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<blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 9339438" data-attributes="member: 12731">I was the player not DM, but yes.As opposed to the original unplayable Exhaustion rules, everyone can reasonably be expected to carry on with a -1 penalty.If you're hit with -2 you really feel exposed and vulnerable, and given the chance, you would reasonably argue the group should stop and rest.Getting -3 only happened once I think. In my memory we were so trounced that recuperating was a non-issue nobody objected to.One advantage if you will, with a scheme like this, is how it inverts expectations and pressure to keep going. Normally the casters feel exhausted and in need of rest. But here the -1 penalties affect martial characters much more, since casters seldom actively roll dice (in D&amp;D, the defender needs to save against magic, while the spell is assumed to work automatically).I would say the rest cadence wasn't hugely impacted. The big win was that nobody ever suggested &quot;let's hold off healing until the character is at zero&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CapnZapp, post: 9339438, member: 12731"] I was the player not DM, but yes. As opposed to the original unplayable Exhaustion rules, everyone can reasonably be expected to carry on with a -1 penalty. If you're hit with -2 you really feel exposed and vulnerable, and given the chance, you would reasonably argue the group should stop and rest. Getting -3 only happened once I think. In my memory we were so trounced that recuperating was a non-issue nobody objected to. One advantage if you will, with a scheme like this, is how it inverts expectations and pressure to keep going. Normally the casters feel exhausted and in need of rest. But here the -1 penalties affect martial characters much more, since casters seldom actively roll dice (in D&D, the defender needs to save against magic, while the spell is assumed to work automatically). I would say the rest cadence wasn't hugely impacted. The big win was that nobody ever suggested "let's hold off healing until the character is at zero" [/QUOTE]

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