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<blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 4578689" data-attributes="member: 12731">Thanks for bringing the thread back on track! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :-)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" />This solution may be crude, but it does accomplish one major feat: it puts the power to decide when characters can heal up firmly into the hands of the DM. (This because the DM is granted the right to override the default of the two-encounters-a-milestone; possibly simulating increased weariness by spacing milestones longer and longer apart)Without going through the extra step of involving the plot, that is. (Meaning that the extended rest pacing should IMO be independent of the number of 18 hour chunks available until the adventure's conclusion)This provides me with another angle from which I can explain my viewpoint:Some frantic we-have-less-than-an-hour adventures might need several extended rests. Some languid multi-month exploration adventures might work best if only a single extended rest will be available for the entire length (perhaps a desert excavation, where only one oasis will be encountered).Hopefully this helps you all to understand why I'm still &quot;trolling&quot; this thread <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :-)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" />At least, these seem to be plausible conclusions given that there haven't been too many really convincing arguments why the extended rest needs to be exactly as given by the DMG (except the good-old &quot;because this is how it has always been&quot;). I can't be sure, of course.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CapnZapp, post: 4578689, member: 12731"] Thanks for bringing the thread back on track! :-) This solution may be crude, but it does accomplish one major feat: it puts the power to decide when characters can heal up firmly into the hands of the DM. (This because the DM is granted the right to override the default of the two-encounters-a-milestone; possibly simulating increased weariness by spacing milestones longer and longer apart) Without going through the extra step of involving the plot, that is. (Meaning that the extended rest pacing should IMO be independent of the number of 18 hour chunks available until the adventure's conclusion) This provides me with another angle from which I can explain my viewpoint: Some frantic we-have-less-than-an-hour adventures might need several extended rests. Some languid multi-month exploration adventures might work best if only a single extended rest will be available for the entire length (perhaps a desert excavation, where only one oasis will be encountered). Hopefully this helps you all to understand why I'm still "trolling" this thread :-) At least, these seem to be plausible conclusions given that there haven't been too many really convincing arguments why the extended rest needs to be exactly as given by the DMG (except the good-old "because this is how it has always been"). I can't be sure, of course. [/QUOTE]

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