Tenacity (PSR Supplement)
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Protags are special in that they have an unusual amount of Tenacity. Tenacity represents your capability to fight on or push when others couldn't. Each time you lose Tenacity, it represents sustaining an injury or severe exhaustion.
Your Tenacity score equals PB + Constitution modifier. Some effects can temporarily increase your amount of Tenacity above this score.
Damage Drains Tenacity. When you're reduced to 0 hit points, you lose 1 Tenacity and fall Unconscious until you regain at least 1 hit point. If while Unconscious in this way you take more damage, your hit points aren't reduced below 0 and you instead lose 1 more Tenacity.
Exhaustion Drains Tenacity. Effects which induce exhaustion—such as working in extreme climates or pushing past your body's limits—can you make you lose Tenacity without sustaining damage.
Losing All Tenacity. If you are forced to lose Tenacity when you have none remaining, you become comatose — that is, you fall Unconscious until allies return your body to a safe location where the party finishes downtime. During this downtime you can't conduct an enterprise, but gain all other benefits of downtime. If while already comatose you are either abandoned by the party or you are forced to lose Tenacity again, you are defeated.
Restoring. When you finish downtime, your Tenacity is reset. Any expended Tenacity is regained, and any in excess of your Tenacity score is lost. At this time any permanent changes to your PB or ability modifiers change your Tenacity score accordingly.
Expending Tenacity[edit]
Sometimes you can willingly expend Tenacity for benefits. For example when you finish a break your hit points are restored up to but not exceeding half their maximum. If you expend 1 Tenacity you can instead fully restore your hit points. You can't choose to expend Tenacity if you have none remaining.
Tenacious Roll. After you fail a check, save, or attack roll you can expend 1 Tenacity to reroll the d20. You can only reroll the d20 once per roll, whether through a Tenacious Roll or any other effect.
