This spell was designed by Khadija of Tremere, a Mentem specialist who thrived in social circumstances. When her manipulations amongst the nobility started going against her designs, she decided to create a spell that would allow her to inflict terrors on those who displease her, and perhaps allow her to 'rescue' them in return for favors. Though her specialties usually used eye-ranged spells, the sight-ranged version allowed her to distance herself as the cause of the malady. Her sigil is rigidity.
The Terror Moon (Rego Mentem )
R: Sight, D: Moon, T: Ind
The target of this spell develops an overwhelming fear regarding something - a fear of crowds, a fear of the outdoors, a fear of being poisoned. This fear becomes overwhelming over time; A fear of crowds will keep the target away from large groups, then over time they would avoid any numbers of people, and finally avoiding people at all. As the spell continues, their fear of one thing will start effecting even unrelated aspects of their lives; for example, they may stop drinking wine because any drunkenness and they may stumble into a crowded room in their own home, and they might start sleeping very lightly, because they don't want to have any people come wake them. Khadija's sigil means that every time they experience that fear, their muscles will clench up and stiffen.
(Base 10, +3 Sight, +3 Moon)
Side Effects table (1d10)
1 Exaggerated Sigil: The overwhelming sigil means that every time something triggers their fear, their entire body will seize up, going rigid, and their perceptions of the world seems to freeze in place for an instant.
2-3 Minor Flaw:
4-5 Minor Side Effect:
6 Minor Benefit:
7 Major Flaw: Khadija designed this spell during the same season that Jhabbar, her beloved pet dog, had died. It affected her focus during spell creation. This means that no matter what the desired fear is, by the end of the spell it always ends up 'fear of dogs'.
8 Major Side Effect: Every time the fear takes the target's mind, their skin goes paler, and their hair goes whiter. This effect begins to fade after the spell is ended, and a moon later, they are back to normal.
9 Major Benefit: No matter what the fear is, or how strong it is at the time, everything seems better and less frightening while the target can see the caster.
10 Fatal Flaw: This overwhelming fear is so great that their minds will rebel against it - their agoraphobia means they won't look at the sky, and therefor won't notice it at all, as if their mind blanks out that fear. Their fear of dogs means that they will refuse to admit that dogs exist at all.