Condition — Enfeebled

Your physical strength is diminished. Enfeebled always has a numerical value.

Mechanical Effects:

• Status penalty equal to the Enfeebled value on:
  • Strength-based checks and DCs (Athletics checks, STR-based attack rolls)
  • Melee damage rolls that use Strength
• Does NOT affect AC (that's Clumsy)
• Does NOT affect HP (that's Drained)

How Applied:

• Poisons (many poisons cause Enfeebled)
• Ray of Enfeeblement and similar spells
• Disease
• Some undead and monster abilities
• Extreme fatigue or magical weakness

How Removed:

• Duration expiry
• Restoration spell
• Antidotes (if caused by poison)
• Rest (if caused by temporary effect)

Stacking:

• Does not stack with itself — highest value applies
• As a status penalty, does not stack with other status penalties to STR checks
• DOES stack with circumstance penalties

Tactical Impact:

• Primarily affects martial characters who rely on STR for attacks and damage
• Enfeebled 3 on a Fighter means -3 to attack AND -3 to damage — a massive reduction
• DEX-based characters (Rogues, Rangers with finesse weapons) are less affected
• Enfeebled does not affect spell DCs or spell attack rolls (those use mental stats)