Mental Stress (Status Effect)

Mental stress is a mental status effect that is exclusive to genjutsu and hallucinogenic poisons. Active and lingering genjutsu cause mental stress that lasts for as long as the duration of the technique. Genjutsu that invoke psychological distress and false physical pain responses are the only genjutsu that cause mental stress. Mental stress is distinct from its mental status counterpart of insanity and will not afflict the mind at the same time. Genjutsu cannot inflict both mental statuses at the same time because they will naturally overpower each other. The new mental status will always usurp the former. Mental stress makes focusing on sustained techniques (ex. lightning armor) more difficult and shortens those durations as a result. It also causes imprecise chakra and stamina control and for more resources to be expended wastefully on techniques. These tiers do not stack on top of each other and instead override the lower tiered-effects if a higher tier is inflicted. Mental stress tiers cannot be layered either through multiple techniques. The rank of the genjutsu determines the tier of mental stress.

## Tier One Mental Stress

The first tier of mental stress is mildly distracting for technique durations and wasteful on resources. E and D Rank genjutsu create this tier of mental stress.

* Reduces techniques with post durations by a maximum of [2] posts until cured or the stress-inducing genjutsu is dispelled.
* Increases the resource cost of techniques by a maximum of [10] until cured or the stress-inducing genjutsu is dispelled. For example, a [10] chakra increase for a spiritual technique or a [10] stamina increase for a simple technique or a [5] chakra and [5] stamina increase for a complex technique.

## Tier Two Mental Stress

The second tier of mental stress is moderately distracting for technique durations and wasteful on resources. C Rank genjutsu create this tier of mental stress.

* Reduces techniques with post durations by a maximum of [4] posts until cured or the stress-inducing genjutsu is dispelled.
* Increases the resource cost of techniques by a maximum of [20] until cured or the stress-inducing genjutsu is dispelled. For example, a [20] chakra increase for a spiritual technique or a [20] stamina increase for a simple technique or a [10] chakra and [10] stamina increase for a complex technique.

## Tier Three Mental Stress

The third tier of mental stress is highly distracting for technique durations and wasteful on resources. B and A Rank genjutsu create this tier of mental stress.

* Reduces techniques with post durations by a maximum of [6] posts until cured or the stress-inducing genjutsu is dispelled.
* Increases the resource cost of techniques by a maximum of [40] until cured or the stress-inducing genjutsu is dispelled. For example, a [40] chakra increase for a spiritual technique or a [40] stamina increase for a simple technique or a [20] chakra and [20] stamina increase for a complex technique.

## Tier Four Mental Stress

The fourth tier of mental stress is extremely distracting for technique durations and wasteful on resources. S and S+ Rank genjutsu create this tier of mental stress.

* Reduces techniques with post durations by a maximum of [8] posts until cured or the stress-inducing genjutsu is dispelled.
* Increases the resource cost of techniques by a maximum of [80] until cured or the stress-inducing genjutsu is dispelled. For example, an [80] chakra increase for a spiritual technique or a [80] stamina increase for a simple technique or a [40] chakra and [40] stamina increase for a complex technique.