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Here’s the formal Fatigue rules module, written to drop straight into the Base Rules chapter for clarity and consistency:
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Fatigue
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"The body breaks before the spirit does. But when both begin to fail, you are in mortal danger."
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What is Fatigue?
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Fatigue represents physical and mental exhaustion: the steady drain of energy from strenuous activity, hunger, lack of rest, or overexertion. It is tracked as a separate status from Injury and Slights.
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• Each character has a Fatigue Threshold of 2 by default (this may increase or decrease based on Attributes, species, or abilities).
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• Fatigue accumulates point by point, stacking with other conditions.
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Effects of Fatigue
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• Each Fatigue point reduces your maximum Action Points per Round (APR) by 1 (to a minimum of 1 APR).
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• If you reach your Fatigue Threshold (usually 2):
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• You take –1 die to all rolls until you remove at least 1 Fatigue.
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• You are considered Exhausted: any additional Fatigue beyond your threshold instead converts into 1 Injury (representing collapse or overstrain).
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How Fatigue is Gained
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Fatigue is usually the result of prolonged effort or hardship:
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• Forced marches, chases, or other continuous physical exertion without proper rest.
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• Extreme environmental conditions (heat, cold, storms, starvation).
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• Magical backlash, Corruption table effects, or abilities that cost Fatigue.
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• Failing key Survival, Athletics, or Endurance-related checks during travel or combat.
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GM Guidance: Fatigue is not meant to punish, but to make resource and rest decisions meaningful. It usually appears gradually, as a consequence of poor conditions or pushing beyond safe limits.
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Recovering from Fatigue
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• A short rest (roughly 1–2 hours in safety, with food and water) removes 1 Fatigue.
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• A full night’s rest (6–8 hours uninterrupted) removes all Fatigue.
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• Certain skills or abilities (e.g., Medicine, Cooking, Meditation, Herbalism) may remove Fatigue earlier.
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Fatigue & Other Conditions
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• Slights: Fatigue and Slights stack but are tracked separately (Fatigue = physical strain, Slights = emotional strain).
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• Injury: At Fatigue Threshold +1, you begin converting excess Fatigue into Injury.
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• Corruption: High Corruption can make Fatigue harder to clear; some abilities allow you to trade Fatigue for other costs.
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Fatigue Summary Table
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Fatigue LevelEffect1 Fatigue–1 APR (Action Point per Round)2 Fatigue–1 APR and –1 die to all rolls (Exhausted)3+ FatigueConvert each additional Fatigue into 1 Injury
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Design Intent
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Fatigue ensures that travel, downtime, and recovery matter. It adds risk to prolonged activity, forcing characters to balance pushing forward vs. resting to recover.
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🔥 Next:
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Do you want me to slot this straight into the Base Rules doc and then cleanly rewrite how Slights and Fatigue interact together?
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Or move forward with the Investigation & Subterfuge skill trees now that Fatigue is fully formalized? |