Ability Damaged: The character has temporarily lost 1 or more ability score points. Lost points return at a rate of 1 per day unless noted otherwise by the condition dealing the damage.

A character with Strength 0 falls to the ground and is helpless.

A character with Dexterity 0 is paralyzed.

A character with Constitution 0 is dead.

A character with Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma 0 is unconscious.

Ability damage is different from penalties to ability scores, which go away when the conditions causing them go away.

Also see Ability Score Loss.

Ability Drained: The character has permanently lost 1 or more ability score points.

The character can regain these points only through magical means.

A character with Strength 0 falls to the ground and is helpless.

A character with Dexterity 0 is paralyzed.

A character with Constitution 0 is dead.

A character with Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma 0 is unconscious.

Also see Ability Score Loss.

Blinded: The character cannot see.

He takes a –2 penalty to Armor Class,

loses his Dexterity bonus to AC (if any),

moves at half speed,

and takes a –4 penalty on Search checks and on most Strength- and Dexterity-based skill checks.

All checks and activities that rely on vision (such as reading and Spot checks) automatically fail.

All opponents are considered to have total concealment (50% miss chance) to the blinded character.

Characters who remain blinded for a long time grow accustomed to these drawbacks and can overcome some of them.

Blown Away: Depending on its size, a creature can be blown away by winds of high velocity.

A creature on the ground that is blown away is knocked down and rolls 1d4 x 10 feet, taking 1d4 points of nonlethal damage per 10 feet.

A flying creature that is blown away is blown back 2d6 x 10 feet and takes 2d6 points of nonlethal damage due to battering and buffering.

Checked: Prevented from achievingforward motion by an applied force, such as wind.

Checked creatures on the ground merely stop.

Checked flying creatures move back a distance specified in the description of the effect.

Confused: A confused character’s actions are determined by rolling d% at the beginning of his turn:

01–10, attack caster with melee or ranged weapons (or close with caster if attacking is not possible);

11–20, act normally;

21–50, do nothing but babble incoherently;

51–70, flee away from caster at top possible speed;

71–100, attack nearest creature (for this purpose, a familiar counts as part of the subject’s self ).

A confused character who can’t carry out the indicated action does nothing but babble incoherently.

Attackers are not at any special advantage when attacking a confused character.

Any confused character who is attacked automatically attacks its attackers on its next turn, as long as it is still confused when its turn comes.

A confused character does not make attacks of opportunity against any creature that it is not already devoted to attacking (either because of its most recent action or because it has just been attacked).

Cowering: The character is frozen in fear and can take no actions.

A cowering character takes a –2 penalty to Armor Class and loses her Dexterity bonus (if any).

Dazed: The creature is unable to act normally. A dazed creature can take no actions, but has no penalty to AC.

A dazed condition typically lasts 1 round.

Dazzled: The creature is unable to see well because of overstimulation of the eyes.

A dazzled creature takes a –1 penalty on attack rolls, Search checks, and Spot checks.

Dead: The character’s hit points are reduced to –10, his Constitution drops to 0, or he is killed outright by a spell or effect.

The character’s soul leaves his body.

Dead characters cannot benefit from normal or magical healing, but they can be restored to life via magic.

A dead body decays normally unless magically preserved, but magic that restores a dead character to life also restores the body either to full health or to its condition at the time of death (depending on the spell or device). Either way, resurrected characters need not worry about rigor mortis, decomposition, and other conditions that affect dead bodies.

Deafened: A deafened charactercannot hear.

She takes a –4 penalty on initiative checks,

automatically fails Listenchecks,

and has a 20% chance of spell failure when castingspells with verbal components.

Characters who remain deafened for along time grow accustomed to these drawbacks and can overcome some ofthem.

Disabled: A character with 0 hit points, or one who has negative hit points but has become stable and conscious, is disabled.

A disabled character may take a single move action or standard action each round (but not both, nor can she take full-round actions).

She moves at half speed.

Taking move actions doesn’t risk further injury, but performing any standard action (or any other action the DM deems strenuous, including some free actions such as casting a quickened spell) deals 1 point of damage after the completion of the act. Unless the action increased the disabled character’s hit points, she is now in negative hit points and dying.

A disabled character with negative hit points recovers hitpoints naturally if she is being helped. Otherwise, each day she has a 10% chance to start recovering hit points naturally (starting with thatday); otherwise, she loses 1 hit point.

Once an unaided character starts recovering hit points naturally, she is no longer in danger oflosing hit points (even if her current hit points are negative).

Dying: A dying character is unconscious and near death.

She has –1 to –9 current hit points.

A dying character can take no actions and is unconscious.

At the end of each round (starting with the round in which the character dropped below 0 hit points), the character rolls d% to see whether she becomes stable.

She has a 10% chance to become stable. If she does not, she loses 1 hit point.

If a dying character reaches –10 hit points, she is dead.

Energy Drained: The character gains one or more negative levels, which might permanentlydrain the character’s levels.

If the subject has at least as many negative levels as Hit Dice, he dies.

Each negative level gives a creature the following penalties:

–1 penalty on attack rolls, saving throws, skill checks, ability checks;

loss of 5 hit points; and

–1 to effective level (for determining the power, duration, DC, and other details of spells or special abilities).

In addition, a spellcasterloses one spell or spell slot from the highest spell level castable.

Also see Energy Drain and Negative Levels.

Entangled: The character is ensnared.

Being entangled impedes movement, but does not entirely prevent it unless the bonds are anchored to an immobile object or tethered by an opposing force.

An entangled creature moves at half speed,

cannot run or charge,

and takes a –2 penalty on all attack rolls

and a –4 penalty to Dexterity.

An entangled character who attempts to cast a spell must make a Concentration check (DC 15 + the spell’s level) or lose the spell.

Exhausted: An exhausted character moves at half speed

and takes a –6 penalty to Strength and Dexterity.

After 1 hour of complete rest, an exhausted character becomes fatigued.

A fatigued character becomes exhausted by doing something else that would normally cause fatigue.

Fascinated: A fascinated creature is entranced by a supernatural or spell effect.

The creature stands or sits quietly, taking no actions other than to pay attention to the fascinating effect, for as long as the effect lasts.

It takes a –4 penalty on skill checks made as reactions, such as Listen and Spotchecks.

Any potential threat, such as a hostile creature approaching, allows the fascinated creature a new saving throw against the fascinating effect.

Any obvious threat, such as someone drawing a weapon, casting a spell, or aiming a ranged weapon at the fascinated creature, automatically breaks the effect.

A fascinated creature’s ally may shake it free of the spell as a standard action.

Fatigued: A fatigued character can neither run nor charge

and takes a –2 penalty to Strength and Dexterity.

Doing anything that would normally cause fatigue causes the fatigued character to become exhausted.

After 8 hours of complete rest,fatigued characters are no longer fatigued.

Flat-Footed: A character who has not yet acted during a combat is flat-footed, not yet reacting normally to the situation.

A flat-footed character loses his Dexterity bonus to AC (if any) and cannot make attacks of opportunity.

Frightened: A frightened creature flees from the source of its fear as best it can.

If unable to flee, it may fight.

A frightened creature takes a –2 penalty on all attack rolls, saving throws, skill checks, and ability checks.

A frightened creature can use special abilities, including spells, to flee; indeed, the creature must use such means if they are the only way to escape.

Frightened is like shaken, except that the creature must flee if possible. Panicked is a more extreme state of fear.

Grappling: Engaged in wrestlin