Conditions are temporary modifiers or states that can affect characters. Most conditions are either malign or benign, but some are more complicated and are a mix of bad and good things.

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Durations

The individual conditions describe what they do and how long they last...but not always; some conditions are longer lasting.

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Brief

Brief conditions are temporary, and are rated with a numerical duration of counter tokens which are removed 1 per round in the same way that recharge tokens are removed from actions. When there are no more tokens on a Brief condition, the effect expires and the condition is removed.

By default, Brief conditions stack but do not aggregate. If a character has multiple brief conditions affecting them simultaneously, they all apply even if they have the same name. Unless otherwise directed to (such as for the Intoxicated / Drunk conditions), you do not just add the indicated number of new recharge tokens to an existing effect.

Instead put a tracker into play with the indicated number of recharge tokens for each new condition and remove a recharge token from each condition each round even if the character already has a condition of the same name. They all apply their stated effect.

For instance, if a character has the Exposed condition with 5 recharge tokens on it, and something adds the Exposed condition again with 3 recharge tokens, don't put 3 recharge tokens on the existing Exposed condition to make it last longer. Instead put a second Exposed condition into play with 3 recharge tokens on it. The effect of both Exposed conditions is applied to the character for three rounds, after which the second shorter duration condition expires and the original continues for two more rounds.

Occasionally an effect will grant a "Brief" condition, but describe something to turn it off rather than give a number of counter tokens. This indicates that a normally Brief condition is being escalated to be a Contingent or perhaps Encounter condition. For instance, an effect might grant the Exposed condition until a maneuver is spent to recover rather than lasting for a set number of rounds.

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Encounter

Encounter conditions last for the remainder of an encounter, as the name indicates. In a combat encounter this is until combat ends or a Rally Step occurs, whichever comes first. In Story mode this is usually a Scene but might last for an Act or even potentially an entire Adventure.

Encounter conditions do not stack; if a character is affected by the same Encounter duration condition twice the second application has no effect and is ignored.

Note, this is called Lingering in WHFRP3, but this term has been reassigned as a timing trait.

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Contingent

Contingent conditions define a state, trigger, stimuli, or circumstance that causes the listed effect to occur or be applied and typically a means to get rid of the condition. In some cases this is a cause and effect relationship; a character might contract a disease and thus suffer an ill effect which can be gotten rid of by "curing" the disease. An item might get broken which causes it to be problematic to use, which can be gotten rid of by repairing the item.

Rather than a specific duration contingent conditions have a severity and a narrative description that must be interpreted. Contingent conditions tend to be a little more complicated than other conditions and have sub classifications.

• Critical Wounds: when characters are severely injured they suffer critical wounds which are specific and have a description, a mechanical effect, and a severity that indicates how difficult it is to recover from or heal the critical wound. In addition to the mechanical effect, a critical wound effectively lowers a character's Wound Threshold by one until it is healed as it counts as a Wound. Thus if a character has 14 Wounds and currently has 2 critical wounds, they can only take 12 more Wounds before being reduced to 0 Wounds and knocked unconscious. Critical wounds also are what determines character death; if a character's current number of critical wounds exceeds their Toughness, they are dead.

• Schisms: when characters are severely troubled or exposed to things that their minds cannot deal with, they suffer schisms. Schisms are generally temporary, but can become a permanent insanity. Schisms have a description, mechanical effect, and a severity that indicates how difficult it is to recover from the schism. Additionally, a schism effectively lower a character's Grit threshold by one until it is recovered from. Thus if a character has 14 Grit and currently has 2 schisms, they can only lose 12 more Grit before being reduced to 0 Grit and rendered catatonic or otherwise unable to function. Schisms are also what determines character playability; if a character's current number of schisms exceeds their Willpower they are rendered demented and they fall under GM control.

• Illness: though it is unusual in a superheroic context, characters sometimes acquire illnesses. Illnesses have a description, a mechanical effect, and a severity that indicates how difficult it is to overcome or recover from illness. Illnesses are usually temporary, but a character is inconvenienced or worse while the illness persists. Some illnesses are diseases and are much more difficult to get rid of. Some illnesses count as a Critical Wound, where noted, and affect the survivability of a character in addition to their normal effect.

