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<blockquote data-quote="fba827" data-source="post: 5103867" data-attributes="member: 807">The DMG actually has a sidebar that discusses this very topic (DMG p41 sidebar).Basically, it separates the definitions -- &quot;Typically, encounters are separated by a short rest ...&quot; (DMGp41; emphasis mine).&nbsp; Thus, it's &quot;typical,&quot; not always.&nbsp; It then further defines the encounter ending when the monsters are dead/fled, and a new one starts when they engage new opponents.&nbsp; It then devotes a short paragraph or two on what to do if your players won't or can't take a short rest between encounters.&nbsp; But the gist is that generally, yes, they should be able to rest but there can be valid reasons why they can't take that short rest.Since you still need a short rest to get back your encounter powers, you can easily blur the line and call it one long encounter that happened to have a couple rounds of inactivity (without the short rest to regain encounter powers, the distinction of it being one encounter or two encounters only matters if you're tracking milestones by the book - though in this case, the book does make allowances to say extra hard encounters may count as two encounters, thus earning the milestone on the same schedule as 'normal').Now if you're asking for an informal survey on whether or not other DMs allow it, I think you'll see there is a variety of responses with some yes, some no.&nbsp; But it comes back to what your group/table enjoys.&nbsp; Will they enjoy the occasional challenge, or will they tar and feather you? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="fba827, post: 5103867, member: 807"] The DMG actually has a sidebar that discusses this very topic (DMG p41 sidebar). Basically, it separates the definitions -- "[u]Typically[/u], encounters are separated by a short rest ..." (DMGp41; emphasis mine). Thus, it's "typical," not always. It then further defines the encounter ending when the monsters are dead/fled, and a new one starts when they engage new opponents. It then devotes a short paragraph or two on what to do if your players won't or can't take a short rest between encounters. But the gist is that generally, yes, they should be able to rest but there can be valid reasons why they can't take that short rest. Since you still need a short rest to get back your encounter powers, you can easily blur the line and call it one long encounter that happened to have a couple rounds of inactivity (without the short rest to regain encounter powers, the distinction of it being one encounter or two encounters only matters if you're tracking milestones by the book - though in this case, the book does make allowances to say extra hard encounters may count as two encounters, thus earning the milestone on the same schedule as 'normal'). Now if you're asking for an informal survey on whether or not other DMs allow it, I think you'll see there is a variety of responses with some yes, some no. But it comes back to what your group/table enjoys. Will they enjoy the occasional challenge, or will they tar and feather you? :) [/QUOTE]

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