There are multiple action cards (etc) that grant a PC Fear 1 for a few turns, or grant Fear 1 to a single attack. We've got a PC with "Fear Me!" at my table and it hasn't been terribly potent so far… but that may have just been bad rolls.
If a creature or person has Fear 1, the rules state others have to test when they first encounter that character. If you spend multiple turns interacting with them, the rules seem pretty clear that you only roll once. Assuming that's the case, do these effects seem worth it to you?
I'm tempted to make the victims roll again if they try to engage the Fear ed person, or maybe even every time the Fear some person attacks them personally, but I'm worried it might make it too good. It may not be a problem with Fear 1, but I imagine it would prove troubling if the effect generated Terror 3 instead and I'd like any potential house-rule to work across the board.
If an attack has Fear 1, does that affect:
- only the specific target of the attack?
- everyone in the same engagement?
- all foes regardless of positioning as long as there's a reasonable chance of them seeing it?
- everyone in the scene, including friendlies?
If someone uses the same "the attack has Fear 1" action on multiple turns, should the targets roll the subsequent times? My gut says yes, but I'm having a hard time rectifying that against the Fear rating of a monster (or PC) being something you only roll for once.
If I unleash my Fear 1 during a scene where they're facing off against 2 groups of 4 henchmen each, how many willpower tests should the GM make?
- 8 individual tests?
- 2 tests and (if failed) apply the stress (which would be a wound) to each henchman individually? (Total 4 wounds per group)
- 2 tests but if failed only apply the stress (wound) to a single henchman per test? (Only 1 wound per group)
Also, in the cases of making only 2 tests, should those tests gain the bonus 3 white dice that the group of 4 henchman would on it's single attack or other active check?
There's a lot open to GM interpretation in these situations, and I'm curious how others handle them.