fear question

[llamabeast]

Everyone is a little confused about the details, but definitely adding a horror helm onto a unit which already has fear works very well (Fear+0 goes to Fear+5, although I for one am not clear on the exact meaning of that).

[ologm]

As far as I know Fear +0 is six squares around unit.
Fear +1 is seven squares, etc.
Every 5 fear levels makes the fear harder to resist.

[MaxWilson]

Clarification for readers' sake: Fear +0 is not a six-square RADIUS, it is merely six distinct squares close to the unit. Judging from other spells like Soul Vortex, I doubt the squares are required to be contiguous, but they usually are. Every +1 to fear increases your area of effect by 1 square, and as ologm said every +5 makes the fear 1 harder to resist. (I think you normally check morale + DRN vs. 13 + DRN, so Fear +17 would then make you check vs. 16 + DRN in a 23-square area.)

-Max

[Lazy_Perfectionist]

Llamabeast, are you sure that unit isn't a pretender with death magic?

Death magic adds plus one to fear for each level of death magic. If a unit doesn't have any fear, it kicks in at 5 points of death. I presume that with the horror helmet, it counts the full worth of the death magic.

[llamabeast]

I think having a horror helm is like having 5 more levels of death magic, if you like. I think a D1 mage with with a horror helm will end up with fear+1. Haven't checked that recently though, so I may have got confused.

[Kristoffer O]

Correct!

[Jazzepi]

Just so you know, two horror helms don't stack I was trying to give my wurm +10 fear

Jazzepi