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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 6583136" data-attributes="member: 2011">Emergency exit planning is not the same as a DM planning for a specific set of encounters handled in a specific order with a specific set of short rests at specific times in between.As a DM, I never ever plan ahead of time which encounters occur on what day, in what order, and where short rests occur in between. Ever. There are encounters that must be done in a certain order if the scenario calls for that (i.e. room B is between room A and room C and there is sometimes no way to get to room C without going through room B), but I not only do not plan for when short rests will occur, I also really do not care as the DM. That is part of player decisions, not DM decisions at my table.This does not mean that the NPCs just freeze in time during a PC short rest. Time still ticks forward in the campaign world. It just means that I as DM do not make that decision, nor do I plan for it.</blockquote>