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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jack Simth" data-source="post: 2813050" data-attributes="member: 29252">The original post also referred to fear spells, and the characteristics of fear spells in general - which would imply that the OP was taking about [Fear] spells and effects in general, rather than the Fear spell in specific. On a failed save, sure.  On a successful save, though, Fear and many of it's ilk still do bad things to the target - sure, one Shaken isn't too bad, but if the same wizard covers the same area twice with it (one normal casting, one Quickened - prefferably via a Rod.... but an 8th level spell slot works too) It's still quite useful that the CR 26 Great Wyrm Red Dragon is STILL Frightened for a round (or two, if you Extend both... and technically, Fear qualifies for the Persistent metamagic feat..... but that takes Epic levels ... course, it's CR 26.... or would those not work?  The duration for a failed save is listed both in the Duration line and in the text.... hmm....) despite the +30 will save vs. a 4th level spell (provided you passed the SR check, of course....).  Likewise, on failed saves, two successive Doom spells will cause the victim to be Frightened... for a decent length of time.  The nifty little rule about fear effects stacking can be fun.....</blockquote>