So, I've always been in the dark a bit in IRE games about obscure afflictions. It's not so much a combat thing as curiosity. For instance, when I finally learned what addiction did, my combat ability rose by... about zero. But I got a good laugh. So, somebody tell me the effects of worms, vapors, scabies or pox, exactly? Or hit me in-game with them.

I'm going to add to the list of mysterious afflictions. What do the following do:

powersink
addiction
weakness
rigormortis
hemiplegy
agoraphobia
pox
scabies
itch

I think I got all the weird ones for now. Let's not even get into some of the dreamweaving stuff.

Some of those I know. Powersink causes you to periodically lose some of your mana. Addiction (my favorite useless affliction) causes every sip you take to cost 2 sips out of your vial. Weakness I know prevents you from flying, and I believe causes warrior types to do less damage. Rigormortis is a nasty one, periodically one of your limbs becomes... mm, either paralysed or shriveled up, I forget which. Agoraphobia causes fear periodically while you're outside.

powersink - drains mana from you, to a random person in the room
addiction - see previous poster
weakness - can't sprint, fly, any endurance draining skill
rigormortis - over time, (faster than salve balance?) you get a broken limb, random limb
hemiplegy - can't use one side of body, means no attacks which are stopped by broken arm/leg
agoraphobia - fear of outside, opposite of claustrophobia
pox - damage over time
scabies - makes you itch randomly, breaking your balance
itch - see scabies

What does Worms do?

Wow. Thank you two.

I think worms eats whatever vials/herbs you drink/eat, causing you to waste them. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Worms I think makes you become hungry until you become starving.

You're pretty much right. I remember Silvanus eating a ton of food in Mag, yet was persistantly hungry and didn't know why. Turned out he had worms in his tummy.

Not a problem maytey, glad to help, really.

So then, my last one is vapors?

Itchies.. or scabies.. I can't remember which, is contageous.. Which is amusing when people are the the pool 'I can't heal this what is it' and then like everyone keeps getting it and only one person has a liniment vial in the entire city.

Vapors - Periodic blackout.

Scabies is contagious
As is pox.

Ha! I remember that, in the beginning of the public beta. This huge epidemic of scabies or pox would go around the Moonhart, and everybody would run around like maniacs until someone from the private betas would step up and quarantine the poor bugger.

I thought it made you lose consciousnous? Then they added blackout to the vapors hex, or something. Did they completely change the affliction?

Hmm, I seem to remember vapours always having given blackout...

Yup, always gives blackout and causes prone, I believe, when you get the blackout.

Vapors is a weird one. It seems to randomly (and rarely) black you out and knock to the floor all at once. I believe it won't ever black/knockdown if you are already prone though. Might be wrong on that last point.

actually, it drains mana too