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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Don Durito" data-source="post: 8124741" data-attributes="member: 6687260">These rules are based of the Ruins of Symbaroum quickstart.  I won’t detail those rules here to save from confusion.  The quickstart is free on Drivethrurpg.  I’ve adapted them somewhat to work with core D&D.  These are rules for making spellcasting a short rest feature.  They do not totally remove long rests from the game (which would require a lot of change to a lot of different class features).The basis of this variant is that casting any spell other than a cantrip costs drain.  When a spell is cast the drain = 1d4+Spell level. Each spell adds to their total drain.  Anything that uses a spell slot - such as a Paladin Smite, also costs drain.PCs have a Drain threshold = to Spellcasting Level +Proficiency bonus +  Ability threshold.PCs cast spells with no issues as long as they remain below their drain threshold.  When the drain threshold is exceeded, roll a D20.  If the roll is equal to or lower than the amount by which the spellcaster has exceeded their drain threshold, then they take a level of exhaustion.  (If you want to add a spell mishap table you could have that activate when they roll a 1).Reducing Drain: During a short rest characters reduce their total drain by an amount equal to their drain threshold.  (They do not necessarily reduce their drain to 0.  A character with a Drain Threshold of 15, who has accumulated a total of 18 Drain, will be reduced to 3, not 0)Spells with long duration:If a spell is still active then the drain used to cast it is “committed” and cannot be recovered until the spell ends.Spells of level 6 or higher: Warlocks never get the ability to cast these on a short rest recharge and that is probably a good thing.  Casters also never get more than 1 or 2 of each level.  I would keep spells of this level at once per long rest, should a game ever reach this point.Sorcerer: The biggest potential issue here is Sorcery Points.  These will remain per long rest.  Of course a Sorcerer going into a short rest with drain unspent may choose to spend some to regain sorcery points.Warlock: Warlocks are now placed on the same spell continuum as everyone else.  Eldritch Invocations are meant to balance out their lack of slots somewhat - so in this version every eldritch invocation requires the permanent commitment of one point of drain.  So at level 2 a warlock gains 2 invocations and has 2 drain that can never be recovered.Wizard: The only issue here is how Arcane Recovery should work now.  So maybe this: Once per day when you may take 1 minute to focus your concentration.  When you do you may reduce your drain by an amount equal to half your wizard level rounded down.Druid: Natural Recovery - same as Arcane Recovery.</blockquote>

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