[Kel]

almost all afflictions hurt you . losing an arm e.g. means armslot item lost + -2 attack or something like that .
there are plenty of these afflictions .
all greatly decrease your odds to hit other sc's so they are a problem right ?

Yes, they all hurt, technically, but no, they don't all "greatly" affect you. A Niefel Jarl going from 25 str to 21 str because he has the weakened affliction (for example) is a minor effect. Even had I access to healing, I would not pull him off the lines to heal him, unless I really had nothing to do with him. If he lost both eyes, otoh, he would be practically useless with 0 atk.

Losing an arm is in that moderate area, depending on what you are fighting (and if you need a charc shield real bad)...but a Niefel with a blood thorn, for example, could still be quite formidable against many opponents.

- Kel