Breath

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You are catching your breath, and are unable to use your innate breath ability until the status expires.

Breath is a status effect which prevents the use of breath- or spit- based attacks for its duration. It acts as a cooldown timer for these abilities, but it does not impact spells or any other type of ability.

The following player abilities cause and are affected by Breath:

• Draconian breath attacks from being an XL 7 Draconian (1 + 1d10 + 1d(30 - XL) turns)
  • The Fire Breath attack from being in Dragon Form (same duration)
• The Spit Poison attack from being a Naga (3-7 turns)

Monsters may also gain the Breath status; any spell with the breath flag is subject to a Breath cooldown. Examples of monsters with breath spells include dragons and ironbound convokers. For monsters, Breath always lasts for 1-5 turns.