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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 6061792" data-attributes="member: 42582">On the martial fear issue, I found an example in MM2, prompted by another current thread:Fang Titan Drake

Furious Roar (standard; encounter) • Fear
Close burst 10; targets enemies; +22 vs. Will; the target is stunned until the end of the fang titan drake's next turn.
Aftereffect: The target takes a -2 penalty to attack rolls (save ends).That's a martial fear effect on a monster!Whether it's a good model to extend to the Dragon Mountain conversion is of course a further issue!My group is happy to suffer that sort of effect if I hit their Will - they accept that their paragon-ness of bravery is a function of their Will scores, their feats/powers that let them overcome fear effects, etc. But I can see that other tables would have different preferences. Maybe give the kobolds a +2 bonus to defences instead - they're more cautious and buoyed by having received advance intelligence about the PCs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 6061792, member: 42582"] On the [I]martial fear[/I] issue, I found an example in MM2, prompted by another current thread: [indent][U]Fang Titan Drake[/U] Furious Roar (standard; encounter) • Fear Close burst 10; targets enemies; +22 vs. Will; the target is stunned until the end of the fang titan drake's next turn. Aftereffect: The target takes a -2 penalty to attack rolls (save ends).[/indent] That's a martial fear effect on a monster! Whether it's a good model to extend to the Dragon Mountain conversion is of course a further issue! My group is happy to suffer that sort of effect if I hit their Will - they accept that their paragon-ness of bravery is a function of their Will scores, their feats/powers that let them overcome fear effects, etc. But I can see that other tables would have different preferences. Maybe give the kobolds a +2 bonus to defences instead - they're more cautious and buoyed by having received advance intelligence about the PCs. [/QUOTE]

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