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<blockquote data-quote="Ovinomancer" data-source="post: 7037321" data-attributes="member: 16814"><p>The part where you say that there can't be anything else that breaks concentration or it's 'contrary to RAW' is also an interpretation that may be contrary to RAW. RAW isn't clear, and implies there are 'things' that can break concentration.</p><p></p><p>But, again, my point isn't that sitting around for a hour breaks concentration - that seems well called. It's that you may not be able to rest while concentrating, an area far more open to interpretation. Please don't try to pin the 'standing around for a hour breaks concentration'. I don't think anyone's actually advancing that. They're saying you can't maintain concentration during a rest, but that's more because if you want to rest, you can't concentration on a spell than if you don't do anything for an hour you break your concentration. At least, that's how I've read those arguments. Anyone who'd like to speak up that they think standing around for an hour breaks concentration is welcome to correct me.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: To clarify, there's two directions here -- from what breaks concentration, and from what you're allowed to do to rest. I agree that the activity of resting shouldn't break concentration. This seems clear and well within what the RAW indicates. But the 2nd direction, what can you do while resting, isn't clear, and here there exist significant uncertainty that can include a DM saying 'sure, it doesn't break your concentration, but you don't get the benefits of a rest while concentrating." This is where my 'maintaining a resource' ruling comes in, where I try to split the divide between the allowed by RAW recovery and the allowed by RAW denial of recovery. Oddly, this means, as you note, that I'm contrary to RAW, because RAW doesn't have a mechanic for partial recovery. Guilty.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ovinomancer, post: 7037321, member: 16814"] The part where you say that there can't be anything else that breaks concentration or it's 'contrary to RAW' is also an interpretation that may be contrary to RAW. RAW isn't clear, and implies there are 'things' that can break concentration. But, again, my point isn't that sitting around for a hour breaks concentration - that seems well called. It's that you may not be able to rest while concentrating, an area far more open to interpretation. Please don't try to pin the 'standing around for a hour breaks concentration'. I don't think anyone's actually advancing that. They're saying you can't maintain concentration during a rest, but that's more because if you want to rest, you can't concentration on a spell than if you don't do anything for an hour you break your concentration. At least, that's how I've read those arguments. Anyone who'd like to speak up that they think standing around for an hour breaks concentration is welcome to correct me. EDIT: To clarify, there's two directions here -- from what breaks concentration, and from what you're allowed to do to rest. I agree that the activity of resting shouldn't break concentration. This seems clear and well within what the RAW indicates. But the 2nd direction, what can you do while resting, isn't clear, and here there exist significant uncertainty that can include a DM saying 'sure, it doesn't break your concentration, but you don't get the benefits of a rest while concentrating." This is where my 'maintaining a resource' ruling comes in, where I try to split the divide between the allowed by RAW recovery and the allowed by RAW denial of recovery. Oddly, this means, as you note, that I'm contrary to RAW, because RAW doesn't have a mechanic for partial recovery. Guilty. [/QUOTE]
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