Mad Monkeys: Nauseation 1 round or 1 minute?


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Scarab Sages

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Mad Monkeys Spell Details

"Creatures failing a saving throw against the mad monkeys’ distraction attack are deafened for 1 minute as well as nauseated."

Normally, the nauseated effect for a monkey swarm is 1 round. I *believe* the intent of this spell is to say that they are deafened for 1 minute as well as the normal nauseated effect (of 1 round). However, I've seen people read it differently and wanted to know if there's been any other information on this.

Going to rule it as 1 round nauseation in my own game (10 rounds of it on a failed save is just nuts), but am curious what others think.


1 round IMO, nauseated for 1 minute + the other effect is just, as you said, completely nut.


The deafened is one minute, the nauseated is its normal duration. At least thats how I read it and have always seen it played.

Shadow Lodge

Distraction is only 1 round. Mad Monkeys only adds an additional condition to it with a different duration.


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You summon a swarm of screeching, mischievous monkeys.

The swarm understands and obeys your commands and has the statistics of a monkey swarm (Bestiary 2212). Creatures failing a saving throw against the mad monkeys’ distraction attack are deafened for 1 minute as well as nauseated. The monkeys attempt one disarm or steal combat maneuver each turn as a free action against any creature that begins its turn in the swarm, using your caster level plus your casting ability score bonus (Intelligence for wizards; Wisdom for druids and oracles; Charisma for bards, sorcerers, and summoners) for its CMB. Recovering an item from the monkeys requires a successful disarm or steal attempt against that CMD. An object stolen by the monkeys takes swarm damage each round the swarm is in possession of the object.

-- Ultimate Magic pg 227

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Monkey Swarm

Melee swarm (2d6 plus distraction)

-- Bestiary 2 pg 222

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Distraction (Ex)

A creature with this ability can nauseate the creatures that it damages. Any living creature that takes damage from a creature with the distraction ability is nauseated for 1 round; a Fortitude save (DC 10 + 1/2 creature's HD + creature's Con modifier) negates the effect.

So deafened for 1 minute and nauseated for 1 round.

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