Magic Item: Wand of Fear

This wand was created from a single piece of Tainted Obsidian. The end of the wand features a goblin like skull.

The wand allows its user to cast a Fear spell as follows:

Fear

• Arcane Die d8.
• 10 Spell Points
• Power Points: 2
• Range: 96 feet / 16 squares / 3 Zones
• Duration: Instant
• Area of Effect: Large Burst Template (2d6 medium sized creatures or 2 Zones)

Trappings: The eyes on the skull light up and it emits a shriek. A ball of darkness flies from the wand and releases a wave of fear when it reaches its designated range.

This power causes the target overwhelming dread and horror. Every creature in the area of effect must make a Fear check, at –2 if the caster got a Raise. In addition, targets suffer a penalty to oppose the power equal to the current darkness penalty.

• –4 Pitch Darkness
• –2 Dark
• –1 Dim

Wild Cards who fail must roll on the Fear Table. Extras are Panicked instead.

The caster suffers a –2 penalty to their Arcane roll in normal light.

The spell has no effect if the caster or the targeted area is affected by magical light, such as the Light spell.

Backlash: A natural one on the Arcane Die means that the spell targets the caster. They must make a Spirit check at -4 or roll on the Fear Table.