Feign Death/Rest thoughts

Hadarburger HelperToday at 9:40 PM
wow I just realized Feign Death on a bbeg.
ArveraflameToday at 9:40 PM
Has to be willing
Hadarburger HelperToday at 9:40 PM
Have him ready it as it's action
ArveraflameToday at 9:40 PM
Oh
I see
Hadarburger HelperToday at 9:40 PM
and then when he's hit have him cast it
most parties don't double tap
ArveraflameToday at 9:40 PM
You'd really need Subtle Spell
Hadarburger HelperToday at 9:40 PM
might be a last resort thing
yeah
true
ArveraflameToday at 9:40 PM
and even then, requires M component
but if you don't have subtle spell, it could be an Arcana check to identify the spell
and if not, "Oh, well, maybe he was trying to cast Shield but failed. Weird."
Hadarburger HelperToday at 9:41 PM
it's just dirt
ArveraflameToday at 9:41 PM
I mean, I would assume arcane/holy focus
Hadarburger HelperToday at 9:41 PM
you could hold dirt in the hand
ArveraflameToday at 9:41 PM
instead of dirt
as he's probably using it to cast other spells anyways
Hadarburger HelperToday at 9:42 PM
a pinch of dirt anyway
that is true
ArveraflameToday at 9:42 PM
I wonder
if you sit the whole hour
could that be a short rest?
https://gyazo.com/1460cf9712cd1207cc415711b6e3d316
for peeps who don't want to look it up
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I would honestly argue, yeah, if you wait the whole duration, that's totally a short rest
maybe not allow spending hit die, though
which would kill the main benefit
RedEyesBlackGamer (Cass/Allura)Today at 9:45 PM
Short Rests do not require consciousness.
ArveraflameToday at 9:45 PM
But does spending hit die?
RedEyesBlackGamer (Cass/Allura)Today at 9:45 PM
Nope
ArveraflameToday at 9:46 PM
Really? That sounds kind of like an oversight
Assuming hit die are, like, patching yourself up and recovering
you can't do that while incapacitated
Vallug theToday at 9:46 PM
Your body heals itself naturally but, accelerated rate
yes
there we go
RedEyesBlackGamer (Cass/Allura)Today at 9:46 PM
JC confirmed on twitter.
Look at LRs and SRs.
ArveraflameToday at 9:46 PM
well butter me up and call me a biscuit, then
RedEyesBlackGamer (Cass/Allura)Today at 9:47 PM
One has a clause, the other doesn't.
RnarToday at 9:48 PM
I mean
a little patching up wouldn't solve Dragon Burns, and a good nights rest wouldn't do much more about an axe in the chest, so I tend to just, quietly suspend my disbelief about 5e's rest system
ArveraflameToday at 9:48 PM
Both are fair
Vallug theToday at 9:48 PM
You see
when you take a rest
in the land of dnd
you're actually asking the magical fairy of healing
to come to you
and heal you up
But the fairy wants to make sure you're committed to this
RedEyesBlackGamer (Cass/Allura)Today at 9:49 PM
A character can’t benefit from more than one long rest in a 24-hour period, and a character must have at least 1 hit point at the start of the rest to gain its benefits.

This clause is in LRs. It is absent from SRs.
Vallug theToday at 9:49 PM
so it waits for 8 hours or 4 hours.
If you wait only for four, it calls you impatient and only accelerates your body's natural growth, but if you wait 8, it says you're cool and fully heals you
RedEyesBlackGamer (Cass/Allura)Today at 9:50 PM
It is a pretty obscure rules tidbit.
ArveraflameToday at 9:50 PM
In that case, if you're unconscious (from, say, stabilizing at 0 HP), you don't need to roll 1d4 hours to wake up
just start taking a short rest, and spend a hit die to wake up
doesn't even require consciousness or HP to start a short rest
RedEyesBlackGamer (Cass/Allura)Today at 9:51 PM
Yep