Condition — Confused

You can't reliably distinguish friend from foe or control your own actions.

Mechanical Effects:

• You don't treat anyone as your ally (including yourself for some effects)
• You can't Delay, Ready, or use reactions
• The GM determines your targets randomly among creatures around you
• You use your most basic Strike or move actions — no complex tactics
• If no enemies are nearby, you babble incoherently, wasting your actions
• You automatically fail checks to Recall Knowledge or think clearly

How Applied:

• Confusion spells (like confusion)
• Some monster abilities (gaze attacks, psychic assaults)
• Extreme magical effects
• Critical failures on certain mental saves

How Removed:

• Taking damage from an ally ends Confused (you snap out of it)
• Duration expiry
• Allies can use actions to try to talk you down (GM discretion)

Important Notes:

• A Confused character can still deal full damage — they attack randomly, not weakly
• The GM controls targeting, not the player
• Confused does not have a value — it's binary
• AoE attacks from a Confused character might hit allies

Tactical Impact: Confusion is devastating in tight quarters where a high-damage party member might attack allies. Spreading out reduces the chance of hitting friends. Dealing damage to the Confused ally is the quickest cure.