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For questions about attacks or effects that scare a target. Fear is a common condition for RPG characters to suffer from. Many systems have rules for how frightened creatures behave, how long they are afraid, and how to judge different degrees of fear.

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Lord Soth of Sithicus has the Face of Death action that imposes the the Frightened condition with no stated end point: Face of Death (1/Day). Charisma Saving Throw: DC 19, each creature in a 60-foot ...
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Basic Fear Rules Simple enough. Consider a Halfling PC (Small) who encounters a single hostile Human (Medium). Due to the hostility and the size differences, the Human causes Fear(1) in the Halfling. ...
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In one session, my character got Frightened because he failed a saving throw. Then my friend cast Heroism on my character, but after 1 minute the spell ran out. My question is, after 1 minute will ...
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In our last play session in Chult, the party faced a number of pterafolk, who used their Terror Dive on us: If the pterafolk is flying and dives at least 30 feet straight toward a target, and then ...
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The party paladin (Oath of Vengeance) is currently 18th level and we are planning on playing to 20th. Eventually he will get the Avenging Angel class feature, which states, in part: At 20th level, ...
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The party tonight was about to face a Demilich. They didn't have any specific knowledge of demiliches, but it was clear they were about to confront the boss, and just about every minion they had ...
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She’s a first time player & struggled to come up with a backstory. She brought up having amnesia caused by trauma. After playing for a couple of sessions, hearing the more experienced players’ ...
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Does a creature in the target area of the Fear spell have to be able to see to be affected by the spell when cast, since it is an illusion? It is not worded like Hypnotic Pattern which explicitly says ...
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Phantasmal killer (4th-level) and weird (9th-level) have the same effect, with the only differences being the level and that weird affects all creatures in a 30 ft sphere, and phantasmal killer ...
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Here is the specific scenario I am thinking: Spellcaster A uses a spell to frighten an enemy, and they can no longer move closer to them. On certain spells, they actively have to run away from the ...
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Scenario A dragon attacks, which activates its frightful presence. Everyone in the party has at least 5 HD, but fewer HD than the dragon. At least one party member is affected, and they are shaken. ...
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The Paladin's Aura of Courage prevents the frightened condition in anyone within 10' of the paladin. No saving throw is needed. The Pit Fiend's Fear Aura behaves thusly: Any creature hostile to the ...
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Recently, our troupe of Samurai was faced with a Yurei, a haunting ghost. It was indeed a powerful one, and it possessed the power of Fear 3, sending some of us fleeing and making it nigh impossible ...
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Some conditions have obvious counters—-for example, if prone, a creature can stand. But how does a creature counter being frightened of another who has successfully intimidated it into being ...
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Last session our party (totem barbarian, mutant (homebrew) druid, starry druid, soulknife rogue, fathomless warlock, conjuration wizard, all 14th level) just got completely pwned by a couple of ...

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