My thought being that if you can rest for 4 hours then you could likely rest for 8 hours. Why would a party only get resources back for the fighter and not the entire group?
By the rules you would need an encounter between short rests.
It specifically says, "A short rest is a period of downtime, at least 1 hour long..." which means a single short rest can last longer than 1 hour. The hour long is a minimum (floor) time frame, not a maximum (ceiling) time frame.
There is nothing what so ever in the rules about needing an encounter. That is a ridiculous 4Eism.
Yes, and at an hour the players get their abilities back. Use them, and rest again.
"At least" does not mean "as long as possible". You are being ridiculous.
I also agree that I think the solution is the inability to chain together short rests. They would have to make it a long one, or 'encounter' something to split up the rest.
You can only rest for 8 hours once per 24. So your "8 hours rest" may involve waiting 23 hours before then resting 8, or 31 hours.
And yes, people paying any sort of attention realize the rule should have been once per 16 hours.
There is nothing what so ever in the rules about needing an encounter. That is a ridiculous 4Eism.
Yes, and at an hour the players get their abilities back. Use them, and rest again.
"At least" does not mean "as long as possible". You are being ridiculous.
Stop being aggressive in your responses to me. I am not being ridiculous, I am giving you a serious response and if you don't like it then address what I am saying and not what you think of me personally, please. To "rest again" you would need to "end your rest". Your rest can last longer than an hour - so what is ending your rest? I didn't say "as long as possible". It says "at least", and that has meaning.
I'm willing to accept that "at least" can potentially mean "exactly" if you're willing to explain to me why that would be.
Uh huh. Then the players, after an hour, end their rest by doing something more strenuous than eating or drinking. Maybe pass some time with a barmaid.
And then they rest for an hour.
I mean, seriously. You're just being intentionally difficult, dare I say, ridiculously so.
I mean, seriously. You're just being intentionally difficult, dare I say, ridiculously so.