6.7 Catching Your Breath

Once the Action Pool runs empty, the character is seriously vulnerable. If the character takes an action (strike, achievement, power) while not having any action dice left, she takes a wound due to exhaustion. She can, however, catch her breath for 1 round to regain 2 action dice.

Catching your breath means the character cannot take an action for that round. It’s okay to pass even if your Action Pool is not empty to gain back 2 action dice, up to your Action Pool’s maximum (10 by default).

The action dice are earned at the end of the character’s turn. This might matter when conditions or powers take away some of the character’s action dice.