Effects

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List of Effects

Effect	Description
deep dreaming	This creature is unresponsive.
psionically cleaved	-(Amount) MA
hyper-responsive	+ (amount) Quickness Will become sluggish soon.
ill	Doesn't regenerate hit points. Healing effects are only half as effective.
phase spider venom	Phased. (damage increment)/2 damage per turn. Doesn't regenerate hit points. Healing effects are only half as effective. Will become ill once the poison runs its course.
phased	Can't physically interact with creatures and objects unless they're also phased or omniphase. Can pass through solids.
acute blinking tic	There is a small chance each round that you randomly teleport to a nearby location.
flying	Can't be attacked in melee by non-flying creatures. Isn't affected by terrain. Fast travels much faster.
frenzied	+10 Quickness More likely to attack things.
pulsed	Deactivated (if robotic). Can't be activated (if artifact).
submerged	Staying underwater.
poisoned by gas	2 damage per turn.
poisoned	(DamageIncrement)/2 damage per turn. Doesn't regenerate hit points. Healing effects are only half as effective. Will become ill once the poison runs its course.
blind	Can't see.
choking on ash	2 damage per turn.
coated in plasma	-100 heat resistance -100 cold resistance -100 electric resistance Temperature does not passively return to ambient temperature Patting or rolling firefighting actions are 25% as effective Removes liquid coatings
exhaustion	Can't take actions.
glotrot	Tongue is rotting away. Starts bleeding when eating or drinking.
gleaming	Coruscating with the dim light of a trillion shattered suns.
ironshank	Leg bones are fusing at the joints. -(penalty) Move Speed +(penalty/15) AV Will continue to lose Move Speed and gain AV until Move Speed penalty reaches -80.
overburdened	Unable to move.
power skating	-5 DV (DV penalty applies only if sprinter doesn't have the Hurdle skill) Moves at 2X the normal speed. -10 to hit in melee combat.
stony	-1d6 Move Speed per turn for 14-18 turns. [total:- (debuff stacks)d6 Move Speed]
asleep (voluntary)
asleep	(if in sleep mode): In power conservation mode. -12 DV. Attackers receive +4 to penetration rolls. Will return to normal operations dazed if damage is taken. (if asleep): Unconscious. -12 DV. Attackers receive +4 to penetration rolls. Will wake up dazed if damage is taken.
terrified (psionic)
dazed	-4 Agility -4 Intelligence -10 Move Speed
enclosed	+# AV (if enclosing object confers an AV bonus or penalty) +# DV (if enclosing object confers a DV bonus or penalty) Inflicts / May inflict periodic damage. (if enclosing object causes damage) Must spend a turn exiting before moving. Exiting may not succeed, and is a task dependent on <attribute> (if enclosing object requires a save to exit) Exiting / Attempting to exit inflicts damage. (if enclosing object causes damage on exit attempts)
frozen	Can't take physical actions.
hobbled	-50% Move Speed
interdicted	-10 Move Speed
Lying on (object)
paralyzed	Can't move or attack. DV set to 0.
prone	-6 Agility. -5 DV. -80 move speed. Must spend a turn to stand up.
stunned by gas	(Density > 60): Can't take actions. (Density > 40): -60% Quickness (Density ≤ 40): -30% Quickness
stunned	Can't take actions. DV set to 0.
sitting	Improves natural healing rate. (chair level 5 or higher) Slightly improves natural healing rate. (chair level -9 to 4) Inflicts ongoing damage. (chair level -10 or lower) Aids in examining and disassembling artifacts. (chair level -1 or higher) Distracts from examining and disassembling artifacts. (chair level -3 or lower) -6 DV. Must spend a turn to stand up before moving.
grounded	Cannot fly.
itchy skin	Skin flakes and itches. Is something growing there?
blaze tonic	(if truekin): Immune to heat damage. Can't be frozen. +25% heat damage dealt. -50 Cold Resist +20 Quickness Temperature can't be increased by external heat sources. Must move around to avoid combusting and losing the effects of this tonic. (if mutant): Immune to heat damage. Can't be frozen. +25% heat damage dealt. -50 Cold Resist +10 Quickness Temperature can't be increased by external heat sources. Must move around to avoid combusting and losing the effects of this tonic.
bleeding	(damage amount) damage per turn.
bleeding	(damage amount) damage per turn.
broken	Can't be equipped or used.
budding	Will spawn a clone soon.
cleaved	-(Amount) AV
cracked	-(Amount) AV
disoriented	-(Level) DV -(Level) MA
lovesick	-6 Intelligence -6 Willpower -5 Move Speed
latched onto	Has been latched onto. Can't move without breaking free first.
rusted	Doesn't function properly and can't be equipped. Will erode into dust if rusted again.
shamed	-4 DV -4 Willpower -4 Ego -10% Quickness
sluggish	- (amount) Quickness
sore throat	Throat is sore and tongue is swollen.
war trance	+5 Quickness +6 Willpower
phosphorescent	Radiates light in radius 3.
berserk	100% chance to dismember with axes.
corrected vision	Can see things at normal distances.
covered in liquid	Covered in (amount) drams of (liquid name).
emboldened	+(4 * Leader's Ego Modifier) Hitpoints
greased	Can walk over webs without getting stuck.
Lost	Can't fast travel.
syphoned	(damage) life drained per turn.
shaken	-(Level) DV
springing	Sprints at thrice move speed.
sprinting	-5 DV (DV penalty applies only if sprinter doesn't have the Hurdle skill) Moves at 2X the normal speed. -10 to hit in melee combat.
stained by liquid	Stained by (liquid name).
stiff legs	Legs ache at the joints.
stuck	Can't move.
waking dream	Gain a level as this creature to wake pleasantly. Die or abandon character to wake fitfully.
covered in spores	2 damage per turn.
metabolizing	One or more procedurally generated cooking effects.
terrified	Fleeing in panic.
wakeful	Cannot fall asleep.
burning	(burning damage) damage per turn.
confused	Acts semi-randomly. -(Level) DV -(Level) MA -(MentalPenalty) to all mental attributes
inspired	The next time you cook a meal by choosing ingredients, you get a choice of three dynamically-generated effects to apply. You create a recipe for the chosen effect.
mutating	In the process of mutating.
shimmering	-60 Quickness Can see into dimensions half a step over.
omniphase	Physically interactive with both in-phase and out-of-phase creatures and objects.
proselytized	Recruited by another creature via proselytization.
blurry vision	Vision is blurred.
Monochrome	Sees shades of only a single color.