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Thread : Exhaustion rules
Started at 10-14-04 06:52 AM by MadBall
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[Post 1]
Author : MadBall
Date : 10-14-04 06:52 AM
Thread Title : Exhaustion rules

Did anyone ever used sort of exhaustion rules?

I wnat to incorporate some exhaustion rules for my group which states:

- A combatant can only fight as much as rounds as his/she/its constitution value is. After that number of rounds the combatant becomes exhausted and must rest at least one round for any round exceeding his/she/its constitution value. After resting (doing nothing) he can carry on fighting as much rounds as he/she/it has rested.
Proficiences, abilities or items which are intended to increase constitution or help to avoid exhaustion (Endurance) should be aplied.

I think this is good to use, but the only problem I have is that most of the monsters which are involved in fighting got no constitution value in the monster entry, so it is not easy to generate a constitution value for those monsters. 

Any other ideas?

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[Post 2]
Author : Torack
Date : 10-16-04 05:13 AM

You could try the time element, or you could give them a penalty to an attack roll after x number of rounds...

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[Post 3]
Author : avenger2003
Date : 10-19-04 04:41 PM

Hi there!  I use the same rule as you do, my players like the fact that they can't go on fighting like the Energizer bunny! This also makes Con to be more than a HP booster...

For monsters, I assign them a Con value.  Ex- Orc: 9-11 Con
For others, I look at the creature in question and compare it against the group.  Is this creature as strong or stronger than them?  If so, give it a high Con.  If not, give it a Con more in-line with the group's average Con.  Of course, there are exceptions to the rule, but you can handle these on a case-by-case basis.(this keeps the PCs from getting too confident) 

Good Gaming!

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[Post 4]
Author : RobertFisher
Date : 10-20-04 01:05 PM

I think this is good to use, but the only problem I have is that most of the monsters which are involved in fighting got no constitution value in the monster entry, so it is not easy to generate a constitution value for those monsters.
Not a problem. Monsters don't use the same to hit tables either. That's just one example of how monsters & PCs don't follow the same rules.

For "PCish" monsters, assign Con values ad hoc. e.g. Average goblin has an 8. This goblin has a 12, & that goblin has a 4.

For other monsters, ignore the rule. They're monsters. :)

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[Post 5]
Author : MadBall
Date : 10-21-04 11:31 AM

@avenger2003: Its interesting to hear that someone came up with the same idea. :-)

@RobertFisher: Yep, lets improvise...  :D

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