• Alteration: radiation accidents, serums, spells, random mutations...these things tend to happen in superheroic games. Of course, often times these form part of an origin story and are already represented as part of who a character is and why they are superheroic or part of their advancement as new and interesting powers are gained. Alteration conditions are not intrinsic, permanent parts of a character but simply some change that is applied to them temporarily. Alterations are often at least partially beneficial. Alterations have a description, a mechanical effect, and a severity that represents how powerful or significant the Alteration is. The severity of an Alteration can be added to a character's total point value when determining that character's over all power; a 60 point character with 10 points of Alterations is effectively a 70 point character until the Alteration condition is removed.

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Brief Conditions (Malign)

The following table list sample malign brief conditions and a summary of their effects.

A column of percentile based random roll ranges is also provided in case a GM wishes to assign a random condition without using a deck of condition cards.

Brief Conditions (Malign)
Roll	Name	Summary	Severity
1-5	Demoralized	Add to skill checks.	1
6-10	Sluggish	Suffer 1 additional fatigue for each maneuver you perform during your turn.	1
11-15	Sickened	When you suffer fatigue suffer the listed amount of fatigue +1.	1
16-20	Susceptible	When you suffer 1 or more Wounds you suffer 1 stress.	1
21-25	Intoxicated	Add to all checks. If you gain this condition again, apply the Drunk condition (if it isn't already applied), and move all recharge tokens off of the Intoxicated conditions you suffer from onto the Drunk condition.	1
26-30	Hindered	When you perform a movement maneuver, you suffer +1 fatigue.	1
31-35	Exposed	Opponents add to their dice pools when attacking you.	1
36-30	Overwhelmed	Add to physical checks.	2
31-35	Perplexed	Add to mental checks.	2
36-40	Exhausted	You cannot recover fatigue. Add to physical checks.	2
41-45	Shocked	You cannot recover stress. Add to mental checks.	2
46-50	Slowed	Add 1 recharge token to all of your non-Ongoing recharging actions. You cannot spend fortune points to remove recharge tokens while this condition is in effect.	2
51-54	Frightened	When exposed to Fear based effects suffer an amount of stress and move a number of steps towards neutral stance equal to the Fear rating of the effect.	2
55-58	Deafened	You have been temporarily deafened. You add to any check that relies on hearing, which includes social checks based on communication. You will have difficulties coordinating with teammates, responding to audible cues, heeding warnings, and so forth.	2
59-60	Spiked	One of your Stunts is treated as having -1 SR while this condition lasts. If a Stunt is reduced to 0 or less it stops functioning. Passive Stunts cannot be reduced to less than SR1, and Gear Stunts are not affected by this condition.	2
61-62	Weakened	Add to all Strength based checks. Your Strength rating is considered to be it's current rating -1; i.e. if you have Strength 5 you have an effective Strength of 4 while this condition is in effect. If you are reduced to Strength 0 you cannot carry anything, cannot move more than 1 movement maneuver per Turn, and can barely even manipulate light weight objects. If you are reduced to less than 0 Strength you can't move at all and are considered to be impeded.	2
62-63	Depleted	Add to all Toughness based checks. Your Toughness rating is considered to be it's current rating -1; i.e. if you have Toughness 5 you have an effective Toughness of 4 while this condition is in effect. If you are reduced to Toughness 0 you cannot undertake strenuous activity, cannot move more than 1 movement maneuver per Turn, and when you suffer Wounds you also suffer 1 fatigue. If you are reduced to less than 0 Toughness you can't move at all and are considered to be impeded.	2
64-65	Impaired	Add to all Agility based checks. Your Agility rating is considered to be it's current rating -1; i.e. if you have Agility 5 you have an effective Agility of 4 while this condition is in effect. If you are reduced to Agility 0 you cannot manipulate anything more complex than a light switch, cannot move more than 1 movement maneuver per Turn, and bump into and knock things over. If you are reduced to less than Agility 0 you are reduced to crawling at such a low rate of speed that it's left to the GM's discretion how long it take you to get anywhere and you are considered to be impeded.	2
66-67	Baffled	Add to all Intelligence based checks. Your Intelligence rating is considered to be it's current rating -1; i.e. if you have Intelligence 5 you have an effective Intelligence of 4 while this condition is in effect. If you are reduced to Intelligence 0 you cannot manipulate anything more complex than a light switch, cannot move more than 1 movement maneuver per Turn as you forget where you were going, and bump into and knock things over, and are incapable of coherent thought or speech. If you are reduced to less than Intelligence 0 you sit or stand and do little more than drool, or bumble around in random directions and you are considered to be impeded.	2
