Ascalaphus
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While under this spell's effect, the target ignores effects that would give them a circumstance penalty to Speed. When they attempt to Escape an effect that has them immobilized, grabbed, or restrained, they automatically succeed unless the effect is magical and of a higher level than the freedom of movement spell.
Success The creature treats each square in the area as difficult terrain when moving closer to you.
Failure The creature can't move closer to you within the area.
The things Repulsion does don't match the things Freedom of Movement is looking for. Difficult Terrain isn't a circumstance penalty to Speed, and not being allowed to move in a particular direction isn't immobilized/grabbed/restrained, since you can still move in other directions.
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Repulsion is a higher level spell than Freedom of Movement, so I think it's a moot point. The fluff in FoM is clearly in opposition to the effects of Repulsion. I accept that in P2 that's meaningless, but in this case, the name of the spell overrides that for me. It's called "Freedom of Movement." Repulsion uses "move" words six times in its description. I could see a ruling in either direction and would rule in favor of fun or in favor of the players' will here and "move on." ;)