Touching or holding an item that is above a avatar’s tier will cause pain for the avatar.
Irregular intervals and loss are defined by rolling two d4 dice. The higher number rolled is the number of minutes for the interval and the other die is the number of hit points lost. This continues until death.
Avatars also lose one additional health point for each level an item is above their tier. The pain will reduce over the period then repeat as the avatar loses health again.
If the avatar is low on health, it is not safe to touch something they do not know.