I think that's more than enough time to get in whatever state of brainwave activity is needed for dreaming to occur and for the normal healthy psychological provesses to occur. Of course, I'd have no problem with them never sleeping either. I have no problem either with them having a more resiliant psyche or just not having the need to dream at all. Humans that are somehow kept from entering a dream state quickly start to develop psychological problems (thought Piratecat is the go-to guy on this, I think), but elves are not huiman. I have no problems with elves not dreaming because they are not human. There have been any number of explanations as to why elves are not masters of several crafts and professions by the time they would normally begin adventuring - I can even somewhat 'buy' the idea that they have no focus or that they simply live eash day as an hour or whatever, but they all ring false to me. For that reason I think the most common 'house ruled flavor' about elves I've encountered is that they age normally until they hit their late teens or so, then the clock slows down for them s per the rules. It would seem perfectly logical, but for the balance issues. This was part of the explanation for their resistance to Charm effects, that they have relived the events of their life so many times they know their own mind and desires quite well, and this gives them a measure of protection from effects which would tamper with their mind. They might not have symbolic or surreal dreams, but a lifespan in the centuries, with a childhood lasting decades would give somebody plenty of time to grasp abstract concepts, even if they came to them slower than they would to a human. ![]() Instead of "dreaming" like humans would, they relive past events of their life, or imagine alternate outcomes to them, over and over. ![]() The basic idea is that elves spend their 4 hours resting in a deep meditative state, reflecting on events of the day and of their life. What is in 3e called "trance" was referred to as "reverie" there. Okay, elves don't "sleep" the same way that humans do, they call it "trance" in 3e, but the basic idea that they don't sleep the same way other races do was first introduced in 2e in the Complete Book of Elves (which while full of broken "crunch", did establish a lot of background on D&D elves which has been reused elsewhere).
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