If you’re a melee character, your day is basically over. Now, you’re starting to take problematic penalties. That’s great news for the Frenzy Barbarian, though they’ll have trouble opening doors afterwards.
Thankfully, this has minimal effects in combat, so you can comfortably take 1 level of exhaustion without ruining your ability to kill others. You’re winded and out-of breath, unable to even attempt to roll knowledge checks at full capacity. These are just for skill checks and stuff, but this is already pretty devastating. Level 1Īt level 1, you have disadvantage on ability checks. You can get more than one level of exhaustion per exhaustion-inducing effect, if the effect is potent enough. A character with more than one level of exhaustion gains all lower level effects. Whenever a PC gains exhaustion, they gain it in levels.
So, if you’re preparing to trek through a desert or tundra, it’s recommended that you consider the exhaustion rules… and maybe bring a few sleeping bags, just for safety! Levels of Exhaustion There is a class ability that applies exhaustion as well the Berserker ’s Frenzy. So few effects actually apply exhaustion it’s typically just a result of staying up for too long, walking too far, or staying in really awful weather effects for too long. Exhaustion is a condition as devastating as it is rare.
