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| − | '''Sickness''' is a [[status effect]] that prevents characters from naturally healing [[HP]] until it wears off. Sick characters may also occasionally | + | '''Sickness''' is a [[status effect]] that prevents characters from naturally healing [[HP]] until it wears off. Sick characters may also occasionally suffer a single point of temporary [[stat]] damage ("Your disease is taking its toll"). |
The colour of the word "Sick" gives some indication of how long it will take to wear off (red -> pink -> yellow), at which point it will go away on its own. Sickness heals slower if hungry. | The colour of the word "Sick" gives some indication of how long it will take to wear off (red -> pink -> yellow), at which point it will go away on its own. Sickness heals slower if hungry. | ||
==Sources of Sickness== | ==Sources of Sickness== | ||
| − | *Being | + | *Being within [[line of sight]] of an [[ancient zyme]]. |
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*Casting the [[Haunt]] spell. | *Casting the [[Haunt]] spell. | ||
| − | *Drinking a [[potion of blood]] without being a [[vampire]] or having the [[Carnivore]] [[mutation]] may cause sickness. | + | *Drinking a [[potion of blood]] without being a [[vampire]] or having the [[Carnivore]] [[mutation]] may occasionally cause sickness. |
==Dealing With Sickness== | ==Dealing With Sickness== | ||
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*[[Regeneration]] will make sickness pass more quickly. | *[[Regeneration]] will make sickness pass more quickly. | ||
*The [[sustain abilities]] [[intrinsic]] will prevent all attribute loss during sickness. | *The [[sustain abilities]] [[intrinsic]] will prevent all attribute loss during sickness. | ||
| − | + | *[[Rotting]] resistance also confers resistance to sickness. All [[undead]] species and monsters have rotting resistance, as do [[nonliving]], [[insubstantial]], [[demonic]], and [[holy]] creatures. Certain [[demonspawn]] may get rotting resistance as one of their [[demonspawn mutations]]. | |
| − | *[[Rotting]] resistance also confers resistance to sickness. All [[undead]] species and monsters have rotting resistance, as do [[nonliving]], [[insubstantial]], [[demonic]], and [[holy]] creatures. Certain [[demonspawn]] may get rotting resistance as | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | Prior to [[0. | + | Prior to [[0.10]], eating contaminated chunks would occasionally cause you to become sick. [[Saprovore]]s were partially protected from this. In [[0.13]], [[nausea]] was introduced as an intermediate step between health and sick. Eating food while nauseous would occasionally induce sickness, but had few downsides on its own. |
| − | + | Prior to [[0.13]], sickness was one of the many unique [[needle]] [[brand]]s. | |
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| + | Prior to [[0.15]], [[kobold]]s would recover from sickness more quickly than other species. | ||
[[Category:Status effects]] | [[Category:Status effects]] | ||
Revision as of 20:06, 5 January 2015
Version 0.15: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.
Sickness is a status effect that prevents characters from naturally healing HP until it wears off. Sick characters may also occasionally suffer a single point of temporary stat damage ("Your disease is taking its toll").
The colour of the word "Sick" gives some indication of how long it will take to wear off (red -> pink -> yellow), at which point it will go away on its own. Sickness heals slower if hungry.
Sources of Sickness
- Being within line of sight of an ancient zyme.
- Casting the Haunt spell.
- Drinking a potion of blood without being a vampire or having the Carnivore mutation may occasionally cause sickness.
Dealing With Sickness
- Quaffing a potion of curing cures sickness.
- Regeneration will make sickness pass more quickly.
- The sustain abilities intrinsic will prevent all attribute loss during sickness.
- Rotting resistance also confers resistance to sickness. All undead species and monsters have rotting resistance, as do nonliving, insubstantial, demonic, and holy creatures. Certain demonspawn may get rotting resistance as one of their demonspawn mutations.
History
Prior to 0.10, eating contaminated chunks would occasionally cause you to become sick. Saprovores were partially protected from this. In 0.13, nausea was introduced as an intermediate step between health and sick. Eating food while nauseous would occasionally induce sickness, but had few downsides on its own.
Prior to 0.13, sickness was one of the many unique needle brands.
Prior to 0.15, kobolds would recover from sickness more quickly than other species.
