Question about waking up

[alsih2o]

i have seen people sleep thru trumpet practice, we had a guy in our campaign who used 3 and 4 alarm clocks in college and still had trouble getting up....may tie in post wake-up reaction time to con bonus???

 

[Ravellion]

i have seen people sleep thru trumpet practice, we had a guy in our campaign who used 3 and 4 alarm clocks in college and still had trouble getting up....may tie in post wake-up reaction time to con bonus???

Trust me, if the yell had been "Fire!" he would have gotten up.

Rav

 

[Wicht]

We have had silly situations where one guy was sleeping thru 4 rounds of combat. Seems impossible to me. Someone can wake up and take a long time to react... thats fine... but not to sleep thru heavy combat.

Thats only 24 seconds. I can believe it.

 

[ichabod]

I have people make listen checks every round at -20. If they succeed, they get to act in the next round. Of course, the DC is usually -10 or -15, so it's not that hard. They can also get a feat that cuts the penalty to -10.

 

[Nifft]

I've personally slept through an earthquake. There are stages of sleep from which it's just hard to wake up.

-- Nifft

 

[Hand of Evil]

Well, if don't have someone on watch, you don't wake up or wake up in chains.

There are skills and feats that I try to use, such as Listen, Senses, Alertness against a DC. If failed the player comes awake flat footed.

 

[Rashak Mani]

I've personally slept through an earthquake. There are stages of sleep from which it's just hard to wake up.

-- Nifft

Now if someone had told you there was going to be an earthquake ... do you think you wouldnt have woken up ? Its one thing to sleep in a comfy bed in a safe house. Quite another to sleep half worried about a possible ambush.

You can talk about taking a long time to GET UP or to DRAW a weapon. But half a minute snooring in the middle of combat !

 

[Piratecat]

I've personally slept through an earthquake. There are stages of sleep from which it's just hard to wake up.

In real life I'm an expert on sleep and alertness - and in my opinion, there are some thing you just shouldn't worry about simulating in your fantasy game. If a house rule doesn't make the game more fun, there isn't much point to it.