Ars Magica Perdo Corpus & Decreasing Stats
From: Nzld Posted on: 3/16/2005 5:40 pm
To: ALL
Message: 578.1

The guidelines for increasing stats with Creo Corpus are pretty straight forward. I assume that the opposite - decreasing stats - can be achived through Perdo Corpus, but the Perdo guidelines provided do not make a direct correlation. Since outright killing an individual caps out 30 or 35 (I don't recall which at the moment), I assume that specifically damaging stats would be lower.

Do you think such an effect should be a Momentary effect, with the damage done and permanent (perhaps with the ability to recover from the affliction over time)... or should it be an ongoing magical effect that requires a sustained duration such as Sun?

From: qcifer Posted on: 3/16/2005 6:52 pm
To: Nzld
Message: 578.2
in reply to: 578.1
Aside from aging them unnaturally, with all the resulting problems that gives to stats, I'd say that reducing stats like that is Momentary, and healable, like the way a Blindness spell can be cured. So if you curse them with a lower stat, like -1, it would be cured as a Light Wound. -3 Medium Wound, and -5 Heavy Wound.