68-69	Depressed	Add to all Willpower based checks. Your Willpower rating is considered to be it's current rating -1; i.e. if you have Willpower 5 you have an effective Willpower of 4 while this condition is in effect. If you are reduced to Willpower 0 you cannot undertake strenuous activity, resist social or mental attacks, cannot move more than 1 movement maneuver per Turn, and when you lose Grit you also suffer 1 stress. If you are reduced to less than 0 Willpower you can't move at all and are considered to be impeded.	2
70-71	Belittled	Add to all Fellowship based checks. Your Fellowship rating is considered to be it's current rating -1; i.e. if you have Fellowship 5 you have an effective Fellowship of 4 while this condition is in effect. If you are reduced to Fellowship 0 you cannot speak coherently, cannot make social overtures of any kind, and engender feelings of contempt and distaste in others. If you are reduced to less than 0 Fellowship you can't communicate at all or effectively interact with others and are considered to be impeded.	2
72-75	Imperiled	Opponents remove from their dice pools when attacking you.	2
76-77	Challenged	Add to all checks.	3
78-79	Delayed	While this condition is in effect, you must take the bottom most initiative tracker available for your superteam. During your End of Turn phase if the initiative tracker you used is not already at the Initiative 0 step on the Initiative Tracker, move it down one step.	3
80-81	Thunderstruck	When you assemble any dice pool while this condition is in effect, immediately prior to rolling remove one (if any are available to be removed). When you are dealt damage, you take +1 damage.	3
82-83	Ignited	You take damage immediately when this condition is applied and again each turn during your End of Turn phase equal to the number of recharge tokens remaining on this condition. Soak applies. Recharge tokens can be removed on a 1:1 basis with maneuvers both by yourself and by allies engaged with you.	3
84-85	Impeded	You cannot take movement maneuvers. Opponents remove from their dice pools when attacking you.	3
86-87	Staggered	Add 1 recharge token to all of your non-Ongoing recharging actions. Your stance is immediately reset to neutral. You cannot change your stance while this condition is in effect.	4
88-89	Held	You cannot take movement maneuvers or physical actions. DEF based upon being able to avoid attacks via dodging or blocking is not usable. Opponents remove from their dice pools when attacking you.	4
90-93	Lulled	You are conscious but cannot take any maneuvers or actions, including mental actions. DEF based upon being able to avoid attacks via dodging or blocking is not usable. Opponents remove from their dice pools when attacking you. Remove 1 recharge counter from this condition for each Wound you suffer or Grit you lose on a 1:1 basis.	4
94-95	Helpless	You are conscious but cannot take any maneuvers or actions, including mental actions. DEF based upon being able to avoid attacks via dodging or blocking is not usable. Opponents remove from their dice pools when attacking you. This is equivalent to being unconscious, but ends immediately once this condition is removed.	5
96	Drained	Add to all checks. Your Strength, Toughness, Dexterity, Intelligence, Willpower, and Fellowship ratings are considered to be their current rating -1.	5
97	Drunk	If you gain additional Drunk or Intoxicated conditions, rather than put them into play put all of their recharge tokens onto this condition and discard them. Add to all checks. If this condition gains recharge tokens and the number of recharge tokens is 10 or higher, roll randomly on the Brief Condition (Malign) chart and apply the indicated condition; leave 9 recharge tokens on this condition and move the remainder to the randomly rolled new condition.	5
98	Sapped	All of your Stunts are treated as having -1 SR while this condition lasts. If a Stunt is reduced to 0 or less it stops functioning. Passive Stunts cannot be reduced to less than SR1, and Gear Stunts are not affected by this condition.	5
99	Blinded	You have been temporarily blinded. You do not get the benefit of your innate DEF trait vs. attackers though other forms of DEF might apply if they don't rely on you seeing an incoming attack and getting out of its way. You add to any check that relies on sight, can't take deliberate movements (direction is randomized) without some kind of non-visual cue to follow, and are generally rendered combat ineffective. You can attempt to make a hearing based or touch based Observation check as a maneuver each Turn to reduce your dice pool penalty by , but the difficulty of this Observation check will vary based upon circumstances and what you are attempting to do.	5
100	Worse than you thought	Roll twice on this table

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Brief Conditions (Benign)

The following table list sample benign brief conditions and a summary of their effects.

