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'''Fear''' is a [[status effect]] which causes monsters to uncontrollably flee, and players unable to get closer to the fear-inflicting monster.

==Effect==
===On Players===
Players affected by fear are unable to move towards the caster of fear. In addition, it causes melee attacks against the caster to have a 33% chance of failing ("flinching away in fear"), and prevents [[berserk]].

The status ends if the caster leaves [[line of sight]] or is killed.

Players with [[clarity]] or that are [[berserk]] are immune to fear.

===On Monsters===
Fear makes monsters unwilling to attack, and causes them to run away. Monsters will still be able to use abilities tagged with the escape flag, such as [[Blink]].

Monsters will lose the fear status under the following conditions:
*They are hit by an attack.
*They are unable to move away from you for more than 1 turn ("Cornered, <monster> turns to fight!").
*The duration runs out.

The following monsters are immune to fear:
*[[Undead]], [[nonliving]], and [[:Category:Plant holiness|plant holiness]] monsters.
*Monsters that are [[berserk]] or under [[frenzy]]

==Sources==
All sources of the fear status check [[willpower]], including:
*The [[Cause Fear]] spell.
*A [[scroll of fear]] casts Cause Fear at maximum power.
*[[Werewolf Form]] howling.

==See also==
*[[Mesmerise]] - the opposite of fear, prevents players from moving away from the caster.

==History==
*Prior to [[0.33]], [[berserk]]ing players were not immune to fear.
*Prior to [[0.30]], fleeing monsters would not recklessly run into harmful [[cloud]]s.
*Prior to [[0.28]], the spell couldn't affect demonic and holy monsters.
*Prior to [[0.27]], monsters could use a [[scroll of blinking]] or [[scroll of teleport]] while under fear. Also, fleeing monsters would use "emergency" flag spells rather than "escape" flag ones. This caused [[black bear]]s and [[polar bear]]s to be practically immune to fear; they would immediately [[berserk]] when inflicted with fear, which ended the fear.
*Prior to [[0.13]], Cause Fear on players only penalized moving toward the caster. Attacks against the caster were unaffected.

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