Magical Stress

Causes

Channeling magical energy too quickly or for too long.

Symptoms

Magical stress has a sequence of symptoms. These symptoms start in the part of the body used for the channeling and spread throughout the entire body, with the next symptom following after the first has affected the entire body. The symptoms are weakness, followed by pain, then numbness, muscle spasms, and finally, death.

Treatment

There is no known way to heal damage caused by magical stress.

Prognosis

Channeling energy to the point of pain or numbness can cause permanent nerve damage, causing constant pain or numbness. Progressing to the muscle spasm stage can have a similar effect on muscles, causing them to spasm occasionally for the rest of the mage's life. Obviously, death is fatal.

Affected Groups

Anyone who can use magic.

Prevention

The only way to stop the onset of magical stress is to stop channeling magical energy.

Variants

Magical Stress affects magical beings in a different way from mundane beings. Animated beings such as Ghouls or Golems will begin to crack or tear apart until they stop using Magic or they die. Totally magical beings will, instead of sustaining physical damage, begin to lose their sense of self when they channel too much magical energy, eventually becoming feral or even disappearing entirely, leaving behind only the spell they were casting.

Type

Magical

Origin

Magical

Rarity

Common