Miasma

Miasma
Type	Entropy spells (Weakness tree)
Effect type	Sustained
Range	Personal
Upkeep	60
Fatigue	5%
Cooldown	30s
Requires	25 magic
Description	While this mode is active, the caster radiates an aura of weakness, hindering nearby enemies with penalties to attack and defense. Unless the opponents pass a physical resistance check, they also suffer a penalty to movement speed.

Miasma is a mage spell from the Entropy tree in Dragon Age: Origins.

Information

• Area of effect: 10m sphere. Attack Penalty: 10.0. Defense Penalty: 10.0. Movement Speed Penalty: 40.0%.
• On Hard / Nightmare difficulties, 20 Threat is drawn from enemies in the AoE (including enemies not affected due to spell resistance).
• Conjuration time: 1s.

Notes

• Upkeep is in Mana.
• Arcane Warrior Spellcasting: The spell can be cast with your weapon(s) drawn.
• This spell is excellent for an Arcane Warrior tank. The defense penalty applied to enemies helps a lot; Arcane Warriors often struggle with low attack score. And the extra threat (when on Hard / Nightmare difficulty) is welcome.
• Miasma's speed debuff can be stacked 3 times.
• Miasma will allow you to see a cloudy version of enemies in stealth, as long as Miasma is not resisted.

Bugs

• Miasma shuts off during area transfer.

Note: pcThere is an unofficial mod which addresses this problem.

See also

• Ability mechanics