Resting

Resting is performed at rest shrines. Resting is the most common way to restore expended resources during a quest.

Resting provides various benefits:
 * You recover a number of hit points based on your level and the highest Heal skill of all nearby party members. (Warforged characters use the highest Repair skill instead.) The exact formula is


 * HP gained = 10 + (resting character's Level * 3) + (highest nearby Heal skill * 3)


 * You recover all spell points.
 * You fully recharge all character and item abilities that have a set number of uses per day.
 * Classes that can change which spells they have memorized can do so. This option ends as soon as you take an action or move.

Resting also ends all temporary buffs and debuffs on you. Resting does not cure "permanent" status conditions such as blindness, curses, and some ability damage.

Strategy
Depending on the difficulty setting, each rest shrine can be used either only once or only every few minutes, so it is common practice to "save" a shrine for future use if it is not immediately needed.

All effects of resting apply at the end of the rest. Buffing teammates while they're resting is a waste, since those buffs get erased the moment they're done.