D&D 5E Spellcasters: Short-rest vs. Long-rest vs. Other

[DND_Reborn]

Just curious what peoples' thoughts/preferences are on this.

Warlocks are short-rest recovery casters, everyone else is long-rest recovery. With Tasha's, there seems to be a move away from short-rest features, as well.

Many people don't seem to care for spell slots, anyway, so if you have another option please share.

 

[Krachek]

All recharge abilities! Not only spell casters.
The only usage for short rest would be to spend hit dice, and that way it can be as short as needed.

 

[DND_Reborn]

All recharge abilities! Not only spell casters.

Yeah, I love the recharge mechanic and I am trying to devise a system for spellcasters using it...

Other features would be a welcome addition.

 

[overgeeked]

Use a free-style casting system that brings in some danger to casting. Roll to cast. Miscasting causes problems. Fumbling causes big problems. Cast anything you want at any level. The higher the spell level the harder and more dangerous it is. The higher your caster level the easier spells are to cast. We need more casters spontaneously mutating, winking out of existence, and permanently turned into inanimate objects.

 

[Crimson Longinus]

I voted the first option, though it is not quite accurate. I like different casters having different recovery methods, but I'm not sure it is necessary that Warlocks alone are short rest based. I think there could in general be more variety in this.

 

[Larnievc]

Just curious what peoples' thoughts/preferences are on this.

Warlocks are short-rest recovery casters, everyone else is long-rest recovery. With Tasha's, there seems to be a move away from short-rest features, as well.

Many people don't seem to care for spell slots, anyway, so if you have another option please share.

I like having a mix. My party tends to have two short rests between long rests. This is at 4th level so it work out well to have a mix, rather than one or another.

 

[Vaalingrade]

No more long rest classes, please. Let's kill Adventuring Day based design.

 

[DND_Reborn]

Hi all,

I've updated the poll with a couple new options and increased the votes allowed to 3 so you can select more than one option if you want.

Please update your votes as desired and thanks for voting/participating!

 

[DND_Reborn]

For the two new options, I have been going back and forth as to which I would prefer myself: spellcasting success check or spellcasting drain check.

I was thinking for drain, if you fail the check you take psychic damage equal to the spell's level and you cannot cast again until you make a successful check or finish a rest.

This would remove spell slots.

 

[MichaelSomething]

D&D totally needs both! Otherwise, it'll start to feel samey.