move encounters further away from safety.Orcs Attack! Interrupt that rest with a random, or not random encounter. they are welcome to sit for 8 hours but it will only count as a short rest. I have had people want to take a long rest after lunch. the rule books state you can only gain benefits of a long rest once a day.Elves still need 8 hours of rest (not necessarily sleep) to gain benefits of a long rest.rest hours need to be consecutive and as such can be interrupted in which case they need to be restarted.you don’t gain benefits of a long rest until it finishes.Couple things to remember to make sure you have a solid baseline: The game is balanced around ~2 encounters per short rest and ~6-8 encounters per long rest. So they are going NOVA every combat eh? The game isn’t balanced well for one long rest per encounter. You spend half the morning repairing and resupplying from the town's merchants and meet up a couple hours before noon to continue your journey." The beer is a little better than average, the roast is a little dry. If there isn't an event of note happening there, just say something like "You spend the night in a small village inn. Hit them for extra gold if they say they're getting extra things, like another pack mule, or renting an entire house for a week instead of one night in the inn. They all have to eat.ĭock the party a thematically-appropriate amount of money on every visit to town to cover lodging and supplies. The wizard is probably going to visit whatever apothecary the town boasts to stock up on material components. The rogue knows she needs to visit the blacksmith to get that nick in one of her throwing daggers pounded out and resharpened. The ranger knows he needs to buy a couple bundles of arrows. Even if the players aren't keeping books, the characters surely are. If it's not fun in your game, don't do it.Īssume that the characters are experts in their fields: a level one fighter is a step up over nearly all soldiers, a cleric has powers normal priests can't approach, bards are so much more than minstrels, etc. If you think of other (game specific) GM'ing subs then message the mods. /r/DnDBehindTheScreen - Advanced creative advice for DnD DM's (Bigger sister sub of DMAcademy)./r/worldbuilding - for sharing your worlds and discussing the many aspects of creating new universes./r/loremasters - for discussion of the more world-focused aspects of GMing: puzzles, world building, etc./r/rpg - for system agnostic tabletop discussion.Self promotion or other advertising is not allowed. Insults or otherwise dismissive comments will be deleted. Please direct non GM comments/posts elsewhere, and keep posts and comments on topic.īe respectful. If a post is breaking the rules, please report it. System specific (mechanical) questions are allowed also although you may receive better help on the main and/or GM'ing subreddit of said game.Īvoid downvoting. As a guideline we encourage Tabletop RPG related questions that are broad enough to be answered by GM's of any system. We are visited by GM's of many different games. The Wiki - Full of guides and resources for the aspiring master. Flair yourself with the systems you GM in!
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