Dec 11, 2017 5:55 am
You can only benefit from a long rest once per 24 hours, so you'd have to wait until night time to do actually gain any benefits from it.
A short rest isn't meant to be a nap, so you could use it to do some non-intensive tasks. The idea is that you are hunkering down in one spot and tending to wounds, mending and cleaning equipment, and getting your head back in the game. You have time to read a book, talk to those around you, drink/eat - even crafting a simple dagger from the claw could be done during the short rest. Mechanically, you can spend hit dice and recover abilities or other resources that recharge on a short rest.
A short rest isn't meant to be a nap, so you could use it to do some non-intensive tasks. The idea is that you are hunkering down in one spot and tending to wounds, mending and cleaning equipment, and getting your head back in the game. You have time to read a book, talk to those around you, drink/eat - even crafting a simple dagger from the claw could be done during the short rest. Mechanically, you can spend hit dice and recover abilities or other resources that recharge on a short rest.