Phobias

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PHOBIA CHART

The PC who begins with or contracts a phobia will experience lesser, intermediate, or debilitating dread when confronted with the thing feared, or even when the possibility of confrontation exists. The role-playing opportunities with this are immense and should not be glossed over. Some phobias present laughable situations while others are truly troublesome.

To handle a phobic character: when a situation occurs that presents the thing feared (e.g. a cat walks in front of the PC with ailurophobia), the PC makes a Willpower check vs. DC 15 for lesser phobias, DC 22 for intermediate phobias, and DC 30 for debilitating phobias. (How potent the phobia is depends on the situation when it developed, and generally is up to the DM.) If the Will save succeeds, the character is able to shake the fear and press on as if normal. However, if he fails, he is gripped by uncontrollable dread and angst, and will react irrationally to the situation at hand. The player can work out the details of how the PC will react (crying, screaming, wetting pants, shaking, blanching white, freezing stiff, stuttering, running, rage, etc.), but the point is that the PC cannot control his fears, and he will attempt to avoid all further contact with the source of his fear. No amount of logical discussion or persuasion will counter his phobia. One hour after failing the Will save, the PC may try again, but a second failure almost assures that he will not proceed any farther.

A phobia may be “postponed” or overridden briefly with a remove fear spell, but this lasts only for the duration of the spell, after which the gripping fear returns. The PC may make a second Will save after the duration ends. Calm emotions does not override the phobia, but does settle the PC's mind, granting him a second saving throw immediately. To remove a phobia entirely requires a heal, limited wish, wish or miracle.

d%	Name	Fear of…	d%	Name	Fear of…	d%	Name	Fear of…
01	acousticophobia	sound	35	gymnophobia	nudity	68	ommetaphobia	eyes
02	agoraphobia	open places	36	gynophobia	women	69	onomatophobia	names
03	agyrophobia	crossing a street	37	harpaxophobia	robbers	70	ophiophobia	snakes
04	ailurophobia	cats	38	hedonophobia	pleasure	71	ornithophobia	birds
05	algophobia	pain	39	heliophobia	the sun	72	pantophobia	everything
06	altophobia	heights	40	hemaphobia	blood	73	pathophobia	disease
07	ancraophobia	wind	41	herpetophobia	reptiles	74	pedophobia	children
08	androphobia	men	42	hierophobia	priests	75	peniaphobia	poverty
09	anthophobia	flowers	43	hippophobia	horses	76	phasmophobia	ghosts
10	apiphobia	bees	44	hodophobia	travel	77	phobophobia	fear
11	arachnophobia	spiders	45	homichlophobia	fog	78	photophobia	light
12	astraphobia	lightning	46	hydrophobia	water	79	pogonophobia	beards
13	atelophobia	imperfection	47	hypegiaphobia	responsibility	80	potamophobia	rivers
14	aurophobia	gold	48	hypnophobia	sleep	81	pteronophobia	feathers
15	autophobia	being alone	49	ichthyophobia	fish	82	pyrophobia	fire
16	bathophobia	depth	50	kakorraphiaphobia	failure	83	rhabdophobia	magic
17	blennophobia	slime	51	keraunophobia	thunder	84	sciophobia	shadows
18	bromidrosiphobia	body odor	52	kinetophobia	motion	85	scotophobia	the dark
19	cheimaphobia	cold	53	limnophobia	lakes	86	siderophobia	stars
20	chrometophobia	money	54	lyssophobia	insanity	87	sitophobia	food
21	claustrophobia	enclosed places	55	mechanophobia	machinery	88	teratophobia	monsters
22	cryophobia	ice	56	metallophobia	metal	89	thaasophobia	being idle
23	crystallophobia	crystals	57	microphobia	small things	90	thanatophobia	death
24	cynophobia	dogs	58	monophobia	one thing	91	thermophobia	heat
25	demonophobia	demons	59	musicophobia	music	92	thixophobia	touching
26	demophobia	crowds	60	musophobia	mice, rats	93	topophobia	certain places
27	doraphobia	fur	61	mysophobia	dirt	94	toxiphobia	poisons
28	eisoptrophobia	mirrors	62	necrophobia	corpses	95	traumatophobia	injury
29	emetophobia	vomiting	63	neophobia	new things	96	urophobia	urine
30	entomophobia	insects	64	nephophobia	clouds	97	vermiphobia	worms
31	ergophobia	work	65	nyctophobia	night	98	vestiphobia	clothing
32	erythrophobia	embarrassment	66	odontophobia	teeth	99	xenophobia	foreigners
33	gametophobia	marriage	67	ombrophobia	rain	00	zoophobia	animals
34	gephyrophobia	crossing a bridge