Status Effects

There are many status effects out there, each of them harmful. They can alter a being's capabilities in a variety of ways and often come about because of special abilities, such as spells or ESP. While status effects rarely if ever lead to direct damage, they linger and harm the one suffering from them in much more insidious ways. In that sense, they are just as important to keep in mind and make use of as direct damage.

A status effect lasts until its duration runs out (depending on its source) or until it is healed with an ability that is powerful enough to do so. If multiple status effects fall upon a being at the same time, they do not mix. Each has its own duration and own effect, and they will not interact with each other.

Here is a list of basic status effects and what they do. If come up with your own effects, you can suggest them as part of your abilities.

Blinded

1. Any skill or activity (such as Perception) that requires sight will automatically fail.
2. Unless countered by something, one's attack Accuracy Score is an automatic 0.

Charmed

1. The charmed being cannot attack or harm the one who has charmed them with any abilities or attacks.
2. The charmed being is much more likely to tell them information that they'd otherwise keep hidden.

Deafened

1. Any skill or activity (such as Perception) that requires hearing will automatically fail.

Fatigue

A special condition that gains levels, which bring additional problems to an already bothersome status effect.

1. Level 1: Halve all Skill Ranks (rounding down to a minimum of 1)
2. Level 2: Halve your movement speed.
3. Level 3: Halve your Accuracy and Dodge score.
4. Level 4: Halve your HP maximum.
5. Level 5: Movement speed becomes 0.
6. Level 6: You become Unconcsious. You require proper 4 hours of Rest to recover back to Level 5. If your Rest is still interrupted by something and you continue to exert yourself, you will soon gain another Level of Fatigue.
7. Level 7: You die.

Frightened

1. A frightened being halves its Accuracy score while the source of the fear is within line of sight.
2. A frightened being cannot move closer to the source of its fear.

Incapacitated

You are at the death's door thanks to the wounds suffered in a battle, and do not have long to live anymore.

1. You cannot move or act.
2. Your mind has only speck of consciousness left, though it cannot be used for anything.
3. An enemy can perform Coup-de-Grace on you, meaning that they can kill you with their next attack if they so wish.

Invisible

You disappear from sight and cannot be visually seen.

1. You cannot be targeted by abilities that require you to be seen, unless the user has a Perception Rank that can contest your Invisibility Rank, as if a Skill Contest.
2. The enemy's ACC for attack rolls against you is considered 0, unless the attacker has a Perception Rank that can contest your Invisibility Rank, as if a Skill Contest. In this case it is simply halved (Rounded down to minimum of 1).
3. You gain plus modifiers to your Stealth Rolls depending on the environment.
4. If you proceed to attack or use an ability, your Invisibility ends.

Paralyzed

1. A paralyzed being is incapacitated and cannot move or speak.
2. A paralyzed being halves their Dodge score against any attack.
3. Any melee attack that hits a paralyzed creature is counted as a critical hit.

Petrified

1. The being is transformed, along with everything it is wearing or carrying, into stone.
2. The being in question is incapacitated, cannot move or speak, and is unaware of its surroundings.
3. The being has Resistance to all damage.

Poisoned

1. The poisoned being takes a certain amount of damage at the start of its Turn, depending on the Rank of the ability that inflicted the poison.

Prone

1. Your Dodge Score is halved when Prone..
2. Your Accuracy Score is halved when Prone.
3. The exception to the rule above is when using guns that require two hands to wield and are meant for long-range sniping. In case of those (this is determined by the GM upon creating such gun), ACC is instead increased by +2.
4. Your movement speed is halved (rounded down to a minimum of 1).
5. You must use half your movement (rounded down to a minimum of 1) to get back up.

Restrained

1. A restrained being's movement speed becomes 0.
2. A restrained being cannot move its limbs properly, disallowing many actions.
3. A restrained being halves their Dodge score.

Stunned

1. A stunned being is incapacitated, cannot move and can only speak falteringly.
2. A stunned being has their Dodge Score decreased to 0.

Unconscious

You fall unconscious and become unable to act thanks to your dazed out mind.

1. You cannot more or act, except for involuntary spasms.
2. Your Dodge Score is 0.
3. Your mind exists in a dream-like state. Indeed, dreaming is a form of Unconsciousness.
4. Any attack that hits you is an automatical Critical Hit towards you.
5. Any damage you take wakes you up from this state.