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Originally posted by Dundee Slaytern:
Simply because this spell almost always gets ignored in "What Spells Must I Have?" kind of threads.
I present to you, FF0000">Emotion:Hopelessness( level 4 arcane spell, School of Enchantment). Many a battle can be won instantly by the quick usage of this spell.
It is party-friendly, area-of-effect and knocks most living things unconsicious. Strangely though, it is probably one of the most underrated( and underused) spells in the history of BG2.
Fights like the Guarded Compound will turn into a walkover if you use this spell. Koshi will be dreaming in la-la land along with his comrades as you stab them to death while they slumber.
Also, it is not only humans that are affected by this spell. Giants are affected too... creating some pretty funny scenerios in ToB. The actual list of affected creatures is quite huge. Some creatures who are immuned to Emotion are the Undead, Dragons , Golems, and Bosses.
To aid Emotion, which depends on saving throws, Greater Malison can be used. My favourite Spell Sequencer is a Greater Malison + Emotion + Slow combo. Very nasty.
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Emotion is an awesomely useful spell. Any battle that has a mob of humanoid foes can be made instantly easier with an Emotion spell. In many ways, Emotion is much better than damaging spells. Emotion knocks the affected enemies unconscious and not able to attack *you*. Damaging spells that fail to kill the enemy leave that enemy still attacking you. And Emotion is particularly good when the battle is one of those ambushes that start with the enemy surrounding you up close and personal and too close for a Fireball, etc.