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<blockquote data-quote="slobo777" data-source="post: 5940011" data-attributes="member: 6694877">Sometimes things crop up in discussions that make you realise that you've been playing a different game, and live on a different planet, to other roleplayers.&quot;Sleep is hard coded&quot; would be one of those things . . .I'm really not even sure what that means, since &quot;once every 24 hours&quot; says nothing about what goes on in that time. Personally, I have a big issue with &quot;once every 24 hours&quot;, because that leads to weird non-story-like pauses narrated as &quot;we rest up here for 16 hours to cure and re-gain spells&quot;.I'd guess that a lot of players that have a problem with &quot;once every short rest&quot;, are looking for some literal, objective time interval like &quot;once per hour&quot;. And that's probably because they feel they understand and/or have control over these time measurements, in a way that they don't over the more vague &quot;after a short rest&quot;.Is it simply that; hard mechanical numbers versus soft story-focussed phrases? Because the game designers could probably just allow for both, and give us all the option in D&amp;D Next . . .E.g.Story-focussed: &quot;Re-gains use after an extended rest&quot;, &quot;Re-gains use after a short rest&quot;Number-focussed: &quot;Use once per 24 hours&quot;, &quot;Use once per hour&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="slobo777, post: 5940011, member: 6694877"] Sometimes things crop up in discussions that make you realise that you've been playing a different game, and live on a different planet, to other roleplayers. "Sleep is hard coded" would be one of those things . . . I'm really not even sure what that means, since "once every 24 hours" says nothing about what goes on in that time. Personally, I have a big issue with "once every 24 hours", because that leads to weird non-story-like pauses narrated as "we rest up here for 16 hours to cure and re-gain spells". I'd guess that a lot of players that have a problem with "once every short rest", are looking for some literal, objective time interval like "once per hour". And that's probably because they feel they understand and/or have control over these time measurements, in a way that they don't over the more vague "after a short rest". Is it simply that; hard mechanical numbers versus soft story-focussed phrases? Because the game designers could probably just allow for both, and give us all the option in D&D Next . . . E.g. Story-focussed: "Re-gains use after an extended rest", "Re-gains use after a short rest" Number-focussed: "Use once per 24 hours", "Use once per hour". [/QUOTE]

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