What is Status effect?

In role-playing games, a status effect is a temporary modification to a game character’s original set of stats that usually comes into play when special powers and abilities are used, often during combat. It appears in numerous computer and video games of many genres, most commonly in role-playing video games. The term status effect can be applied both to changes that provide a character an advantage , and those that hinder the character. Especially in MMORPGs, beneficial effects are referred to as buffs, and hindering effects are called debuffs.