Distracting Chatter

You bombard a target with distracting auditory illusions, surrounding them with a tumultuous cacophony of overlapping speech, whispers, screams, and muttering. The target is Off-Guard, takes a -2 status penalty to purely auditory Perception checks, and must succeed at a @Check[flat|dc:5] to use auditory abilities or verbal spell components. Similarly, a creature who attempts to affect the target with an auditory effect must succeed at a @Check[flat|dc:5] or the attempt fails. The duration depends on the target's Will save.

Critical Success The creature is unaffected.

Success The duration is 1 round.

Failure The duration is 3 rounds.

Critical Failure The duration is 1 minute.

Heightened (7th) You can target up to five creatures.