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 ===== Actions and Action Resolution =====
+Whenever a character’s actions have an uncertain (i.e., interesting) result, you’ll roll dice.
 The core [[schismata:glossary#action_resolution|Action Resolution]] mechanic is to:
-  - Commit at least one [[schismata:glossary#action_die|Action Die]] to perform the [[schismata:glossary#action|Action]].
+  - Build your Action Pool
-  - Add more dice to increase the effect or potency.
+    - An Action Pool consists of all the Effort Dice spent to power the Action, plus or minus any [[schismata:glossary#circumstance_dice|Circumstance Dice]].
-  - Add and remove dice based on [[schismata:glossary#circumstance_dice|Circumstances]].
+    - Minimum: At least one Effort Point is required.
+    - Maximum: You cannot spend more Effort Dice than the current number of points in the Ability Action Pool you are using for the Action.
+    - Effort Points are resources you will spend by drawing from an Ability Action Pool related to the Action. Effort Points will be subtracted from that Ability Action Pool.
+    - Circumstance Dice cannot reduce an Action Roll below one, nor can they reduce the minimum points spent for the Action Roll.
+  - Roll the Action Pool dice to perform the Action and determine the outcome.
+    - Any result on the dice that is equal to or less than the maximum value of the Ability Action Pool that powered it is a success.
+    - Any result that exceeds the maximum value of the Ability Action pool that powered the Action is a failure.
+    - Count the total successes. In many cases, only a single success is necessary to succeed in an Action Roll. In the remaining cases, more successes are necessary, or more successes provide greater benefit.