Quote Originally Posted by Psyren View Post
Maybe they can. Or maybe the party, through their own choices/mistakes (or simple bad luck), no longer has time for that, or already burned through whatever providence they were given. (As a reminder, Catnap only works 1/LR no matter how many times it is cast.)

Overriding that and fudging the clock is always a possibility. But DMs who choose to let the dice fall where they may are not wrong either, so long as everyone - the DM included - is having fun.
Of course they're not doing anything wrong. However, altering the game to encourage 5 minute adventuring days in order to accommodate the players in such games isn't fixing anything. Those players will still be out of resources. And now have no time for a long rest, either.

I'm more okay with your proposed fix than with what WotC is actually showing signs of doing. I still prefer stronger lean-in to SRs, though, myself.