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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mirrorrorrim" data-source="post: 9031580" data-attributes="member: 7040132">What if... Exhaustion were to be completely overhauled to not do anything like it does? If Hit Points is an amalgam of meat, endurance, energy, and luck, and reducing a person to 0 HP knocks them out... What if Exhaustion reduced your HP maximum, rather than be a fluctuating debuff mechanic that is tracked separately?If a creature's HP maximum is reduced by exhaustion, and they are reduced to 0 hit points, they become unconcious due to being overwhelmed, but are not dying (unless the damage dealt was equal or greater to the creature's full HP Max). <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Doesn't stop a coup de grace from being delivered when knocked out, but now damage from magic can drop an enemy without killing them. The heroes have to choose to kill the fallen enemy rather than accidentally do so.</li> </ul>Certain activities might deal NdX exhaustion damage, reducing your HP maximum, rather than grant an Exhaustion level.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Forced March</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Not Sleeping</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Harsh Weather</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You can choose to deal exhaustion damage with melee attacks.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Certain spells might deal exhaustion damage, like Sleep. This makes Sleep interact better with combat damage, and makes it relevant at any level.</li> </ul>Recovering from Exhaustion:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Long Rest: Removes all HP Max Penalties from Exhaustion.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Magical Healing: Choose to heal HP, or reduce the Exhaustion Penalty. Example: If you can cure 13 HP on a creature with 4 points of exhaustion, you can either heal 13 HP, or can remove the 4 points of exhaustion and use the remainder on healing (9 points).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lesser Restoration: Can opt to remove NdX of the HP Max penalty (or all, but at least more than magical healing), but does not also return HP. Other Restoration effects might do the same.</li> </ul>Unsure:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Short Rest: Spending HD on a short rest heals as normal, but does not reduces the HP Max penalty.</li> </ul></blockquote>

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