Fly spell, no. That is still classified as strenuous activity, your still moving when it comes to flying, as written as Movement under Damage/Effect. So therefore arent resting.
Basically a short rest "is a period of downtime, at least 1 hour long, during which a character does nothing more strenuous than eating, drinking, reading, and tending to wounds.
Now, with a Broom of Flying, one can say that you are having a Short Rest by eating, drinking, reading, and/or tending to wounds, as the broom handles the movement. Much like being in the back of a cart/wagon, not the one doing the driving of such.
Even with the broom of flying, it is worth asking, how much energy does one need to maintain one's balance on the broom and is the energy of 'driving' the broom to strenuous to be considered a short rest?
Even with the broom of flying, it is worth asking, how much energy does one need to maintain one's balance on the broom and is the energy of 'driving' the broom to strenuous to be considered a short rest?
Very much true, which was brought up in a video about a Short Rest when it came to such as riding a horse. Such really would fall under strenuous with riding a horse, so the balancing side would come in. Really it is upto the DM on such an item to use it for such, since Travelling isnt mentioned.
I would argue a small amount of light movement would not negate a short rest...how else do you obtain the food, drink, and books needed for the eating, drinking, and reading? I would rule concentration on spells is out, but if you were the target of fly but not the caster, and chose not to move (or move very little), I see no reason why a flying character with hover (which is what you are with that spell) would need to land for a short rest to count.
Rest does not break concentration, and if it did, there wouldn't be spells of duration longer than a handful of hours such asanimal shapes.
And would make the warlock’s Hex less useful at higher levels as it has a duration of 8 hours (3rd or 4th level spell slot) or 24 hours (5th level or higher spell slot).
I would argue a small amount of light movement would not negate a short rest...how else do you obtain the food, drink, and books needed for the eating, drinking, and reading? I would rule concentration on spells is out, but if you were the target of fly but not the caster, and chose not to move (or move very little), I see no reason why a flying character with hover (which is what you are with that spell) would need to land for a short rest to count.
Just because someone casts Fly on you, doesnt mean you have to fly or that you are actually flying. You just gain a Fly Speed of 60ft. It doesnt mean you have to use it.
As I said in post 4, its upto the DM if you can actually still walk, since that isnt strenuous unless combat is called, which is why you tend not to move since moving can open you up to random encounters more than just staying in one place.
While a creature sleeps, it is subjected to the unconscious condition.
Also, while there is nothing stopping you from not sleeping for 24 hours, you are subjected to a DC 10 Con save at the end of that 24 hour period. As listed in Xanathar's in the DMG Tools section under Sleep, if the DM uses that.
Are you mechanically unconscious when you take a long rest? I don't see anywhere in the rules for resting that imply you are subject to that condition.
Are you mechanically unconscious when you take a long rest? I don't see anywhere in the rules for resting that imply you are subject to that condition.
"A long rest is a period of extended downtime, at least 8 hours long, during which a character sleeps for at least 6 hours"
"While a creature sleeps, it is subjected to the unconscious condition."
A long rest is a period of extended downtime, at least 8 hours long, during which a character sleeps for at least 6 hours and performs no more than 2 hours of light activity, such as reading, talking, eating, or standing watch. If the rest is interrupted by a period of strenuous activity — at least 1 hour of walking, fighting, casting spells, or similar adventuring activity — the characters must begin the rest again to gain any benefit from it.
At the end of a long rest, a character regains all lost hit points. The character also regains spent Hit Dice, up to a number of dice equal to half of the character's total number of them (minimum of one die). For example, if a character has eight Hit Dice, he or she can regain four spent Hit Dice upon finishing a long rest.
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.
On second pass, hidden in the DMG is a note that "conditions are meant to be intuitive" and that you can apply unconscious to sleeping characters, I guess codifying the optional rules presented in XgtE. Nonetheless, no such caveat is required for a short rest.
On second pass, hidden in the DMG is a note that "conditions are meant to be intuitive" and that you can apply unconscious to sleeping characters, I guess codifying the optional rules presented in XgtE. Nonetheless, no such caveat is required for a short rest.
I'm sorry, I should've quoted the actual sources, yes. The first quote is from the PHB, the second from XGtE. It it not presented as an optional rule, but rather as a "basic fact" on which the optional rules that follow (waking someone, sleeping in armor, etc.) expand.
It may not be presented as an optional rule within XtgE, but that is an optional source. It is stated in a way that could be interpreted as optional within the DMG. It is reasonable, but certainly isn't where you'd expect to find it.
