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<blockquote data-quote="DreamChaser" data-source="post: 6359711" data-attributes="member: 1190">Great job snipping off the part where I specifically said other people's experiences might need different solutions. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :P"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" />The scenario you describe makes the idea of anything other than long rests effectively meaningless...and frequently even long rests. Why would a wizard conserve spells when there is a very real chance that their next encounter won't be for days or weeks? I have also run many many many games like this. It becomes my job as the DM to balance the encounters presuming that the party will be more (or less) likely to go nova depending on that sessions/adventure/campaign's pace. In a scenario where encounters may be days apart, any short rest powers essentially become daily powers: When all encounters are 15 to 75 minutes apart, short rest powers gain some value...but there is stress in accessing them. When all encounters are back to back, short rest powers again become daily powers.The default assumption for 5e rules is that the party will experience 6 to 8 medium to hard encounters in an adventuring day.&nbsp; The rules behind resting are founded upon that assumption. Any deviation from this will of course create distortions.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DreamChaser, post: 6359711, member: 1190"] Great job snipping off the part where I specifically said other people's experiences might need different solutions. :P The scenario you describe makes the idea of anything other than long rests effectively meaningless...and frequently even long rests. Why would a wizard conserve spells when there is a very real chance that their next encounter won't be for days or weeks? I have also run many many many games like this. It becomes my job as the DM to balance the encounters presuming that the party will be more (or less) likely to go nova depending on that sessions/adventure/campaign's pace. In a scenario where encounters may be days apart, any short rest powers essentially become daily powers: When all encounters are 15 to 75 minutes apart, short rest powers gain some value...but there is stress in accessing them. When all encounters are back to back, short rest powers again become daily powers. The default assumption for 5e rules is that the party will experience 6 to 8 medium to hard encounters in an adventuring day. The rules behind resting are founded upon that assumption. Any deviation from this will of course create distortions. [/QUOTE]

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