Originally Posted by
Slipjig
I recently encountered a way of handling short rests that I really love: they take one minute (representing adjusting gear, characters catching their breath, or some quick first aid). So you can't do it in the middle of an action scene, but pretty much any time a character would logically be able to catch their breath, they can do so.
Every character is limited to two Short Rests per Long Rest (to keep Short Rest classes from becoming TOO overpowered).
The whole party doesn't have to Short Rest together. So if only one character needs a rest, they don't have to hang on until everybody in the party needs one. They just announce "I'm using a Short Rest" while everybody else loots the bodies or whatever.