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Exhaustion is a component of skill activation cost that temporarily reduces the character's maximum energy.

Mechanics
Whenever a character begins activating a skill with an exhaustion cost, the character's maximum energy is immediately reduced by the specified amount. This is represented as a grayed-out section on the right end of the energy bar, similar to how Deep Wound affects the health bar.

It is possible for exhaustion to reduce a character's maximum energy below 0: if the character had already exhausted themselves to a maximum energy of 2, then cast a spell with an exhaustion cost of 10, they would then have a maximum energy of –8.

Exhaustion is recovered at a rate of 1 energy every 3 seconds. For example, it would take 15 seconds to fully recover from casting a spell with an exhaustion cost of 5. Like all status effects, exhaustion is also removed completely whenever you enter a new zone.

Skills that inflict exhaustion

 * Player skills:
 * All spells cast by the hexed foe cost 10 exhaustion.
 * All skills that have an exhaustion cost cause an additional 10 exhaustion.
 * Inflicts 10 exhaustion if it interrupts a spell.


 * Monster skills and effects:
 * All hexed foes suffer 10 exhaustion when using any skill that costs energy.
 * inflicts exhaustion every 30 seconds.
 * causes all spells to inflict exhaustion.

Skills that reduce exhaustion

 * : Eliminates the exhaustion cost for your next 1...3 spells, in addition to reducing the energy cost and boosting your elemental attributes.

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