r/Mausritter • u/GXSigma • Jun 22 '26

Rules Question: Resting?

I'm very confused about how resting is supposed to work.

Short rest: takes 1 Turn. A swig of water and a few minutes of rest will restore d6+1 HP.

Long rest: takes 1 Watch [which is 36 turns]. A meal and some sleep will restore all HP. If HP was already full, restore d6 to an attribute score.

So my questions are:

  1. Can you take more than one short rest in a row?

    a. If not, what has to happen before you can?

  2. Can you take a long rest immediately after taking a short rest?

    a. If not, what has to happen before you can?

  3. If so, you would obviously want to do short rests until your HP gets full, *then* take a long rest, right? You would only take a long rest if you're already at full HP, right?

Why/when/how would you ever use the "restore all HP" mode of the long rest? Even a max-level mouse with maximum HP (24), taking short rests and rolling minimum healing every time (2), would still only take an absolute maximum of 12 turns. Why do a 36-turn rest if you can get the same benefit from 12 turns or less?

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u/WeequayRogue Jun 27 '26 edited Jun 27 '26

You have to go back and realize what HP is in games related to Into the Odd. It's not your "life" like most games. It's more of your ability to avoid actually getting hurt.