Fear tests, once per round?

By Jerrith, in Black Crusade

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In previous games, I was always under the assumption that when you encountered a fear-inducing foe, you tested once for fear the moment you met him/her/it. If you passed, you're fine. If you failed, then you dealt with whatever the result was. Either way, there was only the one fear test.

However, on page 277 for Black Crusade, when describing multiple fear-inducing foes, there's the note "In other words, they [the Heretics] must only make one Fear Test each Round."

So, we normally make a fear test every round? This seems pretty brutal, because unless the target is immune in some fashion, eventually everyone will fail and cause havoc. Also, it would make those insanity tests far more common.

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Don't forget that heretics get bonuses to the WP test, and that they get to modify any rolls on the shock table by their infamy.

But yeah, it seems kind of unintended that you'd have to test every round when in the presence of something even a little scary.

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I think it was possibly just to clarify or suggest that if you have 3 Daemons arrive at the same time you don't test for all 3 of them separately (though you should maybe up their effective fear rating for the test).

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borithan said:

I think it was possibly just to clarify or suggest that if you have 3 Daemons arrive at the same time you don't test for all 3 of them separately (though you should maybe up their effective fear rating for the test).

That's exactly what it means - you need to read that sentence in context with the rest of the paragraph.

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MILLANDSON said:

borithan said:

I think it was possibly just to clarify or suggest that if you have 3 Daemons arrive at the same time you don't test for all 3 of them separately (though you should maybe up their effective fear rating for the test).

That's exactly what it means - you need to read that sentence in context with the rest of the paragraph.

I also take it to mean multple tests for multiple sources over time, but only one test per round. I.e. if two demons turn up - one test. If another two turns up next round, or a new source of fear arrives - another test is needed, but once again only one test is made for multiple new sources.
however faced with multiple sources of fear arriving in different rounds tests would need to be made each time the situation changes.

So little Timmy laughs off the two Bloodletters, sneers at the Bloodthirster that arrives the next round, But them wets himself and faints when the scary clown enters the fight two more rounds after that.

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Stuntie said:

MILLANDSON said:

borithan said:

I think it was possibly just to clarify or suggest that if you have 3 Daemons arrive at the same time you don't test for all 3 of them separately (though you should maybe up their effective fear rating for the test).

That's exactly what it means - you need to read that sentence in context with the rest of the paragraph.

I also take it to mean multple tests for multiple sources over time, but only one test per round. I.e. if two demons turn up - one test. If another two turns up next round, or a new source of fear arrives - another test is needed, but once again only one test is made for multiple new sources.
however faced with multiple sources of fear arriving in different rounds tests would need to be made each time the situation changes.

So little Timmy laughs off the two Bloodletters, sneers at the Bloodthirster that arrives the next round, But them wets himself and faints when the scary clown enters the fight two more rounds after that.

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Stuntie said:

MILLANDSON said:

borithan said:

I think it was possibly just to clarify or suggest that if you have 3 Daemons arrive at the same time you don't test for all 3 of them separately (though you should maybe up their effective fear rating for the test).

That's exactly what it means - you need to read that sentence in context with the rest of the paragraph.

I also take it to mean multple tests for multiple sources over time, but only one test per round. I.e. if two demons turn up - one test. If another two turns up next round, or a new source of fear arrives - another test is needed, but once again only one test is made for multiple new sources.
however faced with multiple sources of fear arriving in different rounds tests would need to be made each time the situation changes.

So little Timmy laughs off the two Bloodletters, sneers at the Bloodthirster that arrives the next round, But them wets himself and faints when the scary clown enters the fight two more rounds after that.

This cleared it up perfectly, thank you for the example.