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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 9138146" data-attributes="member: 53980">WRT a resource that martials could use, it could be something like Adrenaline. There are real world stories of people performing superhuman feats due in large part to adrenaline, such as mothers lifting cars off their children or people getting themselves out of situations after suffering injuries that should have left them incapacitated or dead. In a fantasy world, IMO, that could and should be dialed to 11 (or higher) at high levels. A high level barbarian might use Adrenaline to kick the a castle gate so hard that it tears off it's mounting and flattens the guards stationed behind it. That would be awesome, and it would certainly leave the lord of the castle shaking in his/her boots.A potentially better approach would be to call it something else that combines adrenaline with an indomitable spirit (for example), so people don't insist on silly topics like how does a ranger use their adrenaline to calm the charging bear.Not unlike how a person mimicing a wizard's words and movements would be unsuccessful in casting the spell, martials could train their bodies to produce potent adrenaline on command. So when folks ask why a fighter can't use their Deathblow ability again today, it would be because they require the surge of power that comes from adrenaline, and their body needs time to recover before it can produce more.</blockquote>