Watches and Rest

Adventuring parties usually put a few people on guard to watch out for danger while the others rest. Spending time on watch also interrupts sleep, so a night’s schedule needs to account for everyone’s time on guard duty. The table below indicates how long the group needs to set aside for rest, assuming everyone gets a rotating watch assignment of equal length.

Party Size Total Time Duration of Each Watch
2 16 hours 8 hours
3 12 hours 4 hours
4 10 hours, 40 minutes 2 hours, 40 minutes
5 10 hours 2 hours
6 9 hours, 36 minutes 1 hour, 36 minutes
7 9 hours, 20 minutes 1 hour, 20 minutes
8 9 hours, 9 minutes 1 hour, 9 minutes
9+ 9 hours 1 hour
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