Hello all! I'm looking over the Elves of Lindon Virtue, "Elvish Spirit," and trying to understand it. I think I am overthinking it, though, so I wanted to get some input.
The Virtue says "If you meditate for at least 4 hours, you can reduce your exhaustion level by 1 and regain all lost hit points. You cannot use this virtue if you’ve had a long rest within the last 24 hours, or if you have 0 hit points. Once you use this virtue, you cannot use it again until you finish a long rest."
So, it says that that you cannot use Elvish Spirit if you had a long rest within the last 24 hours. So if the PC had a long rest last night, he can use it tonight, correct? Then it resets on a long rest. So if the answer to the first question is "yes," then am I to assume that (at best) Elvish Spirit is usable once every other night/long rest?
My next question is more on the intent of the Virtue. It seems that this would come in handy mostly when a character is having problems securing a long rest (as per the changes to Resting on page 22), as a means to recover hit points in when absolutely necessary (ie. when a long rest cannot be done). Is this a correct assumption? That's my guess since one can normally take a long rest and regain all hit points and a level of exhaustion.
Would love to hear some opinions! Thanks!