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Deer in the Headlight

Deer in Headlight-ed

A paralysis status that locks a victim's legs in place for fifteen seconds while leaving arms free.

Story so far

Kiwi inflicted it on Carl by raising her head and loosing a loud, terrifying barking noise — like a seal mixed with a monstrous amount of distortion, unk, unk, unk — that shook the ground. The notification told him he could not move from his position for fifteen seconds. Mongo lifted his own head and answered with a similar call, and then the whole pack took up the barking and howling.

The effect left Carl's arms free to cast and to drink an invisibility potion, but his legs bolted in place just thirty feet from the treeline and the twin white dots of Point Mongo's gate guards. When the paralysis broke his leg felt asleep, but he could move.

Role

The pack leader's crowd-control call, which strands Carl a few steps short of safety.

Relationships

Kiwi — Inflicted it with her barking call.
Carl — Held in place for fifteen seconds at the worst possible moment.
Mongoliensis — The pack echoed the call across the clearing.
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Chapter 11
  • A paralysis status that locks a victim's legs in place for fifteen seconds while leaving arms free.
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