Resting doesn't break concentration, but sleeping does. If you can long rest without sleeping (e.g. Elf or Warforged), or if you're short resting in a way that doesn't involve sleeping (not required to sleep), then I don't see why you shouldn't be able to Fly through it by hovering or gliding in one direction with no precise navigation required. The Broom of Flying doesn't even require concentration, so you could certainly short rest on it and probably sleep on that too, as long as you removed falling from the equation... maybe a hammock slung beneath it? Either make it hover in place, or set it on autopilot to go very slowly for a mile or so.
All sorts of room for a DM to require a check or insert a complication, since folks don't normally chill in the clouds. But mechanically, there's nothing inherently wrong with short resting in the sky, or even long resting, so long as you can do so without going unconscious.
If someone had a broom of flying or an extended fly spell could they take a short rest while flying?
Fly spell, no. That is still classified as strenuous activity, your still moving when it comes to flying, as written as Movement under Damage/Effect. So therefore arent resting.
Basically a short rest "is a period of downtime, at least 1 hour long, during which a character does nothing more strenuous than eating, drinking, reading, and tending to wounds.
Now, with a Broom of Flying, one can say that you are having a Short Rest by eating, drinking, reading, and/or tending to wounds, as the broom handles the movement. Much like being in the back of a cart/wagon, not the one doing the driving of such.
Even with the broom of flying, it is worth asking, how much energy does one need to maintain one's balance on the broom and is the energy of 'driving' the broom to strenuous to be considered a short rest?
Very much true, which was brought up in a video about a Short Rest when it came to such as riding a horse. Such really would fall under strenuous with riding a horse, so the balancing side would come in. Really it is upto the DM on such an item to use it for such, since Travelling isnt mentioned.
I would argue a small amount of light movement would not negate a short rest...how else do you obtain the food, drink, and books needed for the eating, drinking, and reading? I would rule concentration on spells is out, but if you were the target of fly but not the caster, and chose not to move (or move very little), I see no reason why a flying character with hover (which is what you are with that spell) would need to land for a short rest to count.
Rest does not break concentration, and if it did, there wouldn't be spells of duration longer than a handful of hours such asanimal shapes.
And would make the warlock’s Hex less useful at higher levels as it has a duration of 8 hours (3rd or 4th level spell slot) or 24 hours (5th level or higher spell slot).
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Just because someone casts Fly on you, doesnt mean you have to fly or that you are actually flying. You just gain a Fly Speed of 60ft. It doesnt mean you have to use it.
As I said in post 4, its upto the DM if you can actually still walk, since that isnt strenuous unless combat is called, which is why you tend not to move since moving can open you up to random encounters more than just staying in one place.
Exactly, concentration is not strenuous, however, if you are asleep doing a Long Rest, you are unconscious, therefore incapacitated and are not able to concentrate on your spell.
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While a creature sleeps, it is subjected to the unconscious condition.
Also, while there is nothing stopping you from not sleeping for 24 hours, you are subjected to a DC 10 Con save at the end of that 24 hour period. As listed in Xanathar's in the DMG Tools section under Sleep, if the DM uses that.
Are you mechanically unconscious when you take a long rest? I don't see anywhere in the rules for resting that imply you are subject to that condition.
"A long rest is a period of extended downtime, at least 8 hours long, during which a character sleeps for at least 6 hours"
"While a creature sleeps, it is subjected to the unconscious condition."
I don't see that second quote.
On second pass, hidden in the DMG is a note that "conditions are meant to be intuitive" and that you can apply unconscious to sleeping characters, I guess codifying the optional rules presented in XgtE. Nonetheless, no such caveat is required for a short rest.
I'm sorry, I should've quoted the actual sources, yes. The first quote is from the PHB, the second from XGtE. It it not presented as an optional rule, but rather as a "basic fact" on which the optional rules that follow (waking someone, sleeping in armor, etc.) expand.
It may not be presented as an optional rule within XtgE, but that is an optional source. It is stated in a way that could be interpreted as optional within the DMG. It is reasonable, but certainly isn't where you'd expect to find it.
How'd we slip from short rest to long rest?
Resting doesn't break concentration, but sleeping does. If you can long rest without sleeping (e.g. Elf or Warforged), or if you're short resting in a way that doesn't involve sleeping (not required to sleep), then I don't see why you shouldn't be able to Fly through it by hovering or gliding in one direction with no precise navigation required. The Broom of Flying doesn't even require concentration, so you could certainly short rest on it and probably sleep on that too, as long as you removed falling from the equation... maybe a hammock slung beneath it? Either make it hover in place, or set it on autopilot to go very slowly for a mile or so.
All sorts of room for a DM to require a check or insert a complication, since folks don't normally chill in the clouds. But mechanically, there's nothing inherently wrong with short resting in the sky, or even long resting, so long as you can do so without going unconscious.
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