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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 9051584" data-attributes="member: 20323">[GM] Oh! I have a house rule for Exhaustion that doesn't involve disadvantage. I find the &quot;doom spiral&quot; of 5e's exhaustion is a bit too punitive. This is in my house rules doc - but don't expect anyone to remember these, so I'll be posting about them as they come up.House Rule: A PC can withstand a number of exhaustion levels equal to their proficiency bonus + Constitution modifier (min 1). Each level of exhaustion fills both an item slot (see ITEM SLOT ENCUMBRANCE) and a Hit Die, and you take a penalty to d20 rolls equal to your total exhaustion level. While exhausted, you cannot spend Hit Dice that are “occupied” by exhaustion levels, nor can you use “occupied” item slots. If you reach your maximum exhaustion levels, you are incapacitated (i.e. no actions or reactions). If you suffer additional exhaustion while incapacitated, roll for SYSTEM SHOCK.Behind the screen, I also have more stuff (special items/places/situations) that can remove exhaustion levels.But since your first roll was 9 (technically 8 cause -1 exhaustion, which is success on an Easy check), you'd just see the mountain goat tracks already mentioned.[/GM]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 9051584, member: 20323"] [GM] Oh! I have a house rule for Exhaustion that doesn't involve disadvantage. I find the "doom spiral" of 5e's exhaustion is a bit too punitive. This is in my house rules doc - but don't expect anyone to remember these, so I'll be posting about them as they come up. [B]House Rule: [/B]A PC can withstand a number of exhaustion levels equal to their proficiency bonus + Constitution modifier (min 1). Each level of exhaustion fills both an item slot (see ITEM SLOT ENCUMBRANCE) and a Hit Die, and you take a penalty to d20 rolls equal to your total exhaustion level. While exhausted, you cannot spend Hit Dice that are “occupied” by exhaustion levels, nor can you use “occupied” item slots. If you reach your maximum exhaustion levels, you are incapacitated (i.e. no actions or reactions). If you suffer additional exhaustion while incapacitated, roll for SYSTEM SHOCK. Behind the screen, I also have more stuff (special items/places/situations) that can remove exhaustion levels. But since your first roll was 9 (technically 8 cause -1 exhaustion, which is success on an Easy check), you'd just see the mountain goat tracks already mentioned.[/GM] [/QUOTE]

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