Antianti

I don't know if this has been proposed (or tried extensively elsewhere), but I would like to see is a long term stamina and a short term stamina a.k.a "breath". Short term stamina would be the reduced from sprinting, swinging your warhammer size of a watermelon around for solid ten minutes etc. Effect would be immediate as you "run out of breath", making you slower, less dexterous and draining your strength in general. However it would also be recovered fast after the battles, as you have time to catch your breath, or slightly even during the battles in moments of less activity. How fast it would be recovered (or lost during activity) would depend on your long term stamina. Long term stamina would be the general level of exhaustion, you lose this stamina slowly in all the strenuous activities. Fighting waves of monsters or strolling a temple of doom for the whole long afternoon with no time for a nap. It could also be affected if you get badly wounded (bleeding from your neck kind of tires you), poisoned and (and if it would be included) had no proper food or drink for a long time. Naturally long term stamina would be recovered in rest. (Maybe also helped temporarily with drugs/spells/potions in desperate moments, with some side-effects after.)