Combat Exhaustion

Applies exhaustion to a character when healed from the downed state. Depending on your settings, exhaustion may be applied immediately or held until the end of combat. A save can optionally be required before any exhaustion is applied.

When Is Exhaustion Applied?

• After Combat (Queued) (Default) — Each time a character goes down, 1 level is added to a tracker. All tracked levels are applied when combat ends.
• During Combat Only (Immediately) — Exhaustion is applied the moment a character gets back up. Only triggers during active combat.
• Always (Immediately) — Exhaustion is applied immediately whenever a character goes down, even outside of combat.

Trigger on First Death Save Failure

When enabled, the exhaustion trigger shifts from the moment a character gets back up to the moment they fail their first death saving throw. Works alongside whichever exhaustion mode is selected — for example, in After Combat mode it tracks the number of first death save failures and applies them all at the end of combat.

Require a Save to Avoid Exhaustion

When enabled, a save is prompted before exhaustion is applied. Pass the save and exhaustion is avoided entirely. The DC is set by Base Save DC below.

• Disabled (Default) — No save required, exhaustion is applied automatically.
• CON Save — Uses the character’s Constitution modifier.
• Flat d20 — An unmodified die roll with no ability modifiers.

Base Save DC

The base difficulty for the save roll. When using After Combat: Exhaustion Mode with a save, this DC increases by 1 for each time the character went down during the fight. (e.g. Base DC 10, went down 3 times = DC 13.) Set to 0 to disable all combat exhaustion triggers while keeping Long Rest Quality and Ruleset Swap active.

After Combat: Exhaustion Mode

Only applies when set to After Combat (Queued). Controls how much exhaustion is applied at the end of combat and whether a save is required:

• No Save — All Exhaustions — No roll required. Applies 1 level of exhaustion per down automatically.
• Save — Single Exhaustion — One save at the scaled DC. Fail = 1 level, regardless of how many times the character went down.
• Save — Stacked Exhaustion — One save at the scaled DC. Fail = 1 level per down.

Long Rest Quality

When enabled, the GM is prompted to choose a rest quality tier at the start of each long rest, determining how much exhaustion is recovered.

• Standard Rest — Rough sleeping, camping, or a basic tavern. Recover 1 exhaustion.
• Comfortable Rest — A private room at a good inn or similarly comfortable lodging. Recover 2 exhaustion.
• Luxury Rest — A luxury suite at a fine inn, bathhouse, or accommodations with exceptional comfort and care. Recover 3 exhaustion.

Compatible with the Rest Recovery module. If a player initiates the rest, they will wait while the GM selects the quality. The GM can cancel the rest from the dialog, which cancels it for all players.

Swap Exhaustion Ruleset

When enabled, flips exhaustion to the opposite of your active dnd5e ruleset:

• 2014 (legacy) → Applies 2024 rules: –2 to all d20 tests per level, –5 ft speed per level.
• 2024 (modern) → Applies 2014 rules: disadvantage on checks, halved speed, halved HP max, speed 0, then death.

Default behaviour is unchanged when this setting is off. Requires a reload.