[2020] Questions Thread - February 12, 2020

In general, Maim tends to be applied by attacks, and Hinder tends to be applied by spells.

Hinder can also be an aura (Singularity unique item), and can be applied by mines (which can be from an attack or spell skill). And once that's been done for players it's something designers may well have re-used on monsters somewhere without me being aware of it - my knowledge is much better on "what mechanisms have been added to the game" than on "which of those are currently used in specific contexts (such as: by monsters)", because I'm involved in making the thing work, not so much in all the places it then gets put to use.