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<blockquote data-quote="FadedC" data-source="post: 4448945" data-attributes="member: 55463">As others have said, action points don't discourage you from resting if it's possible to do so. That's something that's up to the DM and the story. What action points do accomplish is to help make it possible for the players to handle more fights without dying, which makes it easier for the DM to tell more complicated or cinematic stories.&nbsp;In pretty much every edition of D&amp;D players would rest and continue at full strength when doing so was a valid tactical option. DMs would try to stop that by using story reasons to force the players to continue. However this only worked as long as players had the ability to continue. In 3e in particular it was quite possible for one tough fight to deplete the party of every resource they had, making any future combat suicidal. No amount of story can prevent the need for a rest here.&nbsp;The action point system is one of many ways 4e attempts to give characters the ability to handle multiple fights by giving them some renewable resources. If the players have the option to rest without consequence they will most likely still take it. But it makes it easier for the DM to not give them the option to rest.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FadedC, post: 4448945, member: 55463"] As others have said, action points don't discourage you from resting if it's possible to do so. That's something that's up to the DM and the story. What action points do accomplish is to help make it possible for the players to handle more fights without dying, which makes it easier for the DM to tell more complicated or cinematic stories. In pretty much every edition of D&D players would rest and continue at full strength when doing so was a valid tactical option. DMs would try to stop that by using story reasons to force the players to continue. However this only worked as long as players had the ability to continue. In 3e in particular it was quite possible for one tough fight to deplete the party of every resource they had, making any future combat suicidal. No amount of story can prevent the need for a rest here. The action point system is one of many ways 4e attempts to give characters the ability to handle multiple fights by giving them some renewable resources. If the players have the option to rest without consequence they will most likely still take it. But it makes it easier for the DM to not give them the option to rest. [/QUOTE]

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