Action Points

The following rules text is adapted from the 3rd ed. Eberron Campaign Setting, p.45.

Action points provide a player with the means to alter d20 rolls in dramatic situations, reflecting the luck that can change crushing failure into heroic success. Your character has a limited number of action points, and you must use them wisely, since you don’t replenish this supply until your character attains a new level.

You can spend an action point to improve the result of an attack roll, a skill check, or a saving throw (including a death save). Certain feats allow you to spend action points in different ways, but this is their most basic use.

When you spend an action point, you add the result of a roll of 1d6 to your d20 roll to help you meet or exceed the target number for the roll. You can declare that you are spending an action point after you have already rolled the d20, but you must do so before the Dungeon Master reveals the result of your roll.

You can only use action points once in a round. No spell, power, or other special ability can allow a character to reroll an action point die.

If your character level is 8th or higher, you can roll more than one d6 when you spend an action point. If you do so, apply the highest result and disregard the other rolls. As a 15th-level character, for example, you can roll 3d6 and take the best result of the three. So, if you rolled 1, 2, and 4, you would apply the 4 to your d20 roll.

Character Level	Action Point Dice (d6) Rolled
1st–7th	1
8th–14th	2
15th–20th	3

At 1st level, you have 5 action points. Each time you attain a new level, you gain a fresh supply of action points equal to 5 + ½ your character level, rounded down. Any action points you didn’t spend at your previous level are lost.

Character Level	Action Point Maximum	Character Level	Action Point Maximum
1st	5	12th–13th	11
2nd–3rd	6	14th–15th	12
4th–5th	7	16th–17th	13
6th–7th	8	18th–19th	14
8th–9th	9	20th	15
10th–11th	10