Can't Sleep- Regain Spells? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Can't Sleep- Regain Spells? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
drunkendrake
10-26-06, 11:42 AM If you play, for example, an undead PC, how do you regain spells without sleeping, since you can't do that? Similar thing would go for anyone else who doesn't sleep like a construct PC of some kind, etc. Would you have to pray like a cleric/druid, or just 'rest' somehow, or something else?

-Drake-
DarknessEternal
10-26-06, 11:44 AM Regaining spells for anything doesn't require sleep. Rest is all. Rest is not sleep.
drunkendrake
10-26-06, 11:49 AM So, just how inactive do you have to be to be 'resting?' would you be able to, say, look around? would you be aware at all?
thanks,

-Drake-
CryoSilver
10-26-06, 11:55 AM Resting means no combat/spellcasting/crafting/etc.

You can rest by just chilling; you'd be as aware as someone IRL watching TV, or hanging out with friends.
drunkendrake
10-26-06, 12:04 PM Great, thanks all... Ghost PC for me!

-drake-
Incognito2me
10-26-06, 01:54 PM Erm, not 'watching tv or hanging with your mates'. You can't even talk or gesture while preparing. So it's more like having your body immobile.
mvincent
10-26-06, 02:14 PM From the rules (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicOverview/arcaneSpells.htm#rest):
"The wizard does not have to slumber for every minute of the time, but she must refrain from movement, combat, spellcasting, skill use, conversation, or any other fairly demanding physical or mental task during the rest period."

I believe "movement" here refers to say, using your move speed (rather than say, blinking and such), and "conversation" seems to imply using more than a couple words. TV watching would suffice. Hanging with friends might, depending on your friends.
Masterfulks
10-26-06, 02:31 PM I always thought of it as a little study session.

Your character has to focus on his spells and nothing else.
Thiez
10-26-06, 02:33 PM That's the cool think about being an undead caster: you can simply stand and stare at something for 8 hours, then regain spells.
mvincent
10-26-06, 02:36 PM I always thought of it as a little study session.

Your character has to focus on his spells and nothing else.We were actually talking about the 8 rest time rather than the 1 hour prep time:
"Spell Preparation Time
After resting, a wizard must study her spellbook to prepare any spells that day. If she wants to prepare all her spells, the process takes 1 hour. "
User5127
10-26-06, 07:33 PM That's the cool think about being an undead caster: you can simply stand and stare at something for 8 hours, then regain spells.

yea thats pretty much what i do! lol

I just walk up to a wall and stand there for eight hours. and if i've disguised the fact that i'm undead its even funnier if some one sees me. :P
Thane26425
10-26-06, 07:54 PM yea thats pretty much what i do! lol

I just walk up to a wall and stand there for eight hours. and if i've disguised the fact that i'm undead its even funnier if some one sees me. :P

I've played a Greenstar Adept who would do things like that. If there was a stream nearby, he'd find a place where he could be completely submerged and rest there. Other times he'd pile leaves and things on himself and rest like that. In towns, he would sometimes tip the tavern keeper a little extra and sit in a corner table and not move, literally, for hours.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
drunkendrake 10-26-06, 11:42 AM	If you play, for example, an undead PC, how do you regain spells without sleeping, since you can't do that? Similar thing would go for anyone else who doesn't sleep like a construct PC of some kind, etc. Would you have to pray like a cleric/druid, or just 'rest' somehow, or something else? -Drake-
DarknessEternal 10-26-06, 11:44 AM	Regaining spells for anything doesn't require sleep. Rest is all. Rest is not sleep.
drunkendrake 10-26-06, 11:49 AM	So, just how inactive do you have to be to be 'resting?' would you be able to, say, look around? would you be aware at all? thanks, -Drake-
CryoSilver 10-26-06, 11:55 AM	Resting means no combat/spellcasting/crafting/etc. You can rest by just chilling; you'd be as aware as someone IRL watching TV, or hanging out with friends.
drunkendrake 10-26-06, 12:04 PM	Great, thanks all... Ghost PC for me! -drake-
Incognito2me 10-26-06, 01:54 PM	Erm, not 'watching tv or hanging with your mates'. You can't even talk or gesture while preparing. So it's more like having your body immobile.
mvincent 10-26-06, 02:14 PM	From the rules (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicOverview/arcaneSpells.htm#rest): "The wizard does not have to slumber for every minute of the time, but she must refrain from movement, combat, spellcasting, skill use, conversation, or any other fairly demanding physical or mental task during the rest period." I believe "movement" here refers to say, using your move speed (rather than say, blinking and such), and "conversation" seems to imply using more than a couple words. TV watching would suffice. Hanging with friends might, depending on your friends.
Masterfulks 10-26-06, 02:31 PM	I always thought of it as a little study session. Your character has to focus on his spells and nothing else.
Thiez 10-26-06, 02:33 PM	That's the cool think about being an undead caster: you can simply stand and stare at something for 8 hours, then regain spells.
mvincent 10-26-06, 02:36 PM	I always thought of it as a little study session. Your character has to focus on his spells and nothing else.We were actually talking about the 8 rest time rather than the 1 hour prep time: "Spell Preparation Time After resting, a wizard must study her spellbook to prepare any spells that day. If she wants to prepare all her spells, the process takes 1 hour. "
User5127 10-26-06, 07:33 PM	That's the cool think about being an undead caster: you can simply stand and stare at something for 8 hours, then regain spells. yea thats pretty much what i do! lol I just walk up to a wall and stand there for eight hours. and if i've disguised the fact that i'm undead its even funnier if some one sees me. :P
Thane26425 10-26-06, 07:54 PM	yea thats pretty much what i do! lol I just walk up to a wall and stand there for eight hours. and if i've disguised the fact that i'm undead its even funnier if some one sees me. :P I've played a Greenstar Adept who would do things like that. If there was a stream nearby, he'd find a place where he could be completely submerged and rest there. Other times he'd pile leaves and things on himself and rest like that. In towns, he would sometimes tip the tavern keeper a little extra and sit in a corner table and not move, literally, for hours.