Fatigue

Fatigue measures tiredness and its incremental effects. It is an important aspect as it is used to track many different things from strenous activity to the debilitating effects of disease or magic.

Physical Effort

The primary way of accruing Fatigue is by engaging in some form of physical activity. The more arduous the exercise or work, the more quickly it tires the character. There are three classes of effort: Light, Medium, and Strenuous. The length of time a character can engage in an activity without becoming fatigued is determined by their CON, as detailed under each category in the table below. Once this time has elapsed, character must make an appropriate skill roll -- either Athletics, Brawn, or Endurance -- to resist gaining a level of Fatigue.

Unless the recipient of some form of magic that naturally extends wakefulness, all characters need to sleep. A character can remain awake for a number of hours equal to twice CON before needing to make an Endurance roll. If successful, the character can continue to function normally for a number of hours equal to half CON before needing to make a further Endurance roll, although this roll will be one grade harder than the last. Each failed roll accrues one level of fatigue.

Effort	How Long?	Example	Skill Roll
Light	CON in hours	Activity that places no strain on the body. All reasonable activities at a steady pace.	Very Easy grade roll vs either Athletics, Brawn, or Endurance according to the task.
Medium	CON in minutes	Manual Labor; sustaned physical exercise	As above, but at Easy grade
Strenuous	CON in seconds (rounded up to the next Combat Round)	Combat; struggling against the elements; physical activity in extremely adverse conditions	As above. but at Standard grade.

Effects of Fatigue

Every failed roll accrues a level of Fatigue. Each level of Fatigue carries penalites for skill, movement, Initiative, and Action Points. Asphyxiation, Blood Loss, and some types of magic also contribute to Fatigue accrual.

For most characters, activities of any kind become near impossible when the level of Incapacitated is reached. At this stage the character is still conscious but incapable of anything but the most desperate of activities.

Beyond Incapacitated, the characters cannot act at all. The Fatigue levels -- Semi-Conscious, Comatose, and Dead -- are generally reserved for measuring the most extreme effects of suffocation, disease, blood loss, starvation, exposure, and so forth.

It is perfectly possible to accrue Fatigue from several sources, potentially making some situations more dangerous.

Fatigue Level	Skill Grade	Movement	Initiative	Action Points	Recovery Period
Fresh	No Penalties	No Penalties	No Penalties	No Penalties
Winded	Hard	No Penalty	No Penalty	No Penalty	15 minutes
Tired	Hard	-1 meter	No Penalty	No Penalty	3 hours
Wearied	Formidable	-2 meters	-2	No Penalty	6 hours
Exhausted	Formidable	Halved	-4	-1	12 hours
Debilitated	Herculean	Halved	-6	-2	18 hours
Incapacitated	Herculean	Immobile	-8	-3	24 hours
Semi-Conscious	Hopeless	No Activities Possible	No Activities Possible	No Activities Possible	36 hours
Comatose	No Activities Possible	No Activities Possible	No Activities Possible	No Activities Possible	48 hours
Dead	Dead				Never

Recovering From Fatigue

Characters recover from Fatigue depending on their Healing Rate. The amount of complete rest needed to recover from each level of accrued Fatigue is equal to the Recovery Period divided by the characters Healing Rate.

Note that the table represents fatigue recovery for physical exertion. Fatigue recover can be much faster when recovering from asphyxiation or slower if recuperating from blood loss.