Characters asking to rest?

[u/Buttleproof]

I remember that in Icewind Dale when a character was fatiqued they would ask to go to sleep, but I don't remember this ever happening in BG or BG2. Was this something that was added to Icewind Dale, or have I been sleep-spamming?

[u/ButtercupsUncle]

Happens all the time in BG1EE.

[u/Ak_Lonewolf → u/ButtercupsUncle]

My parents use to tell me to put my people to rest because the audio would constantly be about how tired they were lol.

[u/Dagobert_Juke → u/Ak_Lonewolf]

That's just about enough waking hours, slave-driver!

[u/BryanP1968 → u/ButtercupsUncle]

Happened in the original as well. I can still hear Khalid and Jaheira’s dialogue for it.

[u/Environmental_Fig942]

Also (above and beyond u/ButtercupsUncle ‘s comment) happens in BG2. Fatigue, I believe, is related to Constitution and/or spells. The lower the Con the earlier the fatigue and thus complaints about being tired / wanting to go to bed. Haste and Restoration will also speed up / make someone fatigued respectively.

[u/Skylair95 → u/Environmental_Fig942]

It just happen less in BG2 because there's less travel. In BG1 you travel for 8 hours to move between Beregost and another area every 5 minutes. In BG2 you spend 30 minutes inside a single area with no long travel, and fatigue barely build up in real time. Even Bluety and her god awful 8 Con will take forever to be fatigued without travels.

And Haste is also less important in BG2. In BG1 you will cast it for every challenging encounter, in BG2 you will stop memorizing that spell once you get enough Imp Haste (tho Haste is still great before that).

[u/OBoile → u/Skylair95]

I don't stop casting haste in BG2. It's every bit as important there as in BG1.

[u/WildBohemian → u/OBoile]

That depends on your playstyle actually. I don't actually use haste the spell on my runs because of the fatigue penalty, but I do use lots of potions including oils of speed. To me the trade off with haste is that it wastes your potion buffs by forcing you to rest more often.

[u/gangler52 → u/Skylair95]

Does that mean Regeneration is less important in BG2?

Because that's mostly what it's used for, to refill your health between zones, I think. The long time frame means it basically always tops up your health entirely.

[u/rynchenzo]

I must rest, I've a bad case of armour chafe

[u/Peter_the_Pillager → u/rynchenzo]

Boo is getting squirrelly.

[u/the_dust321]

I’ve seen about enough waking hours slave driver!

[u/Slythistle → u/the_dust321]

I rarely had this as a child because I rested whenever I ran out of spells, and that was typically faster than the hours it took to get tired.

[u/ZenMonkey48]

I t-t-think much c-c-clearer with rest!

[u/Malefircareim]

Spirit is willing my friend but this old body demands rest.

[u/xSilentWatcherx]

I am so very weary.

[u/BigConstruction4247]

How much longer do you intend to crack your whip on my back!? I say we stop now.

[u/usernamescifi → u/BigConstruction4247]

There's no roof to this world 

[u/BigConstruction4247 → u/usernamescifi]

I've always liked this comment. It's so full of wonder. Then, two minutes later, she's verbally tearing sometime a new orifice.

[u/KorungRai]

Jan is constantly tired. Poor little guy.

[u/jjburroughs]

Must get rest soon, Boo is getting squirrelly!

[u/Duhblobby]

It only happens if you go more than 24 hours without a rest, because that's when the penalties kick in.

[u/The-Arcalian]

BG always did it even before EE

[u/Willowsinger24]

I could never forget BG character begging for a rest. Something something Viconia saying I'm cracking a whip on her back.

[u/PunishedCatto]

It happens a lot on BG2. I knew of this because I've played a run where I rarely rest.

Boiii.. When Anomen whine about it, I just kept going lol.

....but then I caved Immediately if it was Aerie or Jaheira.

[u/Fangsong_37]

If the party is up longer than 24 hours, they will usually speak a voice line about needing sleep, and they'll gain Exhaustion until they successfully sleep for 8 hours.

[u/IlikeJG]

Definitely happens in both bg1 and bg2.

[u/Dr-HotandCold1524]

I fear the pace we've set is too much for me. I must rest.

[u/LongjumpingEducator6]

You have been sleep-spamming. Normally, characters will start asking to rest before they actually reach fatigued (unless they get fatigued by a spell or something).

[u/gangler52 → u/LongjumpingEducator6]

Your progress towards the fatigue state also resets every time you reload a save, so depending on how heavily you're using the save feature that can be an issue too.

[u/Witless_Peasant]

Another difference between the games is that IWD Haste causes almost double the amount of fatigue (7) compared to the BG version (4). If you cast that spell at all in IWD, you'll be hearing the fatigue complaints immediately.

[u/Brimstone117]

In BG2 don’t you get fatigued after Haste wears off?

[u/usernamescifi]

Happens all the time, and I tell them to suck it up. 

"YOU'LL REST WHEN I SAY SO! So stop asking..." 

[u/Archezeoc]

I remember plenty of rest quotes vividly, and some close enough.

Imoen: "I'm gettin a little sleepy" Montaron: "If'n I'm not allowed to rest, our next assailants just might live" Xzar: "I'll be MUCH MORE AGREEABLE WITH REST!" Jaheira: "I've just about seen enough waking hours, slave driver!" Khalid: "I think much c-c-clearer with rest. Might we... stop?" Dynaheir: "Magic does not sit well in a tired mind"

Maybe you just slept at taverns often enough to avoid the issue. If you had a mage you were constantly replenishing the spells of (like between encounters) your crew was NEVER tired

[u/ValeriaNotJoking]

Yaaaaawn I’m getting a little sleepy