Status ailment: Difference between revisions

'''Status ailments''', as with most RPGs, affect the way party members participate in battle. Many different status ailments appear throughout the [[Mother series|''Mother'' series]]. Status ailments can be cured through the use of [[List of recovery items in Mother|certain]] [[List of recovery items in EarthBound|restorative]] [[items]], [[PSI]] moves in the [[Healing]] series, and the services of [[Hospital|hospital]]s and [[healer]]s.

An asthma attack is a status that only appears in ''[[Mother]]''. Only [[Ninten]] can get asthma attacks. He gets them when he breathes in exhaust from vehicular enemies. Ninten is unable to attack when he has an asthma attack.

*[[Asthma Spray]]

Getting bound can only happen in ''Mother'', after being exposed to a [[Rope (item)|Rope]] or being spit on by a sticky substance. Being bound is very similar to being paralyzed, as characters cannot attack when under one of these status conditions. It also counts as an unconscious condition. A Bound combatant has a 25% chance of breaking free each turn.

Lack of concentration prevents one from using [[PSI]], similar to PSI blocking in ''[[EarthBound Beginnings]]''. This was intended to be prevented by having the [[brain stone]] in one's inventory. However, likely due to a coding mistake, the brain stone actually does nothing.

*Letting turns pass in battle

Colds are often caused by various robots with nighttime-stuffiness beams. It causes the afflicted character to sneeze at the beginning of every turn, losing 3~5 HP. It also lingers on the overworld, and takes away about 2 HP every four seconds.

Diamondization is similar to being unconscious, although it does not lower one's HP. A different overworld sprite is also used. If [[Ness]]'s entire party gets diamondized, it results in a game over. If an enemy is defeated by diamondization, its battle sprite remains on the screen during the victory text.

[[Ness]] may occasionally get homesick, depending on his level, and has a 1/8th (12.5%) chance to spend turns thinking about his [[favorite food]], losing motivation in battle and missing his family. The chance for Ness to become homesick is:

Mushroomization (occasionally erroneously referred to as Mashroomization) is similar to feeling strange, although there are fewer ways to cure it and it lingers on the overworld. This causes one to walk in different directions on the overworld, and a mushroom appears on their sprite.

Nausea causes one to feel sick at the start of every turn, and lose 15~25 HP. Similar to colds, it also lingers around on the overworld and takes away 10 HP every two seconds. Nausea also increases a character's innate chance to miss to 50%.

Poison is identical to nausea, losing 15~25 HP every turn and as they walk on the overworld.

 

===Paralysis [[File:Status Paralysis EB.png]]===

When a character is paralyzed, the character cannot use normal attacks ([[PSI]] attacks still work) and cannot use items inside or outside of battle. The Bash command is replaced with "Do Nothing". On the overworld, the walking animation will be slowed to half the speed.

 

 

When a character falls asleep, they cannot do anything until they wake up. When struck, a character has a 50% chance to awaken and a 25% chance each turn otherwise.

*Letting turns pass in battle

Having a sunstroke has similar effects to having a cold, losing 3~5 HP at the beginning of every turn. It also lingers on the overworld, taking away 2 HP every four seconds. It only occurs when a character is walking around in the [[Dusty Dunes Desert]], or around [[Scaraba]]. Each character has a ''30-Guts%'' chance to get sunstroke every twenty seconds in the above mentioned areas.

Sunstroke can be cured by:

When a character is Nauseous (alternatively Sick) they can't eat any [[food]].