The way all the per day mechanics work is you set a specific time, Midnight, Dawn, Dusk. Just something that indicates a DAY. All your dailies recharge at that moment.
Divine casters don't need sleep to prepare their spells. And the hour the meditate is often the same time of day every day. And they can only refresh once per day.
The exact text on paladins and using their spells is as follows:
"A paladin must spend 1 hour each day in quiet prayer and meditation to regain her daily allotment of spells. A paladin may prepare and cast any spell on the paladin spell list, provided that she can cast spells of that level, but she must choose which spells to prepare during her daily meditation."
However, another GM and I are currently discussing the meaning of this and the implication on sleep. The full text specifically never mentions needing any sleep to regain spells, no 8 hours incremental, no 4 hours consecutive, no interrupted/uninterrupted rest of any kind. To the best of my knowledge this is the end of the discussion on the matter, but he thinks it's far too OP to be intended that way. Have we missed something, or are paladins allowed to just meditate for an hour and regain all their spells with no sleep/rest required?
Furthermore, the text lists nothing on rest for Lay on hands/smite evil/etc. do they need rest to be regained as well or do they just recharge over time?
Thank you for the help.
-A confused GM
Preparing Divine Spells
Divine spellcasters prepare their spells in largely the same manner as wizards do, but with a few differences. The relevant ability for most divine spells is Wisdom (Charisma for paladins). To prepare a divine spell, a character must have a Wisdom score (or Charisma score for paladins) of 10 + the spell's level. Likewise, bonus spells are based on Wisdom.
Time of Day: A divine spellcaster chooses and prepares spells ahead of time, but unlike a wizard, does not require a period of rest to prepare spells. Instead, the character chooses a particular time of day to pray and receive spells. The time is usually associated with some daily event. If some event prevents a character from praying at the proper time, she must do so as soon as possible. If the character does not stop to pray for spells at the first opportunity, she must wait until the next day to prepare spells.
Divine casters need no rest to regain spells.
