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Old 11-15-2018, 09:07 AM   #25
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Default Re: How does 5e D&D compare to the others?

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Originally Posted by Fred Brackin View Post
In my experience the bit where you can recover half your Hit Dice after a short rest is more commonly used.

Both actually boil down to "The party recovers relatively quickly when the DM permits". The DM can prevent you from getting either length of rest any time he feels like it. Usually, he doesn't as the HP mechanic leads to a "The party stops doing stuff until it gets its' HP back." condition and it is usually in the DM's interest to have the game go on.

The short rest/long rest thing does seem to do away with the "Mandatory Cleric" party role or even the "Mandatory Cleric Equivalent" role. That's where you swap out a Fighter and a Cleric for a Paladin and a Druid or something similar.

I do know one gamer of long experience who doesn't like 5e Clerics after he played one in our Ravenloft game.
If the GM wants the party to heal quickly in any game it happens. It's nice to have a simple mechanic for this.
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