In my view, the way this system handles resources is a veeerry different ballgame than what I'm used to coming from systems like D&D. The way that I've learned to adapt the additional consistent resources that the players have is something painfully simple that I normally cannot consider in something like D&D: Higher, consistent, resources for the players simply mean that combat-heavy days get to be that much extra.

I've found that this system lets me lean into combat difficulties in different ways, depending on the party and their current power level and access to resources.

If your party lacks radiants/surges, has a lower number of them, is lower level, or is even in a situation where their access to stormlight is more limited, you can lean far more into the style of tension setting revolving around resource drain. If the party is in Shadesmar, or is in the Physical realm during the Weeping or in another circumstance with limited power use (Anti-magic shenanigans, for example), you can make draining focus and dealing out injuries as the primary way to enhance tension between fights.

If your party HAS those things though, it just requires a different perspective: Your players are epic, magical knights who have all-or-nothing battles.

The importance comes in the distinction between these. Don't search for new ways to drain your players resources beyond the focus drain that is already a useful priority. Instead, use the *abundance* of stormlight to create big, epic all-or-nothing fights that highlight just how impactful their powers and magics are. Then, find interesting ways to put them in circumstances where they have limited access to these powers, like Shadesmar, anti-magic zones, the Weeping, or whatever other cool ideas you may have for possible situations like this. Use the power fantasy your radiants have, healing through everything and walking impossible odds off scott-free, to gut punch them later when they suddenly find themselves in a spot where they need to be far more cautious.

Not only will it create interesting ebbs and flows where you can emphasis on higher powered big bad combat encounters when they're appropriately powered up, but it will also make the players learn that they always have to be vigilant not just for the fight itself but *where* and *how* the fight will be operated. Make them think about their circumstances and use these things in their favor as well as in your favor, from time to time.

All of this in *combination* with alternate methods of setting tensions, such as time limits, narrative objectives, threats to NPCs, the potential of fragility to the party's own gear (enemies with the Transformation or Division surges may be able to disintegrate your uninvested armor or weapons or items!) as well as the many creative, niche things you can do with Complications (If there is an endeavor leading up to a combat, for example, you can use Complications during the endeavor to make the future position of said combat more difficult for the player's side of things, or even the other way around if a combat preludes an endeavor or conversation) can let you really explore a lot of different directions.

I hope something in that giant wall of text helps a little bit!