Punish Defiance

Required	Fear Domain 4
Range	Current range of Dread Presence
Area	Current range of Dread Presence
Duration	5 rounds
Casting	Verbal
Cast Action	Standard
Mana Cost	3 Mana
Effect	Your Patron is not content with punishing the brave, they must teach onlookers the futility of courage. Within the area of Dread Presence for the duration: Whenever a creature within your aura attacks you or one of your allies, divine focus falls upon them, marking them as Defiant. The creature’s defiance manifests visibly as a crown of shadowed flame, a scream that echoes impossibly, or other divine omen determined by the Storyteller. The creature immediately suffers a -3d10 penalty to Magic Resist and loses Immunity to Fear for the rest of the encounter. This effect may not be resisted. The marked target must make an immediate Mental Resist against Dread Presence even if they have resisted it previously this encounter. All allies of the target who can see or hear this manifestation suffer –1d10 penalty to resisting Fear Effects. If the target is reduced to 0 Health or lower while within your aura during the encounter, the display of divine punishment becomes overwhelming: all enemies within 10 yards automatically suffer an additional -2d10 penalty to resisting Fear Effects and must roll an immediate Mental Resistance or gain +1 Fear Level. You may only have one target marked at a time. Marking a new target ends the previous effect.