Fear (ability)

thumb|right|225px|Fear in Final Fantasy II (iPod).
Fear is a recurring ability in the Final Fantasy series. In earlier games, it attempted to force the enemy to flee from battle.
== Appearances ==
=== Final Fantasy ===
Fear (FEAR on the NES) is a level 4 White Magic spell that attempts to drive all enemies away by affecting their morale. It has a low success rate. Affected enemies lose 40 morale points, increasing the chance they will flee on subsequent turns. Fear can be applied multiple times, to the point where even Chaos has a chance to flee. In the Pixel Remaster, there is no morale system, and Fear effectively does nothing.
The spell can be bought at Elfheim and can be learned by the White Mage and White Wizard job classes. In the GBA/PSP/iOS releases, it costs 10 MP to cast.
=== Final Fantasy II ===
Fear is a White Magic spell that increases the chances that one or all enemies will flee in the next round. The success rate increases with the level of the spell. Any character can learn Fear by having them use the Fear Tome (Fear Scroll in Final Fantasy Origins).
In all versions prior to Pixel Remaster, enemies start with a base fear value that differ between their species. From Dawn of Souls to Anniversary Edition, the Fear spell raises their current fear value in battle by 5 for every successful hit (e.g., Fear 16 can raise the value by up to 80). In earlier releases, fear value is instead raised by the caster's potency per hit, with Fear's base spell power at 20. Repeated casts of Fear will stack, up to a maximum fear value of 255. Monsters follow the following process to determine if they escape from the battle:
: A = Current Enemy HP × Number of non-KO'd / Stoned Party Members.
: B = Current Enemy HP × Number of Monsters
: C = A - B
:: If C is negative, C = 0
: D = FLOOR (C ÷ 32)
: E = D + Current Fear Value
: F = E - 170
:: If F is negative, 0 OR greater than 100, monster fights
: F = Flee chance out of 100
Due to the way the fear calculation is done, there is a possibility of overshooting the fear value and causing the monster to stay and fight. In general though, the fewer monsters present, the lower the current HP and the higher the fear value, the more likely it is for the monster to flee.
In Pixel Remaster, enemies have set chances to flee as marked in their AI scripts. As a result, the fear value of each monster is rendered obsolete, and the Fear spell effectively does nothing.
Fear Tome	Fear Tome
Effect 	Allows the target to learn Fear when used outside of battle. Casts Fear VIII on all enemies when used in battle.
Buy 	Bafsk, Mysidia
Cost 	800 gil (Origins)
Cost 	600 gil (Dawn of Souls, 20th Anniversary Edition)
=== Final Fantasy VI ===
Fear is an enemy ability used by the upgraded Skull Dragon at the Dragons' Den. It merely inflicts the status on one target.
=== Final Fantasy XII ===
Fear is an enemy ability that depletes one character's MP by 75%. It used mainly by Entite-type enemies.
=== Pictlogica Final Fantasy ===
=== Final Fantasy Brave Exvius ===
==Non-Final Fantasy guest appearances==
=== Bravely Default ===
Fear is a level 4 Black Magic spell. It has a 75% chance to cause dread in one target. It costs 5 MP to use. It can be bought in Starkfort for 1600 pg.
Fear is a level 4 Sword Magic spell. It imbue a weapon with the status ailment dread for ten turns. Has a 75% chance to cause dread in one target when attacking. It costs 5 MP to use. It can be bought in Starkfort for 1600 pg.
== Gallery ==
FFI Fear PS.png|Final Fantasy (PS).
FFI Fear GBA.png|Final Fantasy (GBA).
FFI PSP Fear.png|Final Fantasy (PSP).
WHM using Fear from FF Pixel Remaster.jpg|Final Fantasy (Pixel Remaster).
FFII NES Fear.png|Final Fantasy II (NES).
FFII Fear PS.png|Final Fantasy II (PS).
FFII Fear All PS.png|Fear cast on the enemy party in Final Fantasy II (PS).
FFII Fear3 GBA.png|Final Fantasy II (GBA).
FFII Fear3 All GBA.png|Fear cast on the enemy party in Final Fantasy II (GBA).
FFII PSP Fear.png|Final Fantasy II (PSP).
FFII PSP Fear All.png|Fear cast on the party in Final Fantasy II (PSP).
Minwu using Fear III from FFII Pixel Remaster.jpg|Fear (I - XVI) in Final Fantasy II (Pixel Remaster).
FFVI GBA - Fear.png|Final Fantasy VI (GBA).
FFVI iOS Fear.png|Final Fantasy VI (iOS).
FFXII Fear.png|Final Fantasy XII.
Bravely Default - Fear.jpg|Bravely Default.
PFF Fear.png|Pictlogica Final Fantasy.
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Category:Recurring White Magic