Effort

When you perform a test, you commit effort. The more effort you commit to a test, the more likely it is to succeed.

Your committed effort is equal to all effort committed from any sources in step 2 of the test.

Your resulting effort is equal to your committed effort with any modifiers from the challenge card or other effects applied. When the results of tests and other effects that scale off of the "effort" of a test, they scale off of this resulting effort.