User blog comment:Democide/5th anniversary and new element/ailment contest/@comment-26881715-20160816144259

I think I'll just use Vision Impairment as my entry.

The Vision Impairment is an ailment that can affect both hunters and monsters alike. The chance of getting this ailment further increases with the health decreasing. (I had an idea about a strong flash bomb though. But I still have to decide whether it affects only monsters or BOTH hunters and monsters)
 * Hunters will have their vision become blurry from time to time (Not always), and may also be dark from time to time. Hallucinations may appear. For example, if you are fighting a monster, let's say a Royal Ludroth, when you get this ailment, chances are, you may be seeing multiple Royal Ludroths (Although only one of them is real). Your vision will also get shaky, but you are still able to move properly.
 * Monsters may continue attacking (similar after they've been flashed), although they will attack much more inefficiently (unlike normal flashing, when they can still attack efficiently, just that they don't know where you are), as if they are very confused.

There are multiple causes for this ailment:
 * Flying Attacks (Such as a Diablos surfacing beneath you)
 * Side Effect of Poison (For 10% chance only) (The more fatal the poison is, the more chances a Vision Impairment may occur)
 * Flashing Attacks (Such as a Gypceros' flash) (There's only a partial chance)
 * Side Effect of Fatigue (Only small chance)
 * Side Effect of Life Drain (Only small chance)

As you can see, Vision Impairment is more of an "extension ailment", primarily siding with other ailments, as no attack (yet) is able to cause this 100%.

If I could set gameplay, maybe this will start on High Rank quests, and chances will be much larger on G Rank Quests (But that is, ig I will ever create my fan-game).

Any monsters able to do any of the causes above (Ranging from Diablos, Chameleos, Gypceros, and Giggi) can cause Vision Impairment. But like I said, this is an "extension ailment". There's no 100% chance they can cause this.

Weapons cannot inflict it, although I may try to create my own item which causes Vision Impairment.

The idea behind this entry is the concept of, as the name suggests, an impaired vision. This makes the gameplay much more "realistic" for me, as even your vision is affected.

I do not have an icon, but if any, it can be any image (a face, a monster, something) but with three of them (two with reduced transparency, for the "impaired vision" effect).