Originally Posted by RagnarokCzD
I thought that point was to make Short Rests more appealing ... so people choose to use them over Long Rest ...
How are Hit Dices suppose to achieve that?

It's all about the presentation.

Look. I'm trying to throw you and Icelyn a bone here by saying maybe LR doesn't need to be limited much if at all. If newby players think they shouldn't LR much, and they have a good working SR system as an alternative, limiting LR might not be necessary. That's my point. HD limiting SRs might provide a better SR solution that would promote SRs, because you can SR more than 2 a day, dialogues tied to SR, many special abilities are reset, and YOU control who heals during SR and when and by how much. Add Arcane Recovery to SR as a limit to it, and that promotes SR even more.