The character has suffered exposure to an inimical source that leeches their energy away. It affects a noted energy (Chi, Focus, Mana, and Synergy) pool of the character, halving its maximum and slowing the return of its fuel by half.
Once countered, the pool will return at a normal rate and the half lost will return after a Short Rest. Each Long Rest the victim can make a DC 10 Sanity check to rid themselves of it through Meditative Regeneration, or it can be healed using a Lesser or Greater Restoration