status effects
Temporary character ailments
Status effects are temporary conditions applied to characters in video games that alter their abilities or stats.
Positive effects like buffs increase power or speed; negative effects like poison, paralysis, or burning reduce health or limit actions.
The boss inflicts a nasty bleed status effect.
Managing status effects—applying them to enemies, curing them on allies—is central to combat strategy in RPGs and other genres.
- stunDaze by force
- crowd controlRegulating gathered masses
- buffAvid fan; also burnish
- doomUnavoidable grim fate
- ailmentsPhysical disorders or illnesses
regeneration · burn · petrification · poisons · freeze · berserk · confusion · paralysis · invincibility · resistance · charms · bleed · weakness · vulnerability · silence · curse · blindness · drain
- RPG mechanicsmin-maxing, level up, XP, HP, power leveling
- combat mechanicsmelee, melee attack, ranged attack, damage, combos
- roguelikespermadeath, procedural generation, runs, roguelite, restart loop
- game movesmove, dodge, play, pass, block
- RPGsDungeons and Dragons, Final Fantasy, Skyrim, GM, Baldur's Gate