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<blockquote data-quote="Shiroiken" data-source="post: 8102381" data-attributes="member: 6775477">That's not really a houserule, but a DM interpretation of likely events. Unless a player wants to spend multiple hours of the rest casting spells/rituals, this just isn't going the happen. Even then, consider the actual time: you have 8 hours of adventuring, lets add two 1 hour short rests, and an 8 hour long rest: this totals only 18 hours out of 24. Even if you force an hour at dawn and dusk for routine activity, this leaves 4 full hours that this spellcasting can be done without issue.No, my understanding is that short and long rests are mechanically different, which is in opposition to your view. In only 1 hour, having a sudden event that forces you into activity can disrupt you efforts to relax (although realistically, it would likely extend the short rest by a period of time, not a full hour). Over the course of 8 hours, however, it's not unreasonable for you have some level of strenuous activity, while still being able to return to your 8 hours of relaxation.Here's your problem. RAW is quite possibly one of the worst ways of looking at 5E. RAW is quite literally the DM interprets the outcome of any action or activity (very early in the PHB), and much of the game is written deliberately vague for the purpose of allowing each DM to determine how they want it to work in their game. Unless the DM directly contradicts something explicit in the PHB, then they are correct. Period. Even if they do contradict something explicit, it is simply a houserule, which 5E was specifically deigned to easily integrate.Reminder that Sage Advice is only advice, even from the &quot;on high holy JC.&quot; In general I find that JC can suck it, because his views on the game are radically different than mine, and I've found the advice of Mearls to be far more useful.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shiroiken, post: 8102381, member: 6775477"] That's not really a houserule, but a DM interpretation of likely events. Unless a player wants to spend multiple hours of the rest casting spells/rituals, this just isn't going the happen. Even then, consider the actual time: you have 8 hours of adventuring, lets add two 1 hour short rests, and an 8 hour long rest: this totals only 18 hours out of 24. Even if you force an hour at dawn and dusk for routine activity, this leaves 4 full hours that this spellcasting can be done without issue. No, my understanding is that short and long rests are mechanically different, which is in opposition to your view. In only 1 hour, having a sudden event that forces you into activity can disrupt you efforts to relax (although realistically, it would likely extend the short rest by a period of time, not a full hour). Over the course of 8 hours, however, it's not unreasonable for you have some level of strenuous activity, while still being able to return to your 8 hours of relaxation. Here's your problem. RAW is quite possibly one of the worst ways of looking at 5E. RAW is quite literally the DM interprets the outcome of any action or activity (very early in the PHB), and much of the game is written deliberately vague for the purpose of allowing each DM to determine how they want it to work in their game. Unless the DM directly contradicts something explicit in the PHB, then they are correct. Period. Even if they do contradict something explicit, it is simply a houserule, which 5E was specifically deigned to easily integrate. Reminder that Sage Advice is only advice, even from the "on high holy JC." In general I find that JC can suck it, because his views on the game are radically different than mine, and I've found the advice of Mearls to be far more useful. [/QUOTE]

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