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|author_name=Eiji-kun
|date_created=3-5-21
|status=Mood
|balance=High
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<onlyinclude>{{3.5e Spell
|name=Spiral of Depression
|school=Enchantment
|subschool=Compulsion
|desc=Evil, Language-Dependent, Mind-Affecting
|lvl=Cleric 9
|comp=V, S
|casttime=1 standard action
|range=Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
|dur=Instantaneous
|tsea=t
|subj=One creature with Int 3 or higher
|save=Will partial
|sr=Yes
|summary=The target takes as many daunt levels as their HD, and then remains daunted in a way that remains difficult to lift.
}}

''Why bother.''

This behaves like ''[[Break Morale (3.5e Spell)|break morale]]'', dealing a number of [[Daunt (3.5e Creature Ability)|daunt]] levels equal to their HD.  On a successful save they instead simply take 1d4 daunt levels (instantaneous), and also take a -4 morale penalty on attack, damage, and save DCs against you for 1 round.

Once they fail, the daunt levels are not naturally removed.  Every 24 hours they may make the saving throw again, and recover 1 daunt level each day.  A failed save deals another daunt level, and unlike normal daunt this can exceed your HD.  Once their negative daunt levels reach an amount equal to 1/2 their HD, further saving throws to decrease it instead becomes a save against ''[[SRD:Death Urge|death urge]]'' until they make another successful saving throw or they end themselves.

Others can attempt to grant additional saving throws over the course of talking to the victim for 1 minute, with the results as if it were a normal daily saving throw.  Each creature can only provide one additional save each day.  Becoming immune to mind-affecting effects halts progress, but does not cure the condition.  The condition is only cured when they make enough saving throws to lose all their daunt levels, or affected by ''[[SRD:Limited Wish|limited wish]]'', ''[[SRD:Miracle|miracle]]'', ''[[SRD:Wish|wish]]'', or a ''[[SRD:Break Enchantment|break enchantment]]'' spell of a higher caster level.
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Article Balance	High +
Author	Eiji-kun +
Component	V + and S +
Descriptor	Evil +, Language-Dependent + and Mind-Affecting +
Identifier	3.5e Spell +
Level	Cleric 9 +
Range	Other +
Rating	Unrated +
School	Enchantment +
Subschool	Compulsion +
Summary	The target takes as many daunt levels as their HD, and then remains daunted in a way that remains difficult to lift. +
Title	Spiral of Depression +