Drawbacks and Drawback Level

Drawback level is figured into the point level of a stunt. In most cases, a drawback can be added to a stunt to lower the point level with Narrator approval.

Fatiguing (-1): Risk fatigue if your save fails.

Exhausting (-2): Action automatically fatigues you.

Self-damaging (-1): Action causes nonlethal damage to the user.

Self-wounding (-2): Action causes lethal damage to the user.

Spend Focus (-1): Action requires the release of mental focus.

Spend Elan (-1): Action requires spending a point of Elan.

Spend Conviction (-3): Action requires spending a point of Conviction.

Scaling (-1): Action has a Difficulty that rises with each use.

Quick Scaling (-2): As Scaling, but Difficulty rises rapidly with each use.

Step Maneuver (-1): Action can be performed as part of a series of steps. In other words, a Step Maneuver can only be used once per encounter normally. Feats, stunts, or other abilities can allow characters to recover Step Maneuvers before the end of the encounter.