You have escaped death, a fact represented by the following benefits:
- You have advantage on saving throws against disease and being poisoned, and you have resistance to poison damage.
- You have advantage on death saving throws.
- You don’t need to eat, drink, or breathe.
- You don’t need to sleep, and magic can’t put you to sleep. You can finish a long rest in 4 hours if you spend those hours in an inactive, motionless state, during which you retain consciousness.
I was wondering if I needed to take a long rest every night? Or do I not need to?
If you mean to avoid exhaustion, then no. You don’t need to long rest for that reason since It says you don’t need sleep. You would still need to take a long rest, for 4 hours, to refresh abilities and spells, is how I’d rule it.
There are a couple of races/class features that make you not require sleep. If you have one of those, you can go days without sleep with no penalty (you can still only travel/exert yourself for 8 hours a day or suffer forced march penalties).
But naturally, you do not get the benefits of rests you don't take (preparing spells, regaining slots, any limited use features, etc).
Although the “going without a long rest” section in Xanathar’s purports to be about missing sleep... as written, its most meaningful practical effect is to force non-sleepers to nevertheless take 8 hour long rests with the rest of the party. Optional rule, but worth keeping an eye out for, because if your DM uses it then all your lack of need for sleep really accomplishes is making you better at keeping watch.
You have escaped death, a fact represented by the following benefits:
- You have advantage on saving throws against disease and being poisoned, and you have resistance to poison damage.
- You have advantage on death saving throws.
- You don’t need to eat, drink, or breathe.
- You don’t need to sleep, and magic can’t put you to sleep. You can finish a long rest in 4 hours if you spend those hours in an inactive, motionless state, during which you retain consciousness.
I was wondering if I needed to take a long rest every night? Or do I not need to?
If you mean to avoid exhaustion, then no. You don’t need to long rest for that reason since It says you don’t need sleep. You would still need to take a long rest, for 4 hours, to refresh abilities and spells, is how I’d rule it.
There are a couple of races/class features that make you not require sleep. If you have one of those, you can go days without sleep with no penalty (you can still only travel/exert yourself for 8 hours a day or suffer forced march penalties).
But naturally, you do not get the benefits of rests you don't take (preparing spells, regaining slots, any limited use features, etc).
Although the “going without a long rest” section in Xanathar’s purports to be about missing sleep... as written, its most meaningful practical effect is to force non-sleepers to nevertheless take 8 hour long rests with the rest of the party. Optional rule, but worth keeping an eye out for, because if your DM uses it then all your lack of need for sleep really accomplishes is making you better at keeping watch.
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