Vulnerability (status effect)

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Vulnerability is a status effect which temporarily reduces the magic resistance of its victim, making them more susceptible to many Hexes and similar effects. Although player-available sources of it are rare, hexers can make good use of it to aid in disabling certain high-MR opponents. Just be aware that monsters with exceptionally high MR may still be fairly resistant afterwards, and that magic-immune opponents are entirely unaffected.

Sources

• Reading a scroll of vulnerability (affects everything in line of sight, yourself included)
• Strip Resistance
• The melee attacks of phantasmal warriors (which the player can get access to through the Haunt spell)