Tear gas (disease)

Tear gas is a status effect that decreases a character's strength and dexterity by 2, intelligence by 1, perception by 4, and grants 33% chance to cough at each turn. Coughing creates noise with 12 volume, costs 100 movement points and occasionally damages torso by 3 points.

The effect will be gained if a character stands in clouds of tear gas or thick tear gas. It infects through the mouth with strength 5 and for 20 turns.

You can prevent all this by wearing a gas mask, or a filter mask plus some head and eye gear (or a mix of both) which offer at least 6 environmental protection points (for example, a filter mask plus a baseball cap plus swim goggles).