Agony

• Lasts 10 seconds.
• Roleplay extreme pain (stumble, clutch, cry out, etc.).
• No offensive actions (no attacks or abilities).
• Defensive actions allowed (block, parry, dodge).

Avoidance

• Maintain at least 5 feet from the caster.
• No aggressive actions toward the caster.
• Ends immediately if the caster takes aggressive action toward you.

Charm

• Treat caster as a trusted friend.
• Help them, protect if attacked, provide useful info.
• Not required to join hostile actions they initiate.

Confuse

• You do not recognize anyone.
• Roleplay confusion (scared, angry, paranoid, etc.).
• If combat starts, you may cut through anyone to escape.

Curse

• Your spirit count becomes 5 minutes.
• Lasts until removed by an appropriate effect.

Death

• Skip unconscious and bleed-out phases.
• Immediately begin your spirit count.
• Extremely rare; typically story-driven.

Destroy

• Struck weapon or shield becomes unusable.
• Must be repaired before use.

Dislodge

• Requires a two-handed weapon.
• When you strike a shield, the target must drop it immediately.

Dispel

• Cancels Destruction, Evocation, and Control spells on target.
• Removes negative arcane effects (e.g., Root, Charm).
• Disables all magical items on target until Refresh.

Dodge

• You must be facing the attacker.
• Negates a single incoming attack.
• Represents an evasive step or slip.

Dominate

• Your will is completely broken.
• You must obey all commands from the caster.
• No resisting or loopholing the orders.

Fear

• Immediately flee from the caster.
• Ends after 10 seconds out of line of sight or if you take damage.

Greater

• Augment attached to another skill.
• That skill cannot be Dodged, Parried, or Resisted.

Hurl

• You are knocked back 5 large steps.
• If you cannot complete the steps (pinned), you are stunned for X seconds (X = missed steps).

Immune

• The attack has no effect on you.
• Call “Immune.”

Intervene

• You take the damage/effect intended for your chosen ally.
• The aggressor’s attack is applied to you instead.

Knockout

• You are unconscious for 5 minutes.
• Awaken early if you take damage.
• Awaken early if someone does more than a basic search/loot on you.

Lethal

• If struck and dropped, bypass unconscious and bleed-out.
• Immediately begin your spirit count.

Maim

• Must strike a limb (arm or leg).
• That limb becomes unusable until fixed.
• If a leg is maimed, drop to one knee and cannot move without assistance.

Malady

• You cannot be healed or cleansed.
• Represents disease; lasts 1 hour.

Obliterate Mind

• You permanently forget the last 15 minutes.
• These memories cannot be restored by any means.

Paralyze

• You cannot move or speak.
• You are considered helpless.

Parry

• Negates a melee strike to your limbs.
• You must be facing the attacker and holding a weapon.

Peace

• You may take no aggressive actions.
• Taking damage immediately ends the effect.

Pierce

• Augment attached to another skill.
• That attack bypasses all magical armors.

Recoil

• The aggressor suffers the effect instead of the target.

Reduce

• Reduces damage of the incoming attack to 1.

Reflect

• Both the aggressor and the defender suffer the effect.

Resist

• The attack has no immediate effect.
• Effect may still apply later (e.g., delayed poison).

Resurrect / Revive

• Returns a recently deceased spirit to life.
• Restores with 1 Vitality and 0 Energy.
• Requires the spirit to be present and at least one belonging of the spirit.

Reveal

• Called while searching a person or container.
• Cancels Conceal, revealing hidden items/effects.

Root

• One leg is pinned to the ground.
• You cannot move that leg for the duration.

Sever Soul

• You cannot be healed, resurrected, or cleansed of status effects.
• Permanent until your soul is restored by specific means.

Silence

• Must strike the torso to apply.
• You cannot speak or cast spells until removed.

Slow

• Must strike the legs to apply.
• You may only move at a slow walking pace.
• You cannot carry another person while slowed.

Stun

• You are motionless for 10 seconds.
• Any damage taken ends the effect immediately.

Terror

• You cower in fear for 1 minute.
• You cannot move, speak, or attack.
• If the caster damages you, the effect ends immediately.

Trauma

• Must strike the torso to apply.
• You are Silenced and Slowed.
• If reduced to 0 Vitality while under Trauma, immediately begin spirit count.

Weakness

• You cannot run or use abilities until Refresh.
• Any maintained buffs you have are considered dispelled.