Menacing Stare

Menacing Stare

	Persuasion
	0 sp
	17 Ego
	75
	Persuasion_MenacingStare
Infobox data from game version 2.0.202.92

You stare down a nearby opponent and send him fleeing in terror.

Menacing Stare is a skill in the Persuasion tree that allows a creature to inflict fear on nearby creatures.

This skill grants the "Menacing Stare" activated ability which can inflict fear on a creature within a 5-tile range. This causes the creature to flee from the attacker for 6d46-24 (Avg: 15) rounds. If the following condition is true Menacing Stare will apply its effect, otherwise it will do nothing:

$1d8+{\text{Attacker's Ego Modifier}}+2\geq {\text{Defender's MA}}$

Ability Cooldown

The base cooldown of Menacing Stare can be reduced by 10 rounds if the user is wearing an item with the terrifying visage mod.

Willpower (WI) adjusted cooldown (CD)
without a terrifying visage item:

WI	CD	WI	CD	WI	CD	WI	CD
9	102	15	79	21	57	27	34
10	98	16	75	22	53	28	30
11	94	17	72	23	49	29	27
12	90	18	68	24	45	30	23
13	87	19	64	25	42	31	19
14	83	20	60	26	38	32	15

Willpower (WI) adjusted cooldown (CD)
with a terrifying visage item equipped:

WI	CD	WI	CD	WI	CD	WI	CD
9	88	15	69	21	49	27	30
10	85	16	65	22	46	28	26
11	82	17	62	23	43	29	23
12	78	18	59	24	39	30	20
13	75	19	56	25	36	31	17
14	72	20	52	26	33	32	13

Factions That Teach Menacing Stare

Menacing Stare is not taught by any of Qud's persistent factions. However, procedurally generated factions such as village factions can teach randomly chosen skills as part of their water ritual.

Creatures That Have Menacing Stare

• Aoyg-No-Longer, servant of Ptoh in the Cosmic Wood
• Eschelstadt II, High Priest of the Stilt
• Knight Commander of the Holy Temple
• Mak