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<blockquote data-quote="GMforPowergamers" data-source="post: 8651915" data-attributes="member: 67338">So I just had a player ask something I had not considered. if (by defualt) your rests are 1hr and 8hrs does your player have to 'intend' to rest at the beginning of the rest? I was given 2 examples and came up with a 3rd.1)&nbsp; you mid dungeon, and you come across a puzzle. You are a warlock that is not to bright and not helpful. You sit there while the wizard and the rogue play with the puzzle. it ends up taking 2 1/2 hours.&nbsp; Can that warlock then say &quot;Hey, I just sat out 2 1/2 hours I'm taking a short rest&quot; 2) (more common) you are laying an ambush. You expect the carriage to come over that hill any minute, and the ranger will signla you... an hour and a half later that signal comes can they spend HD since they just sat for over an hour?3) (this one I came up with) you are traveling. someone is on the wagon and not really useful... but some others are on look out, driving, what ever... can the one not doing anything claim a short rest after an hour?normally players declare what they are going to do to get a short rest, and what precisions they will take... but if time just passes, it's still restful right?the player brought this up because at his job the computers went down today. They expected they would be up in a few minutes, but it turned into hours. They pretty much got hours of break unexpectedly.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GMforPowergamers, post: 8651915, member: 67338"] So I just had a player ask something I had not considered. if (by defualt) your rests are 1hr and 8hrs does your player have to 'intend' to rest at the beginning of the rest? I was given 2 examples and came up with a 3rd. 1) you mid dungeon, and you come across a puzzle. You are a warlock that is not to bright and not helpful. You sit there while the wizard and the rogue play with the puzzle. it ends up taking 2 1/2 hours. Can that warlock then say "Hey, I just sat out 2 1/2 hours I'm taking a short rest" 2) (more common) you are laying an ambush. You expect the carriage to come over that hill any minute, and the ranger will signla you... an hour and a half later that signal comes can they spend HD since they just sat for over an hour? 3) (this one I came up with) you are traveling. someone is on the wagon and not really useful... but some others are on look out, driving, what ever... can the one not doing anything claim a short rest after an hour? normally players declare what they are going to do to get a short rest, and what precisions they will take... but if time just passes, it's still restful right? the player brought this up because at his job the computers went down today. They expected they would be up in a few minutes, but it turned into hours. They pretty much got hours of break unexpectedly. [/QUOTE]

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