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'''Asphyxiation''' is an extremely rare form of damage caused by your character's sudden and painful inability to breathe. There are several sources:
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'''Asphyxiation''' ('''drowning''') is an extremely rare form of damage caused by the sudden and painful inability to breathe. There are several sources:
  
*Anyone struck by [[curare]] needles will take 2d6 points of asphyxiation damage, along with becoming [[poison]]ed and [[slow]]ed, unless they have poison or asphyxiation resistance.
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*[[Engulf]] attacks deal asphyxiation damage over time.
*Anyone struck by the [[Primal Wave]] spell will take heavy, partially irresistible asphyxiation damage. Amphibious [[species]] ([[merfolk]] and [[octopode]]s) and characters with asphyxiation resistance take 40% less damage than normal.
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*[[Drowned soul]]s and [[water nymph]]s deal asphyxiation damage through their melee attacks.
*The attacks of [[drowned soul]]s, [[water nymph]]s, and [[water elemental]]s deal asphyxiation damage, which is completely negated with asphyxiation resistance.
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*[[Primal Wave]] deals 50% physical, 50% asphyxiation damage.  
  
You can acquire asphyxiation resistance by playing an [[unbreathing]] species ([[mummy]], [[vampire]], [[ghoul]], [[gargoyle]], or grey [[draconian]]), or by being in [[Ice Form]], [[Statue Form]], [[Lich Form]], [[Tree Form]], [[Fungus Form]], or [[Wisp Form]].
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[[Amphibious]] and [[unbreathing]] creatures are completely immune to asphyxiation.
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==History==
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*Prior to [[0.27]], [[curare]] dealt asphyxiation damage. Amphibious creatures were not immune to curare's damage.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 15:49, 28 August 2023

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Asphyxiation (drowning) is an extremely rare form of damage caused by the sudden and painful inability to breathe. There are several sources:

Amphibious and unbreathing creatures are completely immune to asphyxiation.

History

  • Prior to 0.27, curare dealt asphyxiation damage. Amphibious creatures were not immune to curare's damage.