A column of percentile based random roll ranges is also provided in case a GM wishes to assign a random condition without using a deck of condition cards.

Brief Conditions (Benign)
Roll	Name	Summary	Severity
1-5	Invigorated	During your End of Turn phase you may remove 1 recharge token from one of your recharging non-Ongoing abilities.	1
6-10	Refreshed	During your Beginning of Turn phase you recover 1 stress and 1 fatigue.	1
11-15	Inspired	You add to all of your dice pools.	1
16-20	Energized	During your turn you may take +1 maneuver without suffering fatigue.	1
21-25	Honed	One your attacks inflicts +1 damage	1
26	Camouflaged	You are difficult to detect when stationary or moving carefully; all checks to detect you add . You can attempt to take a movement maneuver, or make small movements or adjustments such as readying a weapon or turning in place by making a Stealth (Ag) check vs Average 2d difficulty; if you fail or roll a calamity, remove all recharge tokens from this card and discard it. If you make a physical attack, remove all recharge tokens from this card and discard it.	2
27-29	Metabolized	During your End of Turn phase you regain 1 Wound.	2
30-32	Soothed	During your End of Turn phase you regain 1 Grit.	2
33-35	Favored	During your End of Turn phase you regain 1 Fortune.	2
36-38	Calmed	When you are in a Defensive stance, you add to all of your dice pools. When this condition is first applied to you if you are not in an Defensive stance, you may suffer 2 stress to stay in your current stance, or else you immediately move to 1 step deep into an Defensive stance.	2
39-41	Irritated	When you are in an Offensive stance, you add to all of your dice pools. When this condition is first applied to you if you are not in an Offensive stance, you may suffer 2 stress to stay in your current stance, or else you immediately move to 1 step deep into an Offensive stance.	2
42-44	Strengthened	You gain +1 Strength.	2
45-47	Toughened	You gain +1 Toughness.	2
48-50	Quickened	You gain +1 Agility.	2
51-53	Brightened	You gain +1 Intelligence.	2
54-56	Encouraged	You gain +1 Willpower.	2
57-59	Cheered	You gain +1 Fellowship.	2
60-62	Warded	You gain +1 DEF.	2
63-65	Shielded	You gain +1 Soak.	2
66-68	Prepped	You gain +1 Psyche.	2
69-71	Buffed	You gain +1 SR with one of your Stunts.	2
72-74	Accelerated	During your End of Turn phase, move the initiative marker you just used up one step; it is not usable again this Round.	2
75-77	Focused	You add to all of your dice pools.	3
78-80	Protected	Opponents targeting you add to their dice pool.	3
81	Hidden	You are difficult to detect. People generally wont notice you unless you draw attention or expose yourself (such as by strolling across a sunlit field while whistling Dixie), and all checks to detect you add , until you attack. If you attack, remove all recharge tokens from this card and discard it.	3
82-84	Renewed	During your End of Turn phase you regain 1 stress, 1 fatigue, 1 fortune	3
85-87	Regenerated	During your End of Turn phase you regain 1 Wound, 1 Grit	3
88-90	Enraged	All of your attacks inflict +1 damage. When this condition is first applied to you if you are not in an Offensive stance, you may suffer 2 stress to stay in your current stance, or else you immediately move to 1 step deep into an Offensive stance.	4
91	Cloaked	You are invisible, until you attack. If you attack, remove all recharge tokens from this card and discard it.	4
92-94	Enlivened	During your End of Turn phase you may remove 1 recharge token from all of your recharging non-Ongoing abilities.	4
95-96	Vitalized	During your End of Turn phase you regain 1 stress, 1 fatigue, 1 fortune, 1 Wound, 1 Grit.	4
97	Disappeared	You are invisible, even if you attack. Opponents that cannot sense you do not get the benefit of their innate DEF trait vs you though other forms of DEF might apply if they don't rely on seeing an incoming attack and getting out of its way (some force field or aura effects grant DEF via deflection vs dodging). Opponents add to attacks targeting you unless they can make a hearing or touch based Observation check or a relevant Detect check as a maneuver each Turn to reduce their dice pool penalty by .	5
98	Blurred	During your Turn you may take an additional action	5
99	Boosted	You gain +1 SR with all of your Stunts.	5
100	Better than it seemed	Roll twice on this table