What You See Is What You Get
Shadow Accord is a "What You See Is What You Get", or WYSIWYG LARP. This means that as much as humanly possible we represent what is going on with props, costumes, makeup, or sets.
Counted actions are nearly non-existent. If you cannot climb a tree, your character cannot climb a tree. If you can't run away from that pissed off Salubri, oops, you really shouldn't have taken his hat. This makes things pretty easy on you. What you see is, in fact, what you get. The exceptions to WYSIWYG are defined in the Rules.