⏳ Rest & Recovery
Between adventures, characters mend, regroup, and grow. These activities are descriptive and sort into three tracks. In RPGAnywhere they line up with recovering Wounds and Stability and with advancement — but no numbers are assumed, so they work in any system.
🩹 Physical Recovery
Wounds, exhaustion, and lasting injury
| Activity | Time | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Bed Rest & Care | Days | Steady healing in safety; faster with a healer or proper medicine. |
| Field Treatment | Minutes | Stabilize the worst of a wound on the move — buys time, not a cure. |
| A Healer's Hands | Days–weeks | Skilled or charmed care for grievous harm; sometimes the only road back. |
| Convalescence | Weeks | Long recovery from a serious injury; rushing it reopens the wound. |
🕯️ Mental Recovery
Nerve, morale, and the weight of what they've seen
| Activity | Effect |
|---|---|
| Safety & Rest | A stretch of real security settles frayed nerves — the baseline of recovery. |
| Good Company | Time with friends, a warm hearth, a shared meal; belonging mends much. |
| Revelry | Drink, song, and celebration burn off fear — with the odd morning-after cost. |
| Faith & Reflection | Prayer, ritual, or quiet contemplation restores resolve and meaning. |
| Resolving What Haunts Them | Facing the source of the fear does more than any rest. |
📈 Self-Improvement
Traits, skills, and specialities
| Activity | Time | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Training & Practice | Weeks | Sharpen a skill or hone a trait; a teacher speeds it. |
| Study & Research | Days–weeks | Books, archives, and experts turn ignorance into a new speciality or vital lore. |
| Apprenticeship | Long-term | Learn a craft or discipline from a master. |
| Building Ties | Variable | Cultivate contacts, favors, and reputation — resources for the next adventure. |
| Crafting & Acquisition | Variable | Make or secure gear, a base, or a hard-to-find tool for the work ahead. |
GM note: tie growth to the fiction. The skill a character trains in downtime is often the one the last adventure proved they lacked.