Fear Magic

Fear Magic
The Dread Masters (Star Wars Legends) studied the fear-centric Phobis devices until they became masters of fear that threatened the entire galaxy with their power.
Power/Ability to:	Use fear magic.

The power to use fear related magic. Variation of Emotion Magic. Form of Magic.

Also Called

• Dread/Fear/Terror Craft
• Dread/Terror Magic

Capabilities

The user is capable of magic based in fear, dread, horror, terror, etc., including the augmentation or elimination of these traits, summoning creatures of nightmares, or using magic to feed off of the fear of others.

Applications

• Darkside View
• Fear Manipulation
• Illusion-Casting
• Spell Casting
• Torment Inducement

Associations

• Emotion Magic
• Magic
• Nightmare Manipulation: When combined with Dream Magic.

Limitations

• Magic always has a price.
• May require the user to have a high level mastery of fear, lest they lose their sanity to the fears they release.
• People who have mastered their fears may have high resistance to the effects.
• May be useless against someone who has Fearlessness.

Known Users

• Deimos (Camp Half-Blood)
• Phobos (Camp Half-Blood)
• Triton (Camp Half-Blood)
• Begotten (Chronicles of Darkness/Beast: The Primordial); via Nightmares
• Autumn Court (Chronicles of Darkness/Changeling: The Lost); via Fleeting Autumn contracts
• Nosferatu (Chronicles of Darkness/Vampire: The Requiem); via Nightmare Discipline
• Desolate Ones (CthulhuTech)
• Acheron (DC Comics)
• Bloodwynd (DC Comics); via the Blood Gem
• Kalista (DC Comics); via "Black Repulsion"
• Obsidian (DC Comics); via Shadow Magic and Darkside View
• Enchantress (DC Extended Universe)
• Entropy Spell Users (Dragon Age Origins/Dragon Age II)
• Necromancers (Dragon Age Inquisition)
• Users of Fear Effect Spells (Dungeons & Dragons)
• Nocturne, the Eternal Nightmare (League of Legends)
• Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver (Magic: The Gathering)
• Dementia Casters (Magic: The Gathering); via their dementia space
  • Chainer
• Cul Borson (Marvel Comics)
• D'Spayre (Marvel Comics)
• Dweller-in-Darkness (Marvel Comics)
• Nightmare (Marvel Comics)
• Wallow (Marvel Comics)
• Dreads (Pathfinder); via Psionic Magic
• Fearmonger Antipaladins (Pathfinder)
• Users of the Fear subdomain (Pathfinder)
• Users of the Nightmare subdomain (Pathfinder)
• Phasmadaemons (Pathfinder)
• Darth Phobos (Star Wars Legends)
• Users of summon fear (Star Wars Legends)
  • Darth Zannah
  • Dread Masters
  • Freedon Nadd
• Howard (Supernatural); via Fear Manifestation Ritual
• Earthbound (World of Darkness/Demon: The Fallen); via Lore of Violation

Known Objects

• Aegis (Camp Half-Blood)
• Helm of Darkness (Camp Half-Blood)
• Nico's Sword (Camp Half-Blood)
• Mystic Symbol of the Seven (DC Comics)
• Mace of Terror (Dungeons & Dragons)
• Rod of Nightmares (Dungeons & Dragons)
• Fear Engines (The Fallen: Forsaken)
• Phobos Spear (God of War: Ascension)
• Dark Scepter (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
• Phobis devices (Star Wars Legends)

Gallery

The Phobos Spear (God of War: Ascension) is a spear forged from the power of Phobos, the Greek God of Fear, and allows use of his otherworldly terror through etched glyphs along it.

Cul Borson the Serpent (Marvel) as the Norse God of Fear, is capable of sowing and utilizing fear to strengthen himself through Asgardian magic.

Phasmadaemons (Pathfinder) use fear as a weapon through fear-effect spells, and feed off of the emotion.

Darth Zannah (Star Wars Legends) was a regular practitioner of the Sith sorcery of "summon fear," using it to drive her enemies to madness.

The Dark Scepter (Marvel Cinematic Universe) is a mystic relic capable of amplifying doubt and fear, among light-related powers.