How do creatures spend Hit Dice after a short rest (if they can do so)?
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I know that enemies can take both short rests and long rests, because there is at least one enemy which recover one of its features after a rest. See the Cloaker (Monster Manual, p. 42):
Phantasms (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The cloaker magically creates [...]
But my question is whether they can spend Hit Dice (if they have them) in order to recover HP.
Take as an example this same creature:
Hit Points 78 (12d10 + 12)
[...] CON 12 (+1) [...]
Does that mean they have a pool of 12 dice, each one a d10, as Hit Dice? And when they spend Hit Dice on a short rest, do they add a +1 HP per Hit Die rolled due to its Constitution modifier?
Related: Where are a monster’s hit dice found in the stat block? (asks about hit dice but not if they can use them or add they CON) and What is the “+ 75” in these NPC hit point stats? (asks about the flat number next to the hit dice).
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I know that enemies can take both short rests and long rests, because there is at least one enemy which recover one of its features after a rest. See the Cloaker (Monster Manual, p. 42):
Phantasms (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The cloaker magically creates [...]
But my question is whether they can spend Hit Dice (if they have them) in order to recover HP.
Take as an example this same creature:
Hit Points 78 (12d10 + 12)
[...] CON 12 (+1) [...]
Does that mean they have a pool of 12 dice, each one a d10, as Hit Dice? And when they spend Hit Dice on a short rest, do they add a +1 HP per Hit Die rolled due to its Constitution modifier?
Related: Where are a monster’s hit dice found in the stat block? (asks about hit dice but not if they can use them or add they CON) and What is the “+ 75” in these NPC hit point stats? (asks about the flat number next to the hit dice).
dnd-5e monsters hit-points rests hit-dice
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I know that enemies can take both short rests and long rests, because there is at least one enemy which recover one of its features after a rest. See the Cloaker (Monster Manual, p. 42):
Phantasms (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The cloaker magically creates [...]
But my question is whether they can spend Hit Dice (if they have them) in order to recover HP.
Take as an example this same creature:
Hit Points 78 (12d10 + 12)
[...] CON 12 (+1) [...]
Does that mean they have a pool of 12 dice, each one a d10, as Hit Dice? And when they spend Hit Dice on a short rest, do they add a +1 HP per Hit Die rolled due to its Constitution modifier?
Related: Where are a monster’s hit dice found in the stat block? (asks about hit dice but not if they can use them or add they CON) and What is the “+ 75” in these NPC hit point stats? (asks about the flat number next to the hit dice).
dnd-5e monsters hit-points rests hit-dice
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I know that enemies can take both short rests and long rests, because there is at least one enemy which recover one of its features after a rest. See the Cloaker (Monster Manual, p. 42):
Phantasms (Recharges after a Short or Long Rest). The cloaker magically creates [...]
But my question is whether they can spend Hit Dice (if they have them) in order to recover HP.
Take as an example this same creature:
Hit Points 78 (12d10 + 12)
[...] CON 12 (+1) [...]
Does that mean they have a pool of 12 dice, each one a d10, as Hit Dice? And when they spend Hit Dice on a short rest, do they add a +1 HP per Hit Die rolled due to its Constitution modifier?
Related: Where are a monster’s hit dice found in the stat block? (asks about hit dice but not if they can use them or add they CON) and What is the “+ 75” in these NPC hit point stats? (asks about the flat number next to the hit dice).
dnd-5e monsters hit-points rests hit-dice
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The rules are no different than for PCs. Though the rules for Resting on PHB p. 186 say character, not creature, these are the only rules in the game for how resting works, so all creatures with effects from resting (such as healing) have to use them.
The normal rule is that on a short rest, a character may spend any number of their unspent hit dice to roll them, with their Con modifier applied to each die, to regain that many hit points (up to their normal maximum).
That's how monsters do it too.
So for your cloaker, yes: it can take a short rest to roll any of its unspent 12 hit dice, which are d10s, and for each one its spends to roll, it adds +1 due to its Con modifier.
answered 9 hours ago
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@DerekStucki That's fair. It needs more argument supporting that point.
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– SevenSidedDie♦
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This is supported by Crawford's tweet here: "A monster's Hit Dice are noted in parentheses in its hit point entry." And by the Limited Usage section of the MM intro and basic rules: "X/Day. The notation "X/Day" means [...] that a monster must finish a long rest to regain expended uses. [...] Recharge after a Short or Long Rest. This notation means that a monster can use a special ability once and then must finish a short or long rest to use it again."
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The rules are no different than for PCs. Though the rules for Resting on PHB p. 186 say character, not creature, these are the only rules in the game for how resting works, so all creatures with effects from resting (such as healing) have to use them.
The normal rule is that on a short rest, a character may spend any number of their unspent hit dice to roll them, with their Con modifier applied to each die, to regain that many hit points (up to their normal maximum).
That's how monsters do it too.
So for your cloaker, yes: it can take a short rest to roll any of its unspent 12 hit dice, which are d10s, and for each one its spends to roll, it adds +1 due to its Con modifier.
answered 9 hours ago
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@DerekStucki That's fair. It needs more argument supporting that point.
