Gaining action points

[S'mon]

A milestone is achieved AFTER the second encounter, after a long rest. In other words it becomes available during the short rest, following that second encounter, and can be used in the THIRD encounter after a long rest.

This should be a flexible rule though. I've taken to giving it after a difficult encounter, rather than robotically giving milestones after the second encounter. My players have just been sailing through encounters, as a result of a Striker heavy group, optimization, and the use of a Pacifist Cleric. Sometimes they won't hit a milestone until the FOURTH encounter, after a long rest.

Um, after a long rest your Action Points always reset to 1.

An EL+4 encounter should give an AP right away, and Easy encounters (EL-1 or below) generate milestones more slowly, or not at all, per DMG.

Also, you don't get them for resting. You get them for completing the encounter. Technically you could get an AP without having short-rested at the end of an encounter. You might want to do that to preserve temp hps or another benefit.

 

[Ryujin]

Um, after a long rest your Action Points always reset to 1.

An EL+4 encounter should give an AP right away, and Easy encounters (EL-1 or below) generate milestones more slowly, or not at all, per DMG.

Also, you don't get them for resting. You get them for completing the encounter. Technically you could get an AP without having short-rested at the end of an encounter. You might want to do that to preserve temp hps or another benefit.

The long rest comment was made in order to create a benchmark. As you said, action points are reset to one after a long rest. That's why I stated that a MILESTONE is traditionally reached after the second encounter, after a long rest. I made no comment that the rests were responsible for the milestones

 

[S'mon]

The long rest comment was made in order to create a benchmark. As you said, action points are reset to one after a long rest. That's why I stated that a MILESTONE is traditionally reached after the second encounter, after a long rest. I made no comment that the rests were responsible for the milestones

Oh I see: you're misplacing the apostrophe! It should be: "a MILESTONE is traditionally reached after the second encounter after a long rest". By inserting a comma you made it: encounter-encounter-long rest-AP.

 

[Ryujin]

Oh I see: you're misplacing the apostrophe! It should be: "a MILESTONE is traditionally reached after the second encounter after a long rest". By inserting a comma you made it: encounter-encounter-long rest-AP.

This interpretation of my statement is correct. The placement of the apostrophe is meant to indicate that the encounters occur after the long rest. The grammar is actually correct

 

[S'mon]

This interpretation of my statement is correct. The placement of the apostrophe is meant to indicate that the encounters occur after the long rest. The grammar is actually correct

Well, maybe we're writing in slightly different versions of English, with different laws of grammar? I'm pretty sure I'm right in British English, at any rate.

 

[Jhaelen]

The placement of the apostrophe is meant to indicate that the encounters occur after the long rest. The grammar is actually correct

While the grammar may be correct, it's still ambigous.

Rephrasing it would make it more clear; personally I found it impossible to arrive at the correct interpretation.

 

[Ryujin]

Very well.

Take a long rest.

Have two (standard) encounters.

Receive an action point after completing the second encounter.

 

[Jhaelen]

Very well.

Take a long rest.

Have two (standard) encounters.

Receive an action point after completing the second encounter.

Much better and with minimal changes you can even turn it into a Haiku:

Take a long, calm rest.

Next, two standard encounters:

Receive action point.