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<blockquote data-quote="nevin" data-source="post: 9055311" data-attributes="member: 7024481"><p>I think you are dead on.&nbsp; for a long time I've used timers for initiative.&nbsp; a one minute timer from a boggle game.&nbsp; I go through the list if someone pauses i flip the timer if they run out of time they go to the end of the line and if they cant make thier mind up by a second flip of the timer they lose thier turn.&nbsp; it wasn't till 5e I had to start fighting people over this.&nbsp; It prevents those 30 minute stop and consult the spell book speeds combat up by an amazing amount and&nbsp; a lot of people are shocked at how many times wizard defaults to magic missile or some other well known spell when some obscure spell would have been better.&nbsp; &nbsp; (same thing with other classes too).&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I do Rest same.&nbsp; If you rest the baddies take advantage of it.&nbsp; they can rest, they can screw up your rest.&nbsp; I gaurauntee no party in my game is going to lock a door and rest unless they feel they have no other options.&nbsp; &nbsp; i've been known to have the orcs pull in a ballistae and wait for the party , or there was the game where they coudn't come out of the tiny hut because of the cleric's forbiddance and the wizards wall of stone spells.&nbsp;&nbsp; they woke up entombed, unable to teleport and had to chisel thier way out while the bad guys screwed with them sending in elementals.&nbsp; &nbsp; Go ahead rest whenever you want......<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :-)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="nevin, post: 9055311, member: 7024481"] I think you are dead on. for a long time I've used timers for initiative. a one minute timer from a boggle game. I go through the list if someone pauses i flip the timer if they run out of time they go to the end of the line and if they cant make thier mind up by a second flip of the timer they lose thier turn. it wasn't till 5e I had to start fighting people over this. It prevents those 30 minute stop and consult the spell book speeds combat up by an amazing amount and a lot of people are shocked at how many times wizard defaults to magic missile or some other well known spell when some obscure spell would have been better. (same thing with other classes too). I do Rest same. If you rest the baddies take advantage of it. they can rest, they can screw up your rest. I gaurauntee no party in my game is going to lock a door and rest unless they feel they have no other options. i've been known to have the orcs pull in a ballistae and wait for the party , or there was the game where they coudn't come out of the tiny hut because of the cleric's forbiddance and the wizards wall of stone spells. they woke up entombed, unable to teleport and had to chisel thier way out while the bad guys screwed with them sending in elementals. Go ahead rest whenever you want......:-) [/QUOTE]

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