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by mushgnome » Tue Aug 10, 2021 3:24 pm
OOC: Taking a rest turn is a good idea! Those injured in the battle would regain a hit point. The question is, do you want to take that rest turn here in area 18, or would you rather rest someplace quieter, away from the blubberous Mystery Creature down in the Well?
Strictly rules-as-written, a rest turn is mandatory after any combat (or 2 rest turns, following a pursuit) plus 1 rest turn per hour of exploration. But here at Hobbet Heroes, we take a more relaxed attitude, that rest turns are suggested, not required. My "food for hit points" house rule is an attempt to incentivize that. And the flip side of it is, it speeds up the game, because if the party isn't injured, then they don't need a rest turn. I'm not going to force the party to stop and rest after insignificant skirmishes where no PCs are injured. I think this makes a lot of sense, if you share my view that fatigue could be part of what "hit points" are all about.
I'm flirting with the idea of boosting this ability somehow, so we can keep your dungeon delves going longer, stronger. One idea is that you could spend multiple days' rations (and multiple rest turns) to heal multiple hit points. 1 rest hour = 6 days rations = 6 hit points regained = 1 wandering monster check!
Or (just brainstorming) a simple, flavorful, and easy-to-track (but powerful!) variant of this rule, I like to call "second breakfast" and it goes like this: This ability may be used once per day and requires an uninterrupted rest turn (so it cannot be used in combat). The Hobbet consumes a whole day's extra serving of food, which has the effects of a cure light wounds potion. The number of hit points restored is equal to 1d6 + the character's number of hit dice + 1 bonus if the character's Constitution is 15 or higher.
Or (crazy idea) we can just add a Druid to the party and bring magical healing online! Now that I think about it, I actually have a brainstorm for a player who would be ideal. Let me PM him and see if he's interested in joining the campaign. I'll see if rredmond wants to come back, too.
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