Does ring of sustenance reduce downtime?

[BSF]

Actually, wizards require 1 hour to prepare spells after 8 hours of rest. Of course, you can memorize less than your full allocation and take less time, but never less than 15 minutes.

Sorcerors and Bards require 8 hours of rest and then 15 minutes of concentrating to prepare their spells.

 

[Arbiter of Wyrms]

My wife's first experience DMing was to run RttToEE. We had a party of four dwarves, and by the time we made it to the crater ridge mines, we had four rings of sustenance.

We blitzkrieged through there and earned the party name "Twelve Second (of Bloodshed)" We The party included a Psion/Sangehirn who soaked up all of our damage, a Fighter/Barbarian Mulcher who murdered almost non-stop, a Fighter/Rogue Archer with focus on locks and traps and a Wizard/Cleric who blasted (or dominated) his way through every foe he encountered. We'd blaze through spells and power points as quickly as we needed to, take a nap, do some turn-around, and be back on our way. We probably ended up sleeping eight or ten hours a day through that dungeon, but we also probably finished it in less than ten days game time.

I think that from now on, I might rule that two hours sleep with the ring does everything that eight hour without does, but that the character can't sleep again for at least eight hours after getting up, now matter how quickly they burn through their resources.

 

[Arbiter of Wyrms]

In my rush to post, both to show how RIGHT I WAS in contrast to anyone else, and also to tell of our exploits in RttToEE, I skipped over the long post 8.

I've now gone back and read that, and I see that, grudging as I am to admit it, you are right and I was wrong. Spellcasters in the party mean a minimum of 9 hours turnaround time, regardless of rings of sustenance.

Thanks Patryn

 

[Patryn of Elvenshae]

In my rush to post, both to show how RIGHT I WAS in contrast to anyone else, and also to tell of our exploits in RttToEE, I skipped over the long post 8.

That's ok - did you guys (including the DM) have more fun because of the way he ruled? Then no harm, no foul!

Thanks Patryn

Welcome!

 

[Shin Okada]

By the way, Clerics & Druids do not need to rest. So they can just sleep for 2 hours and memorize the spell at the certain time of the day (and clearlly, they can fresh out the spell slots only once per day).