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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jodyjohnson" data-source="post: 7244786" data-attributes="member: 5590">I don't think changing the Rest mechanics will actually change this behavior as already stated elsewhere.My options:1.  Talk to the group and tell them I'm not interested in this kind of play.  Most likely the group believes this is required for them to play 'smart'.  My personal preference is for 'interesting' play.2.  Worst case scenario, we play the rests out in some proportion of real time: when they say 'long rest' I determine whether there will be an interruption otherwise we're potentially done for the day (DM discretion).  For 'short rests' probably just do 5-60 minute breaks until they get the point.3.  We do random encounters with no XP rewards.  This effectively has the same effect as the above but may be less boring.  An interrupted short or long rest may eat up 20-60 minutes of play-time with no plot or adventure progression.4.  If the group is just trying to avoid challenge, I simplify things to give them what they want.  I don't worry about challenging the party.  We play and they do whatever they want and rest whenever and we just grind through encounters without feeling like I need to challenge the group or I may just go all the way and we just hand-wave combat and focus on interaction and exploration.  As combat is the typical source of 'interesting', this probably means the campaign ends after a couple sessions and I find different players unless they keep the game satisfying with interaction and exploration.5.  The last option is to give in and require this behavior.  Every fight is can use a full day's resources and there is a long rest between every encounter.  We have set-piece encounters that basically are the entire chapter/session with maybe some interaction and exploration which don't use resources.  For most published adventures I usually pull the entire zone into a single fight.  This is the standard procedure for 2-2.5 hours games down at the store.  Probably double the 'short rest' powers for certain classes to bring them some parity.  (Continually interrupting 'short rests' results in the same thing).6.  Something else.  It really depends on what the group wants out of play and how far I'm willing to bend to accommodate them.</blockquote>

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