Cunctatitis

Cunctatitis

You've got a bad case of cunctatitis, a disease whose main symptom is intense procrastination. You never do today what you can put off until tomorrow, including putting off until the day after tomorrow all the things you put off yesterday. Also, dyslexic people think you're incredibly vulgar.

• Sets Combat Initiative to 0.
• Occasionally prevents attacks, use of an item, or use of a skill in combat, as well as running away from combat.

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Effect number: 301
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Obtained From

• Procrastination Giant (5 Adventures)

Notes

• This effect negates all initiative bonuses, including bonuses from items, effects, and the main stat bonus.
• Besides lowering combat initiative, this effect has a significant (% unknown) chance of preventing your actions in combat, replacing your actions with the following messages:
  • You decide to use that skill later. (Sometimes deducts MP)
  • You decide to attack him later.
  • You decide to use that item later. (Doesn't use up an item)
• This effect makes running away (nearly) impossible, possibly because of the lowered combat initiative. When it fails, it displays the message:
  • You attempt to run away like a sissy little coward, but you don't quite make it.
• Only gained when performing melee attacks - using combat items, spells, or ranged weapons will not trigger this effect.
• You still will get the initiative when fighting Procrastination Giants.

References

• A cunctation is a delay, and "-itis" means "disease or inflammation of", so cunctatitis is the disease of procrastination.
• The vulgarity most likely lies in the permutation of a couple of letters in the name of the effect.
• Dyslexia, commonly thought to be a mental disease where letters are switched around, is actually a mental condition where letters are not recognized, making reading nearly impossible.