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Message: <blockquote data-quote="staticdrifter" data-source="post: 7495172" data-attributes="member: 6667324">1) Yes2) No. If the object was dropped due to fear afflicted upon the target, and said target is still under the same affliction, then picking up what was dropped is not going to be on that target's list of important things to do.The target is in fear of their life and fight has been removed from the fight-or-flight process. At this point the target has no other consideration besides staying alive for the next moments.The character must first save vs. the fear affecting them. Only after overcoming that fear will they be able to consider other options. If, in the mean-time, the weapon is picked up by the bestower of the fear, the very next action the target will take is to move away even further (and not to a convenient place of cover, but to a straight-as- possible line away from the cause of the fear, even if this action takes them near a new danger).The target can only act against the fear - inducing foe once they save, thus regaining their composure, and their ability to consider rearming themselves.That's how we do it here and it plays out quite well every time.</blockquote>