Pretty sure elves just have a 4 hour long rest, so the other 4 hours aren't part of the long rest and can be used in any way you choose. I haven't been able to find any other info or clarification magical demand isn't really a thing in 5e below that of spell slots, and there's no specific advice on this. If it's only more strenuous than a cantrip for a short part of the time, say for example the middle five minutes of scribing, it be easily done without interrupting the long rest, provided that they have an extra five minute lie-in at the end. So I suppose the question is subjective: is scribing a spell, that usually takes an action or so to cast, over the course of 8 hours, more or less strenuous most of the time than casting a cantrip is for its casting time? If it's more, easy, it's not a light activity if it's less, then you STILL need to work out if it's gentle enough to be a light activity. However, we can also draw that use of cantrips requires magic engagement, and is considered strenuous. I guess the only other thing is that it might be "magically demanding" (as opposed to physically or mentally) - but we know that scribing doesn't use a spell slot, so it's less demanding than that. It is mentally engaging, but so is talking and reading, and so can be standing watch in dangerous territory, which are all light activities. Scribing a spell scroll costs money and resources, but does not require the scribe to physically move about. Walking or fighting -> physically demanding activities are strenuousĬasting a spell -> both spending a spell slot and using a cantrip are strenuous activities (from the Basic Rules we see cantrips are spells).Īdventuring activity -> very loose, and not particularly helpful in light of already-given info. Reading, talking, eating, standing watch -> mentally stimulating but physically undemanding tasks are light. The examples of activities in Resting gives us guidelines for what makes an activity count as strenuous rather than light. So, does scribing a spell scroll count as light activity? I think it follows that level 1 spell scroll scribing could be split up too, unless there is some particular way that higher-level spells can have their scribing suspended, that doesn't work for less powerful ones. Since scribing scrolls of second level or higher requires a period of over one day, and the characters are not exhausted by the activity, it can be assumed that the characters sleep during this time and so the scribing is split into multiple sessions. So my question is if characters can spend their 2 hours' light activity (or eight, for Aspect of the Moon) scribing spells, in order to generate a single level one spell scroll every four days. This does not require them to consume a spell slot. The use of the word "interrupts" suggests the time spent doing strenuous activities does not count towards time spent resting, eg an 8-hour rest interrupted by 30mins of walking in the middle would be 8.5 hours from start to finish.įrom Xanathar's, a Spellcaster (any creature that can cast spells according to Crawf) with proficiency in Arcana, who provides the material components required for casting the spell, can spend one day of Downtime (8 hours) and 25GP to create a spell scroll of a level 1 spell that they either know or have prepared. Strenuous activities include walking, fighting, casting a spell, or similar Adventuring activity.
In either case, the rest can be interrupted by no more than one hour of strenuous activity a longer interruption voids the time spent resting, and the characters must start their 8 hours again to gain the benefits. Up to two hours of light activity, such as taking watch, talking, eating, and readingĮxceptions include elves, who have a 4-hour long rest if they spend it all in Trance (as per the 2020 Sage Advice Compendium, though it used to be different) and Warlocks with Aspect of the Moon, who can replace the six hours of sleep with light activities and still complete an 8-hour long rest.
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