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Does using an exhaust ability cost an action?
The designer answered this directly on the BGG forum.
- Imperium: Classics rulebook · Rulebook · Using Exhaust Abilities
- TDaver · Designer · 2022-10-13
- alphasyndrome · Community · 2022-10-13
- bucklen_uk · Designer · 2021-12-22
No. It costs one exhaustion token, not an action token, unless that particular ability tells you to spend an action. Playing a pinned card costs one action, its exhaust ability is paid with a token, and a few cards (certain Qin and Olmec ones) also ask you to spend an action as part of the effect.