Resting

[Metus]

Does anyone know where the rules for resting are? More specifically, how long you can go before you are fatigued/exhausted? I have looked and looked and have not been able to find the rules, even though I know they exist. Even my players couldn't find them. Anyone care to point me in the right direction?

 

[Hypersmurf]

There are rules for how long you can march, but as far as I know, none for just how long you can stay awake.

We know that an elf who trances for four hours gains the benefits of eight hours of sleep... but we don't know what happens to someone who gets less than eight hours of sleep.

The eight hours is important for natural healing, but fatigue isn't mentioned.

-Hyp.

 

[Camarath]

I have looked and looked and have not been able to find the rules, even though I know they exist.

The closest thing in the rules is on page 33 of the 3.5 DMG under ability checks.

"There are no rules for trying to stay awake through the night, .....

Using the example situations above, staying awake might be a Constitution check (DC 12, +4 for every previous night without sleep), with an elf character gaining a +2 bonus because an efl is only giving up 4 hours of trance instead of 8 of sleep."