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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ferrix" data-source="post: 2902805" data-attributes="member: 6115">So, I was thinking while looking at the rules for a game that I've had in the works for a while and it popped into my head that different levels or descriptors for types of actions just don't exist.In the sense that how much effort does a particular action take.So, the levels of effort would go from Negligible to Fatal.  The range inbetween however, I don't have a great grasp on.  I'd want examples for each.  Each effort would then tie perhaps into the rules on fatigued, exhausted and a third category I use winded (lighter than fatigued).So, I'm asking for help.  Here's the levels of effort I've got so far.None: None, you are probably dead.Negligible: Lying in bed, drinking water, being fed.  You barely even think about these activities.Minor: Walking around, preparing a normal meal, the basics.  Simple activities which don't take too much thought or energy, which you could do on and off for a whole day and barely felt like you did much.Normal: Performing such an action is normal in your day-to-day routine, although prolonged action of this sort could leave you winded.Moderate: Performing such an action will leave you winded, sprinting or running all out for an extended burst, fighting all out for an extended time.Strenuous: Performing such an action will leave you tired, perhaps fatigued.  Raging would be a good rules example, as would forced marching or hustling.Formidable: Performing such an action will leave you exhausted, requiring you to rest soon after.  This is pushing beyond the normal limits of your abilities.Draining: Performing such an act will leave you drained and unable to function except for negligible action for at least a full day or two, sometimes much longer.  This is at the very edge of your limits.Fatal: Performing such an act will most likely kill you in the process.  This is very likely beyond the limits of your abilities and only the strongest of willed can push themselves this far (fighting far into the negatives with the Frenzied Berserker's Deathless Frenzy).</blockquote>

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