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– SevenSidedDie♦
5 hours ago
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This is supported by Crawford's tweet here: "A monster's Hit Dice are noted in parentheses in its hit point entry." And by the Limited Usage section of the MM intro and basic rules: "X/Day. The notation "X/Day" means [...] that a monster must finish a long rest to regain expended uses. [...] Recharge after a Short or Long Rest. This notation means that a monster can use a special ability once and then must finish a short or long rest to use it again."
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The rules are no different than for PCs. Though the rules for Resting on PHB p. 186 say character, not creature, these are the only rules in the game for how resting works, so all creatures with effects from resting (such as healing) have to use them.
The normal rule is that on a short rest, a character may spend any number of their unspent hit dice to roll them, with their Con modifier applied to each die, to regain that many hit points (up to their normal maximum).
That's how monsters do it too.
So for your cloaker, yes: it can take a short rest to roll any of its unspent 12 hit dice, which are d10s, and for each one its spends to roll, it adds +1 due to its Con modifier.
answered 9 hours ago
SevenSidedDie♦SevenSidedDie
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@DerekStucki That's fair. It needs more argument supporting that point.
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– SevenSidedDie♦
5 hours ago
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This is supported by Crawford's tweet here: "A monster's Hit Dice are noted in parentheses in its hit point entry." And by the Limited Usage section of the MM intro and basic rules: "X/Day. The notation "X/Day" means [...] that a monster must finish a long rest to regain expended uses. [...] Recharge after a Short or Long Rest. This notation means that a monster can use a special ability once and then must finish a short or long rest to use it again."
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– V2Blast
4 hours ago
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The rules are no different than for PCs. Though the rules for Resting on PHB p. 186 say character, not creature, these are the only rules in the game for how resting works, so all creatures with effects from resting (such as healing) have to use them.
The normal rule is that on a short rest, a character may spend any number of their unspent hit dice to roll them, with their Con modifier applied to each die, to regain that many hit points (up to their normal maximum).
That's how monsters do it too.
So for your cloaker, yes: it can take a short rest to roll any of its unspent 12 hit dice, which are d10s, and for each one its spends to roll, it adds +1 due to its Con modifier.
answered 9 hours ago
SevenSidedDie♦SevenSidedDie
208k31668945
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The rules are no different than for PCs. Though the rules for Resting on PHB p. 186 say character, not creature, these are the only rules in the game for how resting works, so all creatures with effects from resting (such as healing) have to use them.
The normal rule is that on a short rest, a character may spend any number of their unspent hit dice to roll them, with their Con modifier applied to each die, to regain that many hit points (up to their normal maximum).
That's how monsters do it too.
So for your cloaker, yes: it can take a short rest to roll any of its unspent 12 hit dice, which are d10s, and for each one its spends to roll, it adds +1 due to its Con modifier.
answered 9 hours ago
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answered 9 hours ago
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answered 9 hours ago
SevenSidedDie♦SevenSidedDie
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@DerekStucki That's fair. It needs more argument supporting that point.
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– SevenSidedDie♦
5 hours ago
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This is supported by Crawford's tweet here: "A monster's Hit Dice are noted in parentheses in its hit point entry." And by the Limited Usage section of the MM intro and basic rules: "X/Day. The notation "X/Day" means [...] that a monster must finish a long rest to regain expended uses. [...] Recharge after a Short or Long Rest. This notation means that a monster can use a special ability once and then must finish a short or long rest to use it again."
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– V2Blast
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@DerekStucki That's fair. It needs more argument supporting that point.
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– SevenSidedDie♦
5 hours ago
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This is supported by Crawford's tweet here: "A monster's Hit Dice are noted in parentheses in its hit point entry." And by the Limited Usage section of the MM intro and basic rules: "X/Day. The notation "X/Day" means [...] that a monster must finish a long rest to regain expended uses. [...] Recharge after a Short or Long Rest. This notation means that a monster can use a special ability once and then must finish a short or long rest to use it again."
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– V2Blast
4 hours ago
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@DerekStucki That's fair. It needs more argument supporting that point.
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– SevenSidedDie♦
5 hours ago
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@DerekStucki That's fair. It needs more argument supporting that point.
$endgroup$
– SevenSidedDie♦
5 hours ago
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This is supported by Crawford's tweet here: "A monster's Hit Dice are noted in parentheses in its hit point entry." And by the Limited Usage section of the MM intro and basic rules: "X/Day. The notation "X/Day" means [...] that a monster must finish a long rest to regain expended uses. [...] Recharge after a Short or Long Rest. This notation means that a monster can use a special ability once and then must finish a short or long rest to use it again."
$endgroup$
– V2Blast
4 hours ago
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This is supported by Crawford's tweet here: "A monster's Hit Dice are noted in parentheses in its hit point entry." And by the Limited Usage section of the MM intro and basic rules: "X/Day. The notation "X/Day" means [...] that a monster must finish a long rest to regain expended uses. [...] Recharge after a Short or Long Rest. This notation means that a monster can use a special ability once and then must finish a short or long rest to use it again."
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– V2Blast
4 hours ago
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