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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AnotherGuy" data-source="post: 9161046" data-attributes="member: 7029930"> <table style='width: 100%'><tr><th>Level of Power/Ability utilised </th><th>Short Rest Power Cost </th><th>Long Rest Power Cost </th></tr><tr><td>Levels 1-4 </td><td>1 </td><td>2 </td></tr><tr><td>Levels 5-8 </td><td>2 </td><td>4 </td></tr><tr><td>Levels 9-12 </td><td>4 </td><td>7 </td></tr><tr><td>Levels 13-16 </td><td>7 </td><td>11 </td></tr><tr><td>Levels 17-20 </td><td>11 </td><td>16 </td></tr></table>Okay so firstly incorporating this idea, changes the combat flexibility of the PCs so you will have to find a cost ratio that works for your table and/or adjust the power level of the monsters (i.e. adding feats or class features) which I do.Now to the mechanics.Example 1 (Short Rest Power): A 5th level fighter, who has already expended their Action Surge, and wishes to spend HD to do a further Action Surge in the combat encounter, may spend 1 HD to gain 1 attack on their Action Surge (1st-4th level power) or 2 HD to gain 2 attacks on their Action Surge (5th-8th level power).Example 2 (Long Rest Power): A 7th level wizard wishes to spend HD to cast a Fireball. It costs 4 HD (Fireball is a 5th level Wizard power), but they can upcast it to a 4th spell level slot (for free) so it does 9d6 fire damage since the 4 HD spend covers level of powers 5-8. They cannot make it higher as a 7th level wizard has as their maximum, a 4th level spell slot.Exhaustion Tie-InShould a PC run low on HD, they may incur levels of exhaustion at a cost of 1 HD-to-1 level of exhaustion.So for instance in example 2, the Wizard only has 2 HD but needs to spend 4 HD to cast their Fireball. They burn their 2 HD and gain 2 levels of exhaustion to cast that Fireball.It gives the player the ability to determine the desperation of the character in the moment but at a significant cost.Now it is important to note the below underlined.Travel Rests have the same requirements as the Long Rest in the PHB but the ONLY benefit is you remove 1 level of exhaustion, and if you don't have levels of exhaustion, you instead regain half your HD (minimum 1). Having exhaustion is treated like a wound as it delays HD gain until you remove your levels of exhaustion. That's the grittiness of it.</blockquote>

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