What are examples of conditions or spells that prevent casting spells with emotion components?


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I’m attempting to make a vexing daredevil mesmerist. As stated in the rules of Psychic Magic “It is impossible to cast a spell with an emotion component while the spellcaster is under the influence of a non-harmless effect with the emotion or fear descriptors”. I realise that any spell that causes shaken, panicked or frightened effects qualifies for negating the mesmerist’s ability to cast spells with emotion components. What are the other conditions and examples of spells that can also cancel their emotional casting? Are fascinating and cowering such examples?


Cowering is a fear state, definitely. Judging by the Euphoric Cloud spell, fascinated may not be an effect with the emotion descriptor. Neither condition allows you to take actions anyway so you can't cast psychic, arcane or divine spells while under either.

Calm Emotions is a spell feared by psychic casters but it doesn't apply any condition. That's fairly typical of spells with the emotion but not the fear descriptor, they each have their own special rules included in the spell.

Some other spells with the emotion descriptor which don't steal your actions: Crushing Despair, Ego Whip, Sympathy.


Thank you very much!

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