[Dungeon Fantasy] My attempt at a "standard demonic footsoldier" template

[Varyon]

Originally Posted by johndallman

He's actually easier for delvers to take out without Terror, which had a chance of getting rid of the annoying fighters. Someone with a shield will not be very worried by the maul attack, but they will take out one of its arms at the first opportunity to stop it being used.

Terror [30] is only likely to be useful if used before combat actually starts - if the demon sneaks up on the party, or the two blunder into each other unexpectedly. Don't forget, you get a +5 to Fright Checks if you're in combat, which means at the [30] level anyone with effective Will 8 or higher will be at or above the cap of 13, with a ~84% chance to resist. More points in Terror can potentially make it more useful as a combat ability, but at [10] per -1 to Will, that can be rather pricy.

[johndallman]

Originally Posted by Varyon

Terror [30] is only likely to be useful if used before combat actually starts - if the demon sneaks up on the party, or the two blunder into each other unexpectedly. Don't forget, you get a +5 to Fright Checks if you're in combat, which means at the [30] level anyone with effective Will 8 or higher will be at or above the cap of 13, with a ~84% chance to resist.

The Rule of 14 still applies in combat. That means if you have, say, three fighters being hit with Terror, it's only 59% that they all resist, so you have a decent chance of getting rid of one of them.