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So how does the Cause Fear spell work exactly if multiple versions of the same spell are cast upon a single target? The exact wording of the spell is:
The affected creature becomes frightened. If the subject succeeds on a Will save, it is shaken for 1 round. Creatures with 6 or more HD are immune to this effect. Cause fear counters and dispels remove fear.
So let's say that someone uses a wand to cast Cause Fear on a creature and they succeed in making that creature Frightened for 4 rounds. The next round that same PC uses the same wand to cast Cause Fear once again, but this time the spell fails and only makes the creature Shaken for just 1 round. But does Shaken stack with the Frightened make the creature Panicked?
So what happens exactly? Is the creature now Panicked for 4 rounds? Or is the creature Panicked for 1 round and then Frightened for 3 rounds? Or is the creature Frightened for 3 rounds and then Shaken for 1 round? Or is it something else completely?
It seems completely OP that you can use a successful save to make something Panicked. Otherwise you can just spam this spell forever and eventually make anything (under 5 HD or less) Panicked in time. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
I would say he is frightened for 4 rounds as the shaken condition has the same effect as frightened, but not as severe.
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So how does the Cause Fear spell work exactly if multiple versions of the same spell are cast upon a single target? The exact wording of the spell is:
The affected creature becomes frightened. If the subject succeeds on a Will save, it is shaken for 1 round. Creatures with 6 or more HD are immune to this effect. Cause fear counters and dispels remove fear.So let's say that someone uses a wand to cast Cause Fear on a creature and they succeed in making that creature Frightened for 4 rounds. The next round that same PC uses the same wand to cast Cause Fear once again, but this time the spell fails and only makes the creature Shaken for just 1 round. But does Shaken stack with the Frightened make the creature Panicked?
So what happens exactly? Is the creature now Panicked for 4 rounds? Or is the creature Panicked for 1 round and then Frightened for 3 rounds? Or is the creature Frightened for 3 rounds and then Shaken for 1 round? Or is it something else completely?
It seems completely OP that you can use a successful save to make something Panicked. Otherwise you can just spam this spell forever and eventually make anything (under 5 HD or less) Panicked in time. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
the creature Frightened for 3 rounds and then Shaken for 1 round
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I'd say panicked for one round, then the one round effect expires dropping him back to the state where he was from the failed save.
I thought maybe it wouldn't stack since it was from the same source, but I can't find any mention that conditions from the same source do not stack- only bonuses and penalties.
Becoming Even More Fearful: Fear effects are cumulative. A shaken character who is made shaken again becomes frightened, and a shaken character who is made frightened becomes panicked instead. A frightened character who is made shaken or frightened becomes panicked instead.
I'd say panicked for one round, then the one round effect expires dropping him back to the state where he was from the failed save.
I thought maybe it wouldn't stack since it was from the same source, but I can't find any mention that conditions from the same source do not stack- only bonuses and penalties.
Becoming Even More Fearful: Fear effects are cumulative. A shaken character who is made shaken again becomes frightened, and a shaken character who is made frightened becomes panicked instead. A frightened character who is made shaken or frightened becomes panicked instead.
I was looking for that. I knew it was a rule at one point, but couldn't find it. So anyway, he would be frightened for 1 round, then become panicked for 1 round and then frightened again for 2 more rounds.