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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 9122069" data-attributes="member: 18">There's nothing about short rest length that would impact backwards compatibility. No class, spells, or adventures rely on short rests being exactly 1 hour.There's a consensus, I would say, that 1 hour is not the right duration.Whether the right duration is 1 minute, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, or 30 minutes is very much disagreed on. Some people even want longer.But that's not really an excuse to not change it - the same is true of a lot of things WotC has changed.As for a house rule, well if it's that easy and common, they should absolutely suggest it in the DMG as an official &quot;optional rule&quot; and indeed look at the ramifications (briefly, because there aren't many) to it being shorter. The current implementation in the DMG is a complete car crash, with only an ultra-extreme version and nothing like anyone has ever asked for.But a new DMG is an opportunity to correct that. If they don't take it, well, they're proving their incompetence, frankly.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 9122069, member: 18"] There's nothing about short rest length that would impact backwards compatibility. No class, spells, or adventures rely on short rests being exactly 1 hour. There's a consensus, I would say, that 1 hour is not the right duration. Whether the right duration is 1 minute, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, or 30 minutes is very much disagreed on. Some people even want longer. But that's not really an excuse to not change it - the same is true of a lot of things WotC has changed. As for a house rule, well if it's that easy and common, they should absolutely suggest it in the DMG as an official "optional rule" and indeed look at the ramifications (briefly, because there aren't many) to it being shorter. The current implementation in the DMG is a complete car crash, with only an ultra-extreme version and nothing like anyone has ever asked for. But a new DMG is an opportunity to correct that. If they don't take it, well, they're proving their incompetence, frankly. [/QUOTE]

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