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<blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 8794336" data-attributes="member: 97077">1. Yes, so the expected rest time essentially goes from 8 hours to 9 hours to account for the time the PC was unconscious. The rest of the party will be rested at the 8-hour mark.2. Yes.I'm not sure I would frame keeping track of time as &quot;slavish devotion&quot; or suggest that it costs any meaningful amount of time or energy. The payoff for what little effort it does entail pays dividends by providing another resource for the players to consider when making meaningful decisions. The more meaningful decisions the players make per unit of session time, the more engaged they become in my experience. One can imagine if time mattered in the situation under discussion that the players might have made some different decisions as it relates to resting here. Perhaps they would spend some resources to revive the unconscious PC so they didn't lose that hour or, failing that, stopped the long rest altogether because they couldn't afford to spend the time anymore. Or looked for a more secure resting place prior to making the attempt, etc.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="iserith, post: 8794336, member: 97077"] 1. Yes, so the expected rest time essentially goes from 8 hours to 9 hours to account for the time the PC was unconscious. The rest of the party will be rested at the 8-hour mark. 2. Yes. I'm not sure I would frame keeping track of time as "slavish devotion" or suggest that it costs any meaningful amount of time or energy. The payoff for what little effort it does entail pays dividends by providing another resource for the players to consider when making meaningful decisions. The more meaningful decisions the players make per unit of session time, the more engaged they become in my experience. One can imagine if time mattered in the situation under discussion that the players might have made some different decisions as it relates to resting here. Perhaps they would spend some resources to revive the unconscious PC so they didn't lose that hour or, failing that, stopped the long rest altogether because they couldn't afford to spend the time anymore. Or looked for a more secure resting place prior to making the attempt, etc. [/QUOTE]

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