Fear

Description
While not available to normal characters it can be purchased under special circumstances from a character with Weaponsmith. If you have this effect, your name is probably Dirge.

This effect will cause damage to the target's Courage stat, and directly affecting their Cou/End limit (lowering their Courage, raising their Cou/End, and making them SCARED sooner)

It can be seen on special fear-inducing weapons, or more rarely, on characters using an intimidation-type attack to try and scare you.

Strategy
Great for whittling down the courage of the bravest characters, negating that advantage and making them hit SCARED sooner, reducing their efficacy in a fight. Against most characters, one is probably sufficient, but against someone such as Roadbuster, one application is a waste of time.

It's nemesis is the Inspire ability, which will raise the users team's Courage by a significant margin, often more than Fear reduces. However, someone may only be the target of Inspire once per combat, but Fear may be applied multiple times.

Related Effects

 * Unnerve
 * Inspire