Editing Age Of Dragons: Challenge Resolution (section)

==8. Resolve Energy Cost==

Now, the active character deducts the ''action cost'' of the action from his ''Energy Pool''.

If this would reduce ''Energy Pool'' to a negative number, then ''Energy Pool'' is instead set to 0.

For example, if the ''action cost'' would reduce your ''Energy Pool'' to -2, then your Energy Pool instead becomes 0.

Also, each time a character is "zeroed out" by energy cost the challenge increases in ''Complexity'' by an amount determined by the GM - usually 1 to 3 points. This is called the ''Exhaustion Rating'' of the challenge.

* Exhaustion Rating 1: This is a challenge that is pretty much always doable if you try for long enough.
* Exhaustion Rating 2: This is a challenge that gets much harder once you exhausted, and which you might want to give up on.
* Exhaustion Rating 3: Once you are exhausted, the odds of you completing this challenge are infinitissmal, unless you have some trick up your sleeve.
* Exhaustion Rating 4+: Once you are exhausted, you have no chance of completing this challenge.

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