Night Owl
| Night Owl | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Traits |
| Type | Occupation Trait |
| Effect | Requires little sleep. Stays extra alert even when sleeping. |
| Free With | |
Night Owl lets a character recover from tiredness faster while sleeping. The character needs little sleep and stays extra alert even in bed.
It is an occupation trait. The Nurse and Security Guard occupations grant it for free. It suits a player whose sleep often gets cut short, whether by nightmares, zombies or an alarm.
Night Owl Effects
Sleep becomes more efficient. Each hour asleep removes more tiredness. The length of a normal sleep stays the same.
The bonus depends on how tired the character is at bedtime. A character who goes to bed only a little tired gains the most. At about three tenths tiredness, sleep restores roughly two fifths more. At about six tenths, the bonus falls to about a fifth. A character who is utterly exhausted wakes fully rested either way, so the bonus fades out at that point.
An exhausted Night Owl can still wake fully rested sooner with an alarm. That helps a survivor who wants an early start.
The trait was meant to keep a character rested when sleep gets interrupted. A nightmare or a noise that wakes the character early hurts less.
Occupations with Night Owl
These occupations hand out Night Owl for free.
| Name | Image | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Nurse | 
|
0 |
| Security Guard | 
|
-2 |
Picking Night Owl
The only way to get Night Owl is to start as a Nurse or a Security Guard. The trait adds to what those occupations already bring.
It helps against Restless Sleeper, but only partly. Restless Sleeper cuts sleep efficiency much more than Night Owl raises it.
Wakeful works well alongside it. Slower tiredness and better sleep together give a character many waking hours.
Notes
- Nurse and Security Guard both grant this trait.
- Sleep restores more tiredness per hour.
- Light tiredness at bedtime gives the biggest bonus.
- Restless Sleeper outweighs it if both are present.
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