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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 6393437" data-attributes="member: 5100">I've been running with an assumption of 2-3 per day. They do lunch, dinner, and maybe a regrouping before pulling back to town (or finding a "safe" spot in the wilderness/dungeon). When we were first reviewing the Basic rules, someone called the short rest a "lunch break" and that mentality stuck.IMO, if the PCs are resting more often than that, they're in over their heads. I don't have any rules that would prevent taking a short rest after every fight, but it would eventually catch up with the PCs. This last week, they decided to take a short rest right in the middle of Cragmaw Castle; I gave them an 10 in 12 chance (I've always liked d12 for wandering monster checks, dunno why) of getting interrupted, but they got lucky. I did make sure they understood, however, that they don't spend hit dice or get their toys back until the end of the rest.Really, it's just the fighter who blows through all her resources. The others actually tend toward the conservative side and probably wouldn't notice if all their abilities were per long rest. I imagine there's a cause/effect relationship, there, but I'm not sure which is which. It'll probably even out over time, as everyone gets used to the system.If we flip the question around ("how much should the PCs do between short rests?"), I think the 2-3 range could be applied, here, too. The PCs should probably ration their resources so they can handle two notable encounters between rests. They should also try to keep a couple of tricks in reserve, just in case they get interrupted or discover they aren't in safe territory. That last part is probably not realistic until 3-5 levels.</blockquote>

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