Afflicted
Afflicted adjective - Mentally or physically unfit.
Cursed and afflicted are semantically related. in distressed topic. In some cases you can use "Cursed" instead the word "Afflicted" as an adjective or a verb.
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This shows up in gameplay as well, as he cannot be afflicted by the Cursed status ailment, and can easily remove cursed equipment.
Source: Video Game / Dragon Quest VIII - The Evileye Tower's 'Radiation' effect in Cursed Treasure increases damage taken by those afflicted with it by a percentage.
Source: Damage-Increasing Debuff - They're known as thinker gnomes(as opposed to the regular tinker gnomes), and they're sane.(Regular gnomes are supposed to be cursed by Reorx.) Similar are afflicted kender, the ones who survived Malystrx destroying Kendermore and now know fear.
Source: My Species Doth Protest Too Much
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