Game Mechanics: Seahorse Clerics in Kedge Keep casting AoE "Fear2" Spell - Page 2

YeOldeLordJiggz · #11 Yesterday, 11:00 PM

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Here's one from August:
[Fri Aug 22 12:13:13 2025] A soothebrine seahorse's feet adhere to the ground.
[Fri Aug 22 12:13:14 2025] A squallsurge seahorse tries to hit a soothebrine seahorse, but misses!
[Fri Aug 22 12:13:15 2025] You have been struck by the wrath of the gods. You have taken 196 points of damage.
[Fri Aug 22 12:13:16 2025] a soothebrine seahorse begins to cast a spell.
[Fri Aug 22 12:13:17 2025] a gloomwater mermaid begins to cast a spell.
[Fri Aug 22 12:13:17 2025] a squallsurge seahorse begins to cast a spell.
[Fri Aug 22 12:13:18 2025] You think you are heading SouthWest.
[Fri Aug 22 12:13:20 2025] You resist the Invoke Fear2 spell!

And July:
[Wed Jul 30 15:28:57 2025] You have slain a soothebrine seahorse!
[Wed Jul 30 15:28:57 2025] Your faction standing with PhinigelAutropos could not possibly get any worse.
[Wed Jul 30 15:28:57 2025] You gain party experience!!
[Wed Jul 30 15:28:58 2025] You have been struck by the wrath of the gods. You have taken 59 points of damage.
[Wed Jul 30 15:28:58 2025] a spinereef seahorse was hit by non-melee for 29 points of damage.
[Wed Jul 30 15:28:58 2025] a spinereef seahorse was hit by non-melee for 29 points of damage.
[Wed Jul 30 15:28:58 2025] a squallsurge seahorse was hit by non-melee for 29 points of damage.
[Wed Jul 30 15:28:58 2025] Yalson regains concentration and continues casting.
[Wed Jul 30 15:29:00 2025] a soothebrine seahorse begins to cast a spell.
[Wed Jul 30 15:29:01 2025] a squallsurge seahorse was hit by non-melee for 29 points of damage.
[Wed Jul 30 15:29:02 2025] a spinereef seahorse was hit by non-melee for 29 points of damage.
[Wed Jul 30 15:29:03 2025] a spinereef seahorse was hit by non-melee for 29 points of damage.
[Wed Jul 30 15:29:03 2025] Shellara Ebbhunter begins to cast a spell.
[Wed Jul 30 15:29:03 2025] a spinereef seahorse begins to cast a spell.
[Wed Jul 30 15:29:05 2025] You resist the Invoke Fear2 spell!

And another in July:

[Wed Jul 16 00:10:58 2025] a squallsurge seahorse begins to cast a spell.
[Wed Jul 16 00:11:00 2025] You begin casting Engorging Roots.
[Wed Jul 16 00:11:01 2025] Your Entrapping Roots spell has worn off.
[Wed Jul 16 00:11:01 2025] a soothebrine seahorse was hit by non-melee for 190 points of damage.
[Wed Jul 16 00:11:01 2025] A soothebrine seahorse's feet become entangled.
[Wed Jul 16 00:11:03 2025] a squallsurge seahorse regains concentration and continues casting.
[Wed Jul 16 00:11:03 2025] a squallsurge seahorse was hit by non-melee for 11 points of damage.
[Wed Jul 16 00:11:03 2025] a squallsurge seahorse was hit by non-melee for 11 points of damage.
[Wed Jul 16 00:11:03 2025] a soothebrine seahorse was hit by non-melee for 11 points of damage.
[Wed Jul 16 00:11:04 2025] a soothebrine seahorse begins to cast a spell.
[Wed Jul 16 00:11:05 2025] a squallsurge seahorse was hit by non-melee for 11 points of damage.
[Wed Jul 16 00:11:08 2025] a squallsurge seahorse was hit by non-melee for 11 points of damage.
[Wed Jul 16 00:11:08 2025] You resist the Invoke Fear2 spell!

Thank you. This confirms to me that this is indeed not something new and I would presume it was always the Soothebrine Seahorses casting the Invoke Fear2 spell in each instance of combat, not the other Spinereef or Squallsurge Seahorses.

I guess the only questions I have left about this is if Invoke Fear2 is just a 6 second stun spell as some have suggested and is it incorrect for it to be labeled as Invoke Fear2 rather than the level 55 Cleric AOE stun spell "Stun Command" and is it also not correct for it to be displaying the spinning skull animations typical of a fear spell being cast.

So I ran "Invoke fear2" through the search engine and found some interesting information.

Sources there say the spell is actually a spell cast by NPC Necromancers similar to Screaming Terror in that it is an 18 second stun/mez. The message when not resisted being "You freeze in terror!" and that it is almost always resisted with at least 75 MR.

So I guess the real confusion to me in all this is why are Cleric Seahorses casting 18 second stun Necromancer spells?

I know it seems like a bug to me but it is probably just a classic quirk/feature in that it was just never correctly labeled that or made to be the proper spell by Cleric class (Stun Command level 55) but just always understood by all that it was this way to begin with and never changed during classic.

Another thing I want to understand is if it is an AoE effect or does the target Seahorse randomly go from agro on my pet to casting it on me? Because in each case of it being cast and resisted the target Seahorse was in combat with a charmed Seahorse as a pet which made me think that it must be an AoE spell

sammoHung · #12 Today, 10:24 AM

Invoke Fear2 / Wave of Fear2 - They are Cleric NPC Only Spells - the AoE it's not the same as Stun Command, and the Invoke is not the same as the single target cleric stun. They are long stuns, too. Cleric mobs as low as level 30-35ish Judicators in Cazic Thule also cast this. The invoke fear is used on a non-primary target by the NPC.