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<blockquote data-quote="CanadienneBacon" data-source="post: 6625033" data-attributes="member: 11146">With respect to whether a character suffers a penalty for sleeping in armor, my gut instinct says there should be a penalty.&nbsp; I don't see a fatigued condition for 5e (see PHB 290-292).&nbsp; There is, however, an exhausted condition that comes with six different levels, ranging from disadvantage on ability checks (level 1) to death (level 6).&nbsp; For every long rest a character spends sleeping in armor, he suffers +1 to his exhaustion.&nbsp; Conversely, every long rest a character spends sleeping WITHOUT armor will reset his exhaustion due to having previously slept in armor back to 0.&nbsp; E.g., Colden sleeps in his armor on long rest #1.&nbsp; His exhaustion level due to armor is 1.&nbsp; The next day, Colden nearly drowns while attempting to swim across a murky pond, adding another +1 to his exhaustion level.&nbsp; His total exhaustion level is 2.&nbsp; Colden stupidly sleeps in his armor during long rest #2.&nbsp; His exhaustion level due to armor increases his total exhaustion level to 3.&nbsp; The next day, Colden is the victim of a poison that adds another +1 to his exhaustion level.&nbsp; His total exhaustion level is 4.&nbsp; The next time the party has a long rest, Colden sleeps without his armor.&nbsp; When he wakes up, his total exhaustion level is 2 (+1 for nearly drowning in the pool, and +1 for the poison).&nbsp; If the long rest without armor was also enough to negate the exhaustion from nearly drowning, his total exhaustion level might even have dropped to 1.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CanadienneBacon, post: 6625033, member: 11146"] With respect to whether a character suffers a penalty for sleeping in armor, my gut instinct says there should be a penalty. I don't see a fatigued condition for 5e (see PHB 290-292). There is, however, an exhausted condition that comes with six different levels, ranging from disadvantage on ability checks (level 1) to death (level 6). For every long rest a character spends sleeping in armor, he suffers +1 to his exhaustion. Conversely, every long rest a character spends sleeping WITHOUT armor will reset his exhaustion due to having previously slept in armor back to 0. E.g., Colden sleeps in his armor on long rest #1. His exhaustion level due to armor is 1. The next day, Colden nearly drowns while attempting to swim across a murky pond, adding another +1 to his exhaustion level. His total exhaustion level is 2. Colden stupidly sleeps in his armor during long rest #2. His exhaustion level due to armor increases his total exhaustion level to 3. The next day, Colden is the victim of a poison that adds another +1 to his exhaustion level. His total exhaustion level is 4. The next time the party has a long rest, Colden sleeps without his armor. When he wakes up, his total exhaustion level is 2 (+1 for nearly drowning in the pool, and +1 for the poison). If the long rest without armor was also enough to negate the exhaustion from nearly drowning, his total exhaustion level might even have dropped to 1. [/QUOTE]

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