clear to me that the basic game was always intended to rely on the DM providing rulings on what is permitted and what happens when players decide to do something, rather than having a complex system of rules that cover every kind of shenanigans that the players could get into...

This doesn't even sound like a DM problem; it sounds like a player communication problem. They should try doing what's best for the group instead maximizing whatever is best for the fighter. Silly players. Next time the fighter says he wants to take another short rest, the rest of the group...

Good old trusty Merric. Always getting us the info. +1 to comeliness!

I think I will institute a system where I beef up penalties for having a lot of loose change (weight, initiative penalty, ect), but at the same time include a probability that coins fall out of your pocket. Examples: Player: "My character tries to sneak up on the troll." Me: "How much loose...

What about the part where it says you have to use a bonus action? I see where it talks about action surge, it mentions that you may "possibly" have a bonus action. So, you may possibly not have any bonus actions to use for second wind. Anybody have an idea on how you get these things? Perhaps...