Arcane constipation

Arcane constipation is a condition that one can get from eating Purple haze cap. That is a mushroom with antimagical properties.

Arcane constipation is a condition where the bodies regular ways of managing and regulating the natural flow of magic. This is especially dangerous to arcane casters, where the accumulation of ambient magic in the body can course blowback like effects when magic is used. If magic is not used and the accumulation behind the constipation is allowed to continue, the effects on the body can become quite severe. Some of the signs of this is etching around the Magic pathways of the body, Magical affects already on the body starts to act wired and unusually, this is particularly true for attuned magic items. Where it is often seen that the stronger the magic or number of items and especially both, lead to much worse effects. Another symptom is mental fog or cloudiness of the mind, where normal mental aptitude is comprised or directly hindered.

Treatment is tricky, because the easiest way to help is with magic. But if the one suffering from the arcane constipation, would attempt anything it will just make it worse. The help of other powerful magic users are required, or the help of high deity like powers. Druid especially are some of the best to help with the treatment of this, do to their natural connection with the source of magic, and their better understanding of the nature around them. This also makes them the ones whom, acquires the knowledge of the problem and knows what to do about it.

Some druid clans have special rituals that can help with slowly draining the accumulated magic out of the patient. Even some of the more advanced rituals, the druids can actually preform them self, if it should happen to them.

Some cultures have had cleansing rituals involving eating Purple haze cap. For many involved, most did naturally purge it out of their systems, with only minor inconvenience/illness. For the few of common people that got it, did end up waking around with it for years even decades, continuedly getting worse, and eventually dieing from it.

The story is quite another for magic users and adventurers with much more exposure to magic. Many casters that did not know about this, would have increased risk of their magic power increasing until a point of which the power would get so much out of control that it would harm them and others, If this happened with higher level of spells or rituals, there are stories of them getting disintegrated buy the power released though them.