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<p>Created page with &quot;{{Infobox damage type | title = <a href="/Despair" title="Despair">Despair</a> | subtitle = <a href="/index.php?title=Mind&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Mind (page does not exist)">Mind</a> Damage | image = https://imagedelivery.net/TNzzP2IqyQLYoHEs2ZN5aQ/4cdb0ea4-fbbf-4bf2-f644-50a1c38aba00/wiki#.png | caption = The victim suffers from intense sadness, depression, or hopelessness. }} <a href="/Despair" title="Despair">Despair</a> Damage is a form of mental damage that attacks the mind&#039;s capacity to hope, persist, and act. <a href="/Despair" title="Despair">Despair</a> can completely consume a victim,...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox damage type<br /> | title = [[Despair]]<br /> | subtitle = [[Mind]] Damage<br /> | image = https://imagedelivery.net/TNzzP2IqyQLYoHEs2ZN5aQ/4cdb0ea4-fbbf-4bf2-f644-50a1c38aba00/wiki#.png<br /> | caption = The victim suffers from intense sadness, depression, or hopelessness.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> [[Despair]] Damage is a form of mental damage that attacks the mind&#039;s capacity to hope, persist, and act. [[Despair]] can completely consume a victim, stripping away the desire to accomplish even the simplest task. The problem is not that the victim cannot act. It is that the victim no longer believes there is any reason to act.<br /> <br /> As [[Despair]] deepens, the victim may lose the will to fight, flee, speak, eat, or even care whether they survive. [[Despair]] can leave a person motionless and unresponsive while danger continues around them. In its most severe form, the mind simply surrenders, and the victim&#039;s loss of will can become fatal.<br /> <br /> == [[Despair]] Sources ==<br /> {{LoreImage|https://imagedelivery.net/TNzzP2IqyQLYoHEs2ZN5aQ/0000269c-201e-4942-dc6f-ea063fa75800/wiki#.png|350px|left}}<br /> [[Despair]] Damage can arise from genuine loss, supernatural influence, or exposure to another being whose despair is itself powerful enough to infect the minds of others. A person may experience despair after suffering a devastating loss, while magical spells, curses, and creatures with supernatural [[Despair]] effects can impose that hopelessness directly.<br /> <br /> [[Empathy]] can also become a source of [[Despair]] Damage. Sharing too deeply in the despair of another being can cause the victim to experience that hopelessness as their own, particularly when the source possesses an unusually powerful spiritual or emotional presence.<br /> <br /> Examples include:<br /> <br /> * Genuine loss and overwhelming grief<br /> * [[Empathy]] with a despairing entity<br /> * Creatures with powerful [[Despair]] effects<br /> * Magical spells<br /> * Curses<br /> * [[Despair]]-inducing artefacts<br /> * Supernatural or psychic effects<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> == [[Despair]] Saving Throws ==<br /> {{LoreImage|https://imagedelivery.net/TNzzP2IqyQLYoHEs2ZN5aQ/157560b5-8ab3-4baf-5d53-1e8e7bf0a900/wiki#.png|350px|right}}<br /> [[Will]] is the best defense against [[Despair]] Damage. [[Despair]] attacks the willingness to continue, and a strong [[Will]] provides the simplest answer: [[Will]] &gt; despair. The victim may recognize that circumstances are terrible without accepting the conclusion that nothing can be done.<br /> <br /> [[Charisma]] can provide an anchor through confidence, identity, and connection to others. A strong sense of self can resist the belief that one&#039;s actions have become meaningless.<br /> <br /> [[Intelligence]] can help a victim recognize that despair is distorting their judgment and that even terrible circumstances may contain possibilities that cannot yet be seen.<br /> <br /> [[Memory]] can remind the victim of better times, past victories, people who depend upon them, or reasons they have continued despite hardship before.<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> == [[Despair]] Mitigation ==<br /> {{LoreImage|https://imagedelivery.net/TNzzP2IqyQLYoHEs2ZN5aQ/77e2b27c-61f6-44dc-957d-dcedca2f3800/wiki#.png|350px|right}}<br /> [[Despair]] Damage can be actively mitigated by breaking the magical, psychic, or supernatural effect responsible for it. Counter-magic, protective wards, and spells that remove curses can prevent further [[Despair]] Damage or restore the victim&#039;s ability to resist it. Removing a victim from the source of the despair may also help, particularly when the source is a creature or entity radiating the effect.<br /> <br /> Other forms of mitigation include:<br /> <br /> * Counter-magic<br /> * Protective wards<br /> * Remove Curse spells<br /> * Curative potions<br /> * Whiskey<br /> * Magical artefacts that protect the mind or spirit<br /> * Breaking the creature&#039;s [[Despair]] effect<br /> * Removing the victim from the source<br /> * Restoring contact with trusted companions<br /> * Reminding the victim of meaningful relationships, accomplishments, or purpose<br /> {{-}}<br /> <br /> == [[Despair]] Related [[Conditions]] ==<br /> {{LoreImage|https://imagedelivery.net/TNzzP2IqyQLYoHEs2ZN5aQ/31e072bc-6302-47db-731a-90ad4a05e400/wiki#.png|350px|right}}<br /> [[Despair]]ed is the primary condition associated with [[Despair]] Damage. A [[Despair]]ed victim has lost the motivation to act and may refuse to fight, flee, or perform even simple tasks. In severe cases, the victim may become completely passive, allowing events to happen around them without meaningful response.<br /> <br /> In its most extreme form, [[Despair]] Damage can result in [[Death]] by [[Despair]]. The victim&#039;s loss of will becomes so complete that the mind and body simply surrender to it, and the victim dies because they have ceased to resist the circumstances threatening their survival.<br /> {{-}}<br /> {{Copyright notice}}<br /> [[Category:damage types]]</div>

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