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<blockquote data-quote="Evaniel" data-source="post: 9460734" data-attributes="member: 7037705">I suppose I can see the merit of both approaches (let them rest vs. limit rests). I'm just a bit tripped up because I don't recall in the 2014 PHB a mechanic for recharging some--but not all--of an ability on a Short Rest. I believe the new Druid has something similar with Wild Shape.If you can simply take another Short Rest after a Short Rest, why even limit the recharge at all? It almost seems like they designed that with a limitation in mind, but it's not explicit anywhere that I've looked in the book (I could be surprised, though). At the moment, I suppose I'm inclined to let folks Short Rest twice in a row.I think this question speaks more to some of the concerns I have about the introduction of new mechanics that don't seem terribly well thought out or addressed. That is, I feel my question is reasonable and obvious. And the ambiguity has lead to a pretty heated discussion here. As such, I don't think it's unreasonable to assume that they should have anticipated and addressed questions like this when they introduced the mechanic.I suppose they could do so in the DMG, but given the errata that's already been released for the PHB, I'm not confident. And that's a bummer.Edit: spelling's hard, and i needed an extra line.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Evaniel, post: 9460734, member: 7037705"] I suppose I can see the merit of both approaches (let them rest vs. limit rests). I'm just a bit tripped up because I don't recall in the 2014 PHB a mechanic for recharging some--but not all--of an ability on a Short Rest. I believe the new Druid has something similar with Wild Shape. If you can simply take another Short Rest after a Short Rest, why even limit the recharge at all? It almost seems like they designed that with a limitation in mind, but it's not explicit anywhere that I've looked in the book (I could be surprised, though). At the moment, I suppose I'm inclined to let folks Short Rest twice in a row. I think this question speaks more to some of the concerns I have about the introduction of new mechanics that don't seem terribly well thought out or addressed. That is, I feel my question is reasonable and obvious. And the ambiguity has lead to a pretty heated discussion here. As such, I don't think it's unreasonable to assume that they should have anticipated and addressed questions like this when they introduced the mechanic. I suppose they could do so in the DMG, but given the errata that's already been released for the PHB, I'm not confident. And that's a bummer. Edit: spelling's hard, and i needed an extra line. [/QUOTE]

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