Changes: Rest

Latest revision as of 17:08, 27 October 2010

Resting allows a character to regain lost hit points and replenish spell slots. Any creatures summoned by that character will be unsummoned, and any lingering spell effects cast by that character will dissipate upon the beginning of a rest. A completed rest cycle also removes magical and extraordinary effects on the rested character. Supernatural effects, including most poisons and diseases (but not necessarily the damage caused by these) are not removed by resting. In addition, resting will cause a disease to progress, forcing the resting character to make a saving throw to attempt to resist the disease.

Resting for monsters is instantaneous. Resting for player characters takes ten seconds, plus half a second per character level. This is defined in restduration.2da as follows.

Player rest time by level
Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Seconds	10.5	11	11.5	12	12.5	13	13.5	14	14.5	15

Level	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Seconds	15.5	16	16.5	17	17.5	18	18.5	19	19.5	20

Level	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Seconds	20.5	21	21.5	22	22.5	23	23.5	24	24.5	25

Level	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40
Seconds	25.5	26	26.5	27	27.5	28	28.5	29	29.5	30.5

Resting can only be started in areas that permit resting, and only if there are no hostile creatures within a certain distance (even if there is no access from the creature to the character attempting to rest). Some modules (including the Shadows of Undrentide campaign) will allow resting in some areas only if a character is in a certain part of the area, possibly requiring that all doors to the room be closed first.

Resting can be interrupted (by player action or monster attack). If this occurs, only partial benefits of rest are obtained. Hit points are restored gradually (linearly) over the rest period, while spell slots are restored at irregular intervals, starting with level 0. The slots for the highest spell level a character can cast are only restored if the rest cycle completes. Some modules (including the Hordes of the Underdark campaign) provide the possibility of rest being interrupted by "wandering" (technically spawned) monsters.

Resting restrictions are somewhat common in some modules, particularly persistent worlds. These restrictions often include a limit on how often a character can rest, and sometimes a limit on how many hit points are restored. (Technically, full hit points are restored, followed by the character being damaged to remove the points in excess of what the world allows per rest cycle.) In addition, special items, such as rations, firewood, or a bedroll, may be required in order to rest.

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 [[Image:Ir rest.gif|right|Rest]]
-'''Resting''' allows your character to regain lost [[hit points]] and memorize [[spell]]s.  Any [[creature]]s your character has [[summon]]ed will be unsummoned, and any lingering spell effects you have cast will dissipate upon resting. Resting also removes ability damage caused by poisons, however a disease may manifest itself after its incubation period after the player rests and fails his/her fortitude save.
+'''Resting''' allows a character to regain lost [[hit point]]s and replenish [[spell slot]]s.  Any [[creature]]s [[summon]]ed by that character will be unsummoned, and any lingering spell effects cast by that character will dissipate upon the beginning of a rest. A completed rest cycle also removes [[magical effect|magical]] and [[extraordinary effect]]s on the rested character. [[Supernatural effect]]s, including most [[poison]]s and [[disease]]s (but not necessarily the damage caused by these) are not removed by resting.
+In addition, resting will cause a disease to progress, forcing the resting character to make a [[saving throw]] to attempt to resist the disease.
+Resting for monsters is instantaneous. Resting for [[player character]]s takes ten seconds, plus half a second per [[character level]]. This is defined in [[restduration.2da]] as follows.
-==Notes==
+{| class="centertable" style="text-align:right"
-*The [[Hordes of the Underdark]] campaign and a number of Persistant World [[Gameworld]]s introduce the possibility of your character's rest being interrupted by monsters. This prevents all the benefits of the rest (from full health regain and fully memorised spells) though some may have succeded (spells become fully memorised at various stages during the rest, with lower level spells becoming memorised earlier. Health regain is a gradual effect over the duration of rest).
+|+ Player rest time by level
-* Some [[Persistent World]]s have modified the default resting behaviour to more accurately reflect D&D. In those instances you do not fully recover hit points and are restricted in how often you can rest.
+! Level
+|  1 ||  2 ||  3 ||  4 ||  5 ||  6 ||  7 ||  8 ||  9 || 10
+ |-
+! Seconds
+| 10.5 || 11 || 11.5 || 12 || 12.5 || 13 || 13.5 || 14 || 14.5 || 15
+ |-
+|colspan="11" style="height: 10px; background: #444444"|
+ |-
+! Level
+| 11 || 12 || 13 || 14 || 15 || 16 || 17 || 18 || 19 || 20
+ |-
+! Seconds
+| 15.5 || 16 || 16.5 || 17 || 17.5 || 18 || 18.5 || 19 || 19.5 || 20
+ |-
+|colspan="11" style="height: 10px; background: #444444"|
+ |-
+! Level
+| 21 || 22 || 23 || 24 || 25 || 26 || 27 || 28 || 29 || 30
+ |-
+! Seconds
+| 20.5 || 21 || 21.5 || 22 || 22.5 || 23 || 23.5 || 24 || 24.5 || 25
+ |-
+|colspan="11" style="height: 10px; background: #444444"|
+ |-
+! Level
+| 31 || 32 || 33 || 34 || 35 || 36 || 37 || 38 || 39 || 40
+ |-
+! Seconds
+| 25.5 || 26 || 26.5 || 27 || 27.5 || 28 || 28.5 || 29 || 29.5 || 30.5
+|}
+Resting can only be started in [[area]]s that permit resting, and only if there are no hostile creatures within a certain distance (even if there is no access from the creature to the character attempting to rest). Some [[module]]s (including the [[Shadows of Undrentide]] campaign) will allow resting in some areas only if a character is in a certain part of the area, possibly requiring that all doors to the room be closed first.
+Resting can be interrupted (by player action or monster attack). If this occurs, only partial benefits of rest are obtained. Hit points are restored gradually (linearly) over the rest period, while spell slots are restored at irregular intervals, starting with level 0. The slots for the highest spell level a character can cast are only restored if the rest cycle completes.
+Some modules (including the [[Hordes of the Underdark]] campaign) provide the possibility of rest being interrupted by "wandering" (technically spawned) monsters.
+Resting restrictions are somewhat common in some modules, particularly  [[persistent world]]s. These restrictions often include a limit on how often a character can rest, and sometimes a limit on how many hit points are restored. (Technically, full hit points are restored, followed by the character being damaged to remove the points in excess of what the world allows per rest cycle.)
+In addition, special items, such as rations, firewood, or a bedroll, may be required in order to rest.
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