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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ro" data-source="post: 7199172" data-attributes="member: 6890747">Long Rest Rule:The rules for long rests specify that you can only gain the benefits of a long rest once per 24 hours. If you create an adventure that has more happen in 24 hours, nobody can squish out an extra long rest.New Short Rest Rule:Why not simply add a similar rule for short rests? A player can only gain the benefits of a short rest twice per 24 hours. (Or if the DM prefers, three times for a slightly easier adventure or an 8-encounter day.)This prevents short rest abuse, at least.No Short Rests:Or get rid of short rests entirely and change any ability that is (X times per short rest) to (3X or 4X times per long rest).Sleep:Furthermore, sleep should be better tracked.- Trance: Elves can "Trance" for 4 hours to gain the same rest a human would in 8 hours.- 8-hour long rest: A long rest must be at least 8 hours, so elves get four extra hours to twiddle their thumbs.- Humans, et al, need to sleep: If a human is standing watch for 2 of 8 hours, they only get 6 hours of sleep: they are not fully rested. This is the equivalent of an elf trancing for only 3 hours.- (Most) Long rests take >8 hours: To obtain the benefit of a long rest, a human should have to sleep for 8 full hours, in addition to standing watch if necessary. Long rests for non-elves would frequently take longer than 8 hours.- Less Sleep = Exhaustion: For every two hours you miss of sleep (or one hour of trance), you gain 1/3 level of exhaustion. You only recover levels of exhaustion after full-sleep long rests.</blockquote>

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