Status Effect

Status Effects affect allies and enemies alike during combat alone. They can range from purely damaging down to immensely impede a heroes actions.

List of Effect

Status Effect	Description
Blinded	causes a unit to miss its next attack
Hidden	cannot be seen by enemies, ignores armor
Hobbled	-2 speed
Poisoned	Takes x true damage per turn (3 turns)
Stunned	does not act at all on their next turn. -20 dodge / -10 block
Engaged	forced to attack
Deafened	-x Bonus Damage & Potency
Pinned	Cannot move
Stasis	Cannot take any actions, cannot be attacked

Blinded

Blinded Father Fungus

Unit will miss their next attack. (1 Turn)

Specifics

• Cannot Stack

Abilities and Transformations

Celestial Hair:
Blinding Attacks. (Passive) Starlight shines forth from the hero's attack's. 25% chance for attacks to blind enemies.

Flashcone (Hunter Ability):
Action: Once per combat, the hero may throw a flashcone that blinds enemies in an area and deals damage to all affected creatures.

Interfusion Lamp:
Action: Amplify the radiance of this light source to excruciating levels, blinding enemies. The flare counts as an attack for flanking if it hits.

Starheart Belt:
When Hero takes damage, he has a 30% chance to blind the attacker.

Hidden

Hidden Hero

Unit cannot be seen by enemies. Damage dealt while hidden ignores all armor

Specifics

• Grayplane stays up indefinitely for the duration of combat
• If attacked or attacking then Grayplane will be cancelled

Abilities and Transformations

Silkstep (Hunter Ability):
Hunter enters Grayplane and ends their turn.

Enemies

Haunt (Drauven):
Specterstep: Every other turn, Haunt enters specterstep, causing the next attack against them to miss.

All Enemies:
Search: Every hero in a 2 tile radius will lose their hidden effect.

Hobbled

Hobbled Enemy

Speed temporarily reduced (1 Turn)

Specifics

• Hobbled can be stacked, increasing the duration
• Each stack of Hobbled adds another -2 speed until 1 speed is reached

Abilities and Transformations

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Enemies

Horn Child (Deepist):
Gang Up: (Passive) Flanking attacks hobble.

Special Enemies:
Unstoppable: Cannot be pinned or hobbled.

Poisoned

Poisoned Enemy

Unit is poisoned and takes damage every turn. (3 Turns)

Specifics

• The amount of Poison damage per turn can be stacked
• Poison damage is treated as true damage and ignores armor

Enemies

Dravonne (Drauven):
Dragonbreath: Breathes a cone of poison that is blocked by scenery in its path.

Scorier (Thrixl):
Toxic Spike: Scorier attacks their target, injecting them with Poison.

Drathic (Thrixl):
Dragonbreath: Breathes a cone of poison that is blocked by scenery in its path.

Stunned

Stunned Enemy

Unit is knocked off balance and won't take any actions for a turn. (1 Turn)

Specifics

• Stunned can be stacked, each stack of Stunned adds another Turn to the duration

Abilities and Transformations

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Engaged

Engaged Enemy

Enemy is engaged, and must attack caster. (1 Turn)

Specifics

• Only one enemy can be engaged at a time
• Warrior needs to keep up line of sight with the target

Abilities and Transformations

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Enemies

Batchby (Morthagi):
Morthagi Clamp: As a swift action, Batchby engages the target, forcing it to attack them.

Deafened

Deafened Heroes

-2 Bonus Damage and Potency (1 Turn)

Specifics

• Deafened cannot be stacked
• Shriek is an AoE ranged attack so multiple heroes can be targeted

Enemies

Terrorbird (Drauven):
Shriek: Deafens all enemies in a large cone, blocked by scenery in its path. (-2 Bonus Damage and Potency)

Dominated

Dominated Hero

On the enemy turn, this hero will move up to x tiles and attack an ally with a melee attack. Will not move through scenery. Adjacent allies can try to remove this effect. (2 Turns)

Specifics

• Engaged Heroes will only attack allies with melee attacks
• Allies have the chance to cure Dominated Heroes, success increases by relationship rank
• x tiles = heroes speed

Enemies

Muse (Thrixl):
Dominating Grasp: As a turn-ending action, Muse Dominates an enemy.

Orchadist (Thrixl):
Dominate: As a single action, grabs an enemy within 5 tiles of an interfused tree, pulling them in and Dominating them.

Pinned

Pinned Enemy

Unit cannot move, and defenses are lowered.

Specifics

• Pinned can be stacked
• Pinned enemies can still attack

Abilities and Transformations

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Enemies

True Gorgon (Gorgon):
Pinning Toxin: As a swift action, attacks and pins the target in place.

Seacaller (Gorgon):
Summon Seathings : Spawns up to 6 Tentacles on corrupted tiles. Tentacles Grab a nearby target, dragging them to itself and pinning them. Disappears after using Grab.

Special Enemies:
Unstoppable: Cannot be pinned or hobbled.

Stasis

Stasis locked Hero

Cannot take any actions, cannot be targeted by foes. Stasis can be removed by an adjacent ally.

Specifics

• Allies can free a Stasis locked Hero, spending one action point
• Invulnerable is added in addition to stasis. (This unit cannot be damaged)

Abilities and Transformations

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Enemies

Seeker (Thrixl):
Dreamtrap: Seeker puts an adjacent enemy into a dreamlike state, applying Stasis.