Repel (Fear)

Repel (Fear) Mnemonic [none (creature only)] Duration instantaneous Cast Time ? Attack Magic - Disabling   Subtype Warding  Target(s) Single  State(s) Inflicted Immobilized

Description

Fear is a spiritual warding spell cast primarily by undead that causes the target to be struck by an immediate fear of the caster. This causes the target to run away in fear, or even be immobilized by it.

If the end result of the warding roll is 101 to 150, you run away in an arbitrary compass direction (but not out) with a 5 second RT (not all casters of this spell induce the RT). On a warding roll of 151 or higher you become immobilized for an extremely long time (a minute or more). Nothing happens if you ward it off.

If there are no obvious (compass + up/down) directions in the room you are in, any warding failure will immobilize you, and it will still last a very long time. For example, eidolon on the roof of Bonespear Tower are thus extremely dangerous. You should probably not fight an eidolon up there unless you are guaranteed to ward off this spell. Similarly, there are a few rooms in the Temple of Love without any compass exits (or only out which isn't an obvious exit for the purposes of this spell); getting feared by a nedum vereri will likely result in your demise even if you barely fail the warding roll.

NB: This is not Sheer fear - that is a completely different 'undead are scary' effect.

Messaging

Warded off:

A death dirge gestures at you!
  CS: +53 - TD: +51 + CvA: +18 + d100: +21 == +41
  Warded off!

Warding failure between 101 and 150:

You run away immediately are not otherwise affected (no roundtime is induced, for example), and you can move back to the area with the caster if you want.

A death dirge  gestures at you!
  CS: +53 - TD: +51 + CvA: +18 + d100: +93 == +113
  Warding failed!
The death dirge suddenly transforms into a horridly grotesque image, inducing utter terror in your soul!
You bolt southeastward!
[Wormwood Slough, Mound]
The ground rises from the surrounding swampland in a mound here near the overgrown creek bank.  You also see a greater spider and a black scimitar.
Obvious paths: north, northeast, northwest

Warding failure between 151 or higher will immobilize:

A wraith gestures at you!
  CS: +99 - TD: +51 + CvA: +18 + d100: +87 == +153
  Warding failed!
The wraith suddenly transforms into a horridly grotesque image, inducing utter terror in your soul!
You are immobilized with sheer terror!
I> w
You don't seem to be able to move to do that.

Warding failure below 151, but in an area without any compass exits (Obvious exits: none):

The nedum vereri looks expectantly at you.  You feel your resistance melt away!
  CS: +95 - TD: +71 + CvA: +12 + d100: +90 == +126
  Warding failed!
The nedum vereri suddenly transforms into a horridly grotesque image, inducing utter terror in your soul!
You are immobilized with sheer terror!
I> stance def
You don't seem to be able to move to do that.
I> look
[Temple, Altar]
The old altar sits overlooking the sanctuary.  From here, the shadows seem deeper, the silence more ominous, as if the sonorous breathing of a majestic life had suddenly ceased, leaving you alone and afraid.  Set into the wall behind the altar is a massive glass window, not yet broken, although a creeping dark stain has spread over it, turning the colors an unwholesome red-black.  Some marble stairs lead down into darkness, providing an alternative to going back to the sanctuary itself.  You also see a nedum vereri.
Obvious exits: none