[OOC] Return to the Rusty Rat

[Toot]

"Not sure if you have the time for extended camping," a familiar voice calls out from one of the paths that enter the clearing the party is located.

There really wouldn't be any extended camping.  Toot already had Scry memorized so he would have cast it after they got back to the camp to tell the Fey what we found out.  Then we were going to camp for the night to rest and re-memorize.  In the morning he could cast the Scry spell again.

Resting

The 3.5 rules seem very vague on the resting rules.  Arcane casters need at least 8 hours of sleep plus 1 additional hour for each interruption but it doesn't seem to say anything about what happens if you don't sleep or if you only got (for example) 6 hours of sleep.  Do you automatically become fatigued?  Or you get a Fort save?  In my own games, everyone except arcane casters require at least 6 hours of sleep.  And thus far everyone has been able to get a full nights rest so I've never needed to make any rulings or saves.

I was looking at the Pathfinder's rules who admit that the core rules are vague on the requirements for resting and sleeping.  But they seem to have come up with two options.

Personally, for my game I will likely adopt both options.  Basically have everyone require only 6 hours of sleep and Arcane casters only need 8hours if they are memorizing. I will likely also adopt the benefits for the different amounts of sleep except only require 6 hours of sleep to get hit points back instead of the 8 hours mentioned in Option 2.

Option 1: 
Characters who do not get a full night’s sleep may suffer the effects of fatigue. If a PC does not get at least 6 hours of sleep, she must make a DC 15 Fortitude save or be fatigued and take a –1 penalty on all other checks and saving throws against sleep effects. A second night without sleep requires another DC 15 Fortitude save. A failed save results in the character becoming exhausted and the penalties increasing to –2. A third failed save on the next night increases the penalties to –3.

Option 2: 
We think it is reasonable that most creatures must rest for approximately 1/3 of every day, which in most worlds translates to roughly 8 hours per day.
For most creatures resting means sleeping. In some worlds some races can gain the benefits of rest simply by sitting quietly maintaining an awareness of their surroundings, while in other worlds those races must sleep, which leaves them vulnerable to attack.
In any case, these are the actual benefits of rest, per the core rules.
Armor Note: A creature that rests or sleeps in medium or heavier armor gains the fatigued condition if they do not possess either the Endurance feat or some other class or race ability which allows them to sleep in such uncomfortable gear.

• 1 hour rest: No hit point recovery / No ability dam recovery / Exhaustion reduces to Fatigue
  
• 8 hour rest: 1hp x Character Level / 1pt for each affected ability / Fatigue reduced to nothing
  
• 24 hrs rest: 2hp x Character Level / 2pts for each affected ability 
  

HP Recovery: Eight hours of normal rest allows a character to recover 1 hp per character level. A disabled character that is not aided by another can attempt a DC 10 Constitution check after resting for 8 hours, to begin recovering hit points naturally (see the disabled condition for additional rules.)
Twenty-four (24) hours of complete rest allows a character to recover 2 hp per character level.
Long-term care: A character recovers hit points at twice the normal rate if attended to by a character who successfully uses the Heal skill to provide “long term care.”

How do you handle rest?