You and the monster you touch feel an unnerving sensation. A kind of dread, like you're being watched by unseen eyes, or an ally is waiting to betray you. This begins to consume your mind, making it harder and harder to focus on anything else. Is everyone judging you, or is that just you? What if your ally is sneaking behind you to attack, any second now. You can catch them if you just turn quick enough. What if you turn and one of you has fled into the forest behind, and abandoned you. Is the wizard preparing fireball? No he can't be, surely, he's only level one. But what if he got the wish spell? Would he waste it on that? Just to spite you?
When this spell is activated, both you and the monster roll a D20, determining how much is reduced from all future rolls. The spells duration lasts until the caster dispels it, affecting themself for one extra round of battle. If a natural 20 is rolled by either yourself or the monster, they gain permanent disadvantage for the rest of the encounter. DMs can feel free to flavour this how they want, anything from hallucinations, to manic episodes.
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