QCF Design Community

Kinda new to this game and I'm wondering if there is a listing of "effects" and what they do. I've checked the wiki and forums but have not been able to find descriptions of effects.

For instance, I don't know what the burning effect really does. I know a few ways to get it on a monster but what does it do? I found this in a description of the sword Whurrgarble "Your physical attacks deal burning damage (+1) damage", does this mean that this sword only does +1 damage? Why not use the +2 sword or +4 fine sword instead?

Corrosion is another one....any help would be appreciated!

We're not putting a lot of effort into maintaining the item list on the wiki right now, since items are in a state of flux. Whrrgarbl in particular has already gone through three different complete overhauls.

Anyways, as to effects you might gain against monsters:

Corrosion: +1 damage from all sources
Might: +30% attack bonus, enemies struck lose 3% magic and physical resist
Burning: stacking +1 damage from successive hits against the same target (stacks only up to 2x the monster's level)
Slow: monster always strikes after you, has first strike, teleport and fireball retaliation disabled, and is worth +1 XP if killed while slowed
Poisoned: does not regenerate health while you explore

Thanks guys, that info is very useful.

In addition to what has already been posted:
Weakening: loweres your base damage by 1
Manaburn: you loose all your mana and can't regenerate it

There is also stuff like "lower resists by X%" but that one is fairly obvious.

Well, those are effects that a monster can have against you. There is no way for a player to get the mana burn, resist down (outside of might) or weakening property.

How about "Lower Resist" that Bandits dish out? When I hit a Bandit and it indicates I'll get "Resist Down" (I think that's what it's called) I hit the Bandit but never seem to see any change on my character card indicting that I have some sort of lowered resistance status like I see when I get weakened/poisoned/mana burned. Is Lower Resist bugged?

Lower Resist permanently lowers your resistances, it's not a status. If your resistances are already at zero, it does nothing.

So it crushes resist characters and sucks otherwise.