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<blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 6290131" data-attributes="member: 37579">For 4e, 5 minutes is really too long. It's just assumed, so short rests should almost be automatic. Having to actually sit for 5 minutes seems needless; there should never be a time when you do not heal between encounters or regain Encounter powers save when one fight bleeds into another.The abstract &quot;couple minutes&quot; of looting and catching your breath is enough as you're not *really* resting.For D&amp;D5, the short rest is very different. It's not assumed to happen after every fight. The short rest denotes a period of actually resting, when you're ceasing activity and adventuring. 5-10 minutes is too low because nothing happens in that length of time. Monsters cannot move and nothing in the dungeon changes. It's hard to judge how much an impact stopping for 5 minutes has on an adventure. But an hour has a big impact. A lot can happen in an hour.An hour means taking a short rest is a choice with weight. It's not automatic or a no-brainer. There is a cost involved.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jester David, post: 6290131, member: 37579"] For 4e, 5 minutes is really too long. It's just assumed, so short rests should almost be automatic. Having to actually sit for 5 minutes seems needless; there should never be a time when you do not heal between encounters or regain Encounter powers save when one fight bleeds into another. The abstract "couple minutes" of looting and catching your breath is enough as you're not *really* resting. For D&D5, the short rest is very different. It's not assumed to happen after every fight. The short rest denotes a period of actually resting, when you're ceasing activity and adventuring. 5-10 minutes is too low because nothing happens in that length of time. Monsters cannot move and nothing in the dungeon changes. It's hard to judge how much an impact stopping for 5 minutes has on an adventure. But an hour has a big impact. A lot can happen in an hour. An hour means taking a short rest is a choice with weight. It's not automatic or a no-brainer. There is a cost involved. [/QUOTE]

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