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<blockquote data-quote="ST" data-source="post: 5104851" data-attributes="member: 14053">Honestly, I'd ditch the five minute requirement entirely and just go with &quot;Is this the same encounter, as in are there monsters actively fleeing to get reinforcements or heading to the party?&quot; and if it isn't, then they get a moment to catch their breath and that's their &quot;five minute rest&quot;. There are three questions that kinda get conflated here, which I find interesting.1) How large an encounter before the PCs get their resources restored?2) How long does it take for reinforcements to arrive?3) How long does it take to briefly rest and catch your breath?It seems like (1) is a game balance issue, and (2) and (3) are &quot;realism&quot; issues. They're apples and oranges. If you want to make a long multistage encounter because that's what you want to do, great, but if you do it because they'd only have three or four minutes to rest instead of five, you're making a game balance decision for non game balance related reasons.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ST, post: 5104851, member: 14053"] Honestly, I'd ditch the five minute requirement entirely and just go with "Is this the same encounter, as in are there monsters actively fleeing to get reinforcements or heading to the party?" and if it isn't, then they get a moment to catch their breath and that's their "five minute rest". There are three questions that kinda get conflated here, which I find interesting. 1) How large an encounter before the PCs get their resources restored? 2) How long does it take for reinforcements to arrive? 3) How long does it take to briefly rest and catch your breath? It seems like (1) is a game balance issue, and (2) and (3) are "realism" issues. They're apples and oranges. If you want to make a long multistage encounter because that's what you want to do, great, but if you do it because they'd only have three or four minutes to rest instead of five, you're making a game balance decision for non game balance related reasons. [/QUOTE]

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