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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arial Black" data-source="post: 7024898" data-attributes="member: 6799649">I've got no problem with that.When you begin to relax/rest, you might have an idea of how long you want to rest for, and typically you will want to rest for either 1 hour or 8 hours, because of 5E's rest rules.But you might not get what you want! You might be intending to take a long rest, but get bothered by baddies after, say, 3 hours. Although you wanted a long rest, did you get a long rest? No.But did you get a short rest? Absolutely you did! You need at least 1 hour of avoiding strenuous activity to qualify for a short rest, you've had 3 hours, therefore you've had a short rest.So, when I say that after 1 hour you've had a short rest and 7 hours after that you've had a long rest, that is true. But, as you say, if you choose to gain the benefits of that short rest then the DM is within his rights to say that a short rest has ended (after 3 hours) and if you want a long rest you have to begin resting again. And hope that you get 8 hours this time.But, in the exact same situation, if you do not choose to take the benefits of a short rest as you are bothered by baddies, then you can say that you are still pursuing a long rest and hope that this interruption doesn't last more than an hour.So after that first hour, that hour might be a short rest but also might be the first hour of a long rest. Observers cannot discern the difference by observing what you do or don't do, because any activity is either strenuous or it isn't, equally for either kind of rest.You only need to know what kind of rest you just had at the moment you want to gain benefits from it. You don't know, nobody knows, whether that first hour was part of a short rest or a long rest until the moment you declare that the rest has ended in order to gain rest benefits.You rest. You get bothered by baddies. You ask the DM how much rest you just had:-*If he says it's less than 1 hour, tough.*If he says it's somewhere between 1 and (nearly) 8 hours, you can choose to gain the benefits of a short rest instantly because you qualify for it, but you could instead choose not to gain the short rest benefits in the hope of getting enough extra rest after this fight to get a long rest.*If he says it's been at least 8 hours then you can gain the benefits of a long rest.Do you have a problem with this?</blockquote>

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