The Drama Pool

• There are two Drama Pools, one for the Villains, and one for the Heroes. (Note that non-villainous NPCs cannot draw on any Drama Pools.) All stones in Drama Pools are red stones.
• The Heroes' Drama Pool starts with one stone for every player character.
• The Villains' Drama Pool starts with one stone for every player character, plus one stone for every rank of EITHER: Wealth, Intelligence or Influence that the main villain of the scenario has. If there is a team of villains, they must pick a single stat from a single villain.
• The Drama Pool provides extra red stones to any Action at any time. The normal "cap" of the Action Number still applies, and you cannot use more red stones from your Drama Pool than you are using from your own Energy Pool. (Put another way, at least half of the red stones you are putting in the Action must be from your Energy Pool.)
• When Villains spend a stone out of their Drama Pool, one is added to the Heroes' Drama Pool. (The reverse is not true.)
• When a Hero faces a Limitation, a red stone is added to the Drama Pool.
• When a Hero takes blue stone damage, a red stone is added to the Drama Pool. (Only one stone is added no matter how many stones of damage the Hero suffers.)
• Drama Pools are restarted after every Mission.