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<blockquote data-quote="Shiroiken" data-source="post: 6613441" data-attributes="member: 6775477">Actually, if you go by RAW (an idiotic notion), then Elves can't Long Rest without doing nothing for 2 hours.Long Rest = 8 Hours, no more than 2 of which can be spent doing light activity. Trance gives you 8 Hours of sleep for 4 Hours, but you have to take 8 Hours for the Long Rest. Since only 2 Hours are allowed for light activity (including reading, eating, talking, and being on watch), an Elf has to sit and do NOTHING for 2 Hour to make up the full 8 Hours. This is NOT how it's supposed to work, which is why there's a clarification.Personally, I see allowing Elves a 4 Hour Long Rest (still limited every 24 hours) to be a non-issue. Unless you have an entire party of Elves, you still spend the 8 hours anyway. If you have an all Elf party, then you still have to spend at least 6 hours or go without someone on watch (very stupid). Not to mention that in reality, most Long Rests are much longer than 8 Hours anyway (assume you stop traveling at dusk and wake up at dawn, that's usually 10 hours or more).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shiroiken, post: 6613441, member: 6775477"] Actually, if you go by RAW (an idiotic notion), then Elves can't Long Rest without doing nothing for 2 hours. Long Rest = 8 Hours, no more than 2 of which can be spent doing light activity. Trance gives you 8 Hours of sleep for 4 Hours, but you have to take 8 Hours for the Long Rest. Since only 2 Hours are allowed for light activity (including reading, eating, talking, and being on watch), an Elf has to sit and do NOTHING for 2 Hour to make up the full 8 Hours. This is NOT how it's supposed to work, which is why there's a clarification. Personally, I see allowing Elves a 4 Hour Long Rest (still limited every 24 hours) to be a non-issue. Unless you have an entire party of Elves, you still spend the 8 hours anyway. If you have an all Elf party, then you still have to spend at least 6 hours or go without someone on watch (very stupid). Not to mention that in reality, most Long Rests are much longer than 8 Hours anyway (assume you stop traveling at dusk and wake up at dawn, that's usually 10 hours or more). [/QUOTE]

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