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<blockquote data-quote="GSHamster" data-source="post: 8061604" data-attributes="member: 20187">A long rest does 2 things:<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Restores ability resources</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Restores health</li>
</ol>Certain classes (healers) can convert ability resources into health. If you remove or diminish the second element from a long rest, but keep the first element, it becomes nigh-mandatory to have one of these classes.One of the goals of 5E was to make sure that no class was mandatory. That if you wanted to go with two rogues, a fighter and wizard, that would be perfectly acceptable.If you want to get rid of long rests, you have to break the link between health and ability resources. Examples are Wounds/Vitality, or the system in Pillars of Eternity.[1] Or accept that the playerbase will insist that all parties must have a healer.[1] 2 pools, Health + Vitality, Vitality is 5x Health. Damage is subtracted from both Health and Vitality. However, magical healing only adds to Health. If Health goes to 0, you fall unconscious. If Vitality goes to 0, you die. A short rest after combat restores Health to full, a long rest at camp restores both to full. You could tweak the pool multiplier for Vitality and the long rest rules to match how you want to play. Maybe Vitality is 10x, and you gain a max of 25% of Vitality per long rest.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GSHamster, post: 8061604, member: 20187"] A long rest does 2 things: [LIST=1] [*]Restores ability resources [*]Restores health [/LIST] Certain classes (healers) can convert ability resources into health. If you remove or diminish the second element from a long rest, but keep the first element, it becomes nigh-mandatory to have one of these classes. One of the goals of 5E was to make sure that no class was mandatory. That if you wanted to go with two rogues, a fighter and wizard, that would be perfectly acceptable. If you want to get rid of long rests, you have to break the link between health and ability resources. Examples are Wounds/Vitality, or the system in Pillars of Eternity.[1] Or accept that the playerbase will insist that all parties must have a healer. [1] 2 pools, Health + Vitality, Vitality is 5x Health. Damage is subtracted from both Health and Vitality. However, magical healing only adds to Health. If Health goes to 0, you fall unconscious. If Vitality goes to 0, you die. A short rest after combat restores Health to full, a long rest at camp restores both to full. You could tweak the pool multiplier for Vitality and the long rest rules to match how you want to play. Maybe Vitality is 10x, and you gain a max of 25% of Vitality per long rest. [/QUOTE]

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