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{{Stub}} [[Category: Pools]]

'''Pools''' are a type of derived statistic associated with [[characters]], based on [[Aptitudes]] the character has (and, in some cases, further modified). Pools serve XXX major roles in the game:
* Giving a numerical value for the character's player to manage that represents their limits, especially in the form of [[Hit Points]], and;
* Giving [[setting]] designers a means to modify the game engine easily for use with their setting (a role shared with skills).

== General Structure of a Pool ===

While all pools are different (and only [[Hit Points]] is universally expected to be present in any given game using Tarnished Tale rules), all pools have the same general attributes:
* '''Base Value''' which is best thought of as the maximum value of the pool. It is almost always expressed as a function, applying a multiplier to a base [[aptitude]]. The nature of that multiplier may be variable, and it may depend on [[landmark progression]] as a way to increase the size of the pool commensurate with the accumulation of ability by the character in question.
* '''Recovery Rate''', which governs the rule by which the point total will grow toward the Base Value. This is expressed as a "recovery" rate because the standard assumption is that you have spent the pool down from the base rate in some way, such as by taking damage.
* '''Starting Value''' which may not be the same as the base rate, but often is. For example, some pools representing magical abilities might start at 0 when unlocked.

A pool may also have an unlock condition, which is the rule that governs whether or not a character even has access to such a pool. For example, in the Wisteria [[setting]], the magical pools are assumed to not be locked until a certain ritual requirement is performed. Such a condition can literally be anything and is at the discretion of the setting designer.

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