EzekielRaiden
Follower of the Way
Alright. I've been on record, numerous times, as stating my distaste for forum polls. They have a slew of problems, regardless of whether they support or refute my positions.
However, I'm curious to hear, at least from the unrepresentative, self-selected, can-change-your-vote-at-any-time
P) population of ENWorld. How many short rests does your group get or take between long rests? If you're a DM, I'd love to hear your thoughts about how restrictive or open you are with rests, short or long? If you're a player, what are your preferred resting conditions, e.g. do you prefer to push on whenever possible even if it means you'll have fewer resources, or do you prefer rest more frequently--or what? Obviously people can be both players and DMs, so answer both questions if you feel you should/can.
Note that I am focusing on "number of short rests between long rests," not "number of short rests per day," because I know that not all groups adhere to the convention that sleeping for the night means a long rest. Of course, I am also curious to see whether/how often people use the alternate scales (since the "standard" scale is pretty clearly "the time between long rests = 1 day, each short rest = 1 hour.")
Edit: Additionally, this assumes that we're talking about actively adventuring characters, not just all possible time spent at the table--you wouldn't expect characters that mostly do social activities to need to "rest" all that often. Thanks for the suggestion, S'mon.
For those who read the first post before voting, or who vote first and read this but want to change their vote after (remember you can unvote!):
"0+" means "we usually don't take any, but might occasionally take one"
"4+" means "we take at least 4 short rests between long rests, but possibly more"
All other numeric values are meant to represent averages. So if you typically have just 1 short rest between long rests, never 0 but occasionally 2, that would be "1-2." If you always have exactly 2 rests, OR if you usually have 2, sometimes 1 or 3, rarely 0 or 4, that would be "2."
"Varies greatly" means you may take none, you may take five, or any number in between--a uniform distribution. Like how "3.5" is the average of 1d6, even though 3.5 isn't a number you can roll--the true value varies too much to be meaningfully described by its average.
"Special snowflake" means that you do something completely different or too specific to fit the above categories, e.g. a homebrew/fanmade alternative resting system (that is, NOT like "a short rest is 5 minutes," which is the same system with a different scale, but rather "there are no Short or Long rests, but there are Bandage Breaks, Meditation Breaks, Food Breaks, ..." etc.--something that completely changes the paradigm) Or you just oppose the poll in general! If you vote this, please explain why--that's where some great discussion can happen.
However, I'm curious to hear, at least from the unrepresentative, self-selected, can-change-your-vote-at-any-time
P) population of ENWorld. How many short rests does your group get or take between long rests? If you're a DM, I'd love to hear your thoughts about how restrictive or open you are with rests, short or long? If you're a player, what are your preferred resting conditions, e.g. do you prefer to push on whenever possible even if it means you'll have fewer resources, or do you prefer rest more frequently--or what? Obviously people can be both players and DMs, so answer both questions if you feel you should/can.Note that I am focusing on "number of short rests between long rests," not "number of short rests per day," because I know that not all groups adhere to the convention that sleeping for the night means a long rest. Of course, I am also curious to see whether/how often people use the alternate scales (since the "standard" scale is pretty clearly "the time between long rests = 1 day, each short rest = 1 hour.")
Edit: Additionally, this assumes that we're talking about actively adventuring characters, not just all possible time spent at the table--you wouldn't expect characters that mostly do social activities to need to "rest" all that often. Thanks for the suggestion, S'mon.
For those who read the first post before voting, or who vote first and read this but want to change their vote after (remember you can unvote!):
"0+" means "we usually don't take any, but might occasionally take one"
"4+" means "we take at least 4 short rests between long rests, but possibly more"
All other numeric values are meant to represent averages. So if you typically have just 1 short rest between long rests, never 0 but occasionally 2, that would be "1-2." If you always have exactly 2 rests, OR if you usually have 2, sometimes 1 or 3, rarely 0 or 4, that would be "2."
"Varies greatly" means you may take none, you may take five, or any number in between--a uniform distribution. Like how "3.5" is the average of 1d6, even though 3.5 isn't a number you can roll--the true value varies too much to be meaningfully described by its average.
"Special snowflake" means that you do something completely different or too specific to fit the above categories, e.g. a homebrew/fanmade alternative resting system (that is, NOT like "a short rest is 5 minutes," which is the same system with a different scale, but rather "there are no Short or Long rests, but there are Bandage Breaks, Meditation Breaks, Food Breaks, ..." etc.--something that completely changes the paradigm) Or you just oppose the poll in general! If you vote this, please explain why--that's where some great discussion can happen.
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