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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 1609086" data-attributes="member: 1656">PHB p15: "Elves do not sleep, as members of the other common races do.  Instead, an elf meditates in a deep trance for 4 hours a day.  An elf resting in this fashion receives the same benefit that a human does from 8 hours of sleep."PHB p178: "If a character does not need to sleep for some reason, she still must have 8 hours of restful calm before preparing any spells.  For example, elf wizards need 8 hours of rest to clear their minds, even though they need only 4 hours of trance to refresh their bodies.  Thus, an elf wizard could trance for 4 hours and rest for 4 hours, then prepare spells."So, we can see that a/ 4 hours of trance provides the same benefit as 8 hours' sleep, and b/ 4 hours of trance does not allow a wizard to prepare spells.Therefore, the benefit of 8 hours of sleep does not include the ability to prepare spells.The description of the ring states "... its wearer needs only sleep 2 hours per day to gain the benefit of 8 hours of sleep."As we've just shown that the benefit of 8 hours of sleep does not include the ability to prepare spells, someone wearing a Ring of Sustenance who sleeps for 2 hours does not gain the ability to prepare spells, and must therefore have another 6 hours of restful calm.-Hyp.</blockquote>