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<blockquote data-quote="Joe Liker" data-source="post: 6385581" data-attributes="member: 6777505">I agree; he's absolutely wrong. That's why it's dangerous to take tweets as gospel. Giving off-the-cuff replies to questions that require thought and research ... it's just a bad, bad policy, in my opinion.In any case, all the answers to this question are found in the concentration rules. They very clearly provide an exhaustive list of game effects that can break concentration. &quot;Taking a short rest&quot; is not on that list.Being incapacitated, however, is on that list, and when you are unconscious, you are incapacitated. Therefore, sleeping breaks concentration.While there is not an explicit rule that says you have to sleep to gain the benefit of a long rest, I think most DMs are going to rule that that is the case. Therefore, for most characters in most campaigns, a long rest will break concentration. Elves might be a common exception.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Joe Liker, post: 6385581, member: 6777505"] I agree; he's absolutely wrong. That's why it's dangerous to take tweets as gospel. Giving off-the-cuff replies to questions that require thought and research ... it's just a bad, bad policy, in my opinion. In any case, all the answers to this question are found in the concentration rules. They very clearly provide an exhaustive list of game effects that can break concentration. "Taking a short rest" is not on that list. Being incapacitated, however, [I]is[/I] on that list, and when you are unconscious, you are incapacitated. Therefore, sleeping breaks concentration. While there is not an explicit rule that says you have to sleep to gain the benefit of a long rest, I think most DMs are going to rule that that is the case. Therefore, for most characters in most campaigns, a long rest will break concentration. Elves might be a common exception. [/QUOTE]

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