Fear Levels

"I have another 20 men outside, you didnt think i would come here to bring down your unjust cult with just the five of us did you? Shall we die together, Tomalak?" - Marcus Hills

Fear levels,
This is a houserule, that ignores all of the similarities between the definitions and terms used in PHB and the like.

Usually, the way fear levels work is as this:

DC: 10+HD+Fear level/Rating.

Example: Nightmare Behemoth: HD 14, fear rating 3: Shaken. DC=10+14+3= 27.

Success: Reduce fear level by 1

Natural 20: Inspire Courage to your allies.

Failure: Take the indicated fear level.

Natural 1: Cower in fear for 1 turn, and receive indicated fear level.

Section heading
Fear Levels are divided into 5 categories: (These are besides the usual definitions of the terms used by spells etc described in PHB 3.5 etc..)
 * 1) Demoralized - This level means you are disturbed/unnerved by what you see. You suffer a -2 penalty on all Rolls.
 * 2) Shaken - This level implies that you believe resistance is relatively futile. You suffer a -4 penalty on all rolls.
 * 3) Terrified - This level of fear would take the heart of any man but the bravest. You suffer a -6 penalty on all rolls.
 * 4) Horrified - This level of fear often leaves a scar in a mans heart and soul. Even surviving such an encounter leaves trauma. You suffer a -8 penalty to all Rolls
 * 5) Maddened - At this level all you wish to do is to escape. If you cannot escape the fear source, you are considered helpless and cowering in fear, left with severe trauma should you survive. You take a -10 to all Rolls if needed to roll.

Things in New Exford that are known to generate Fear would be:


 * Ekstraplanar beings of power 1-5
 * Inquisitors 1-3
 * Saur Dakar warriors 1-2
 * Takeda Samurai of the unicorn dojo 1-2
 * Powerful warriors 1
 * A charging regiment of Minotaur warriors 1-2
 * Mutations 1-5
 * Abominations (Even just being nearby an abomination of a newborn baby) 1-5
 * Hideous deformities 1-5
 * The presence of Dragons (Although they were rumored to be extremely courteous) 1-4
 * The presence of Dragonkin (Their Dragonblood gifts made them resemble dragons) 1-2
 * A horrific tale of the Nightmare Plane 1-2
 * Ekstraplanar travels 1-3
 * An extremely poor situation to be in, or the bluffing of.. 1-3