Thanatophobia
Teachable by The Nurse
Injured, dying or hooked Survivors slow everyone's repairs, healing, cleansing and sabotage.
Description
"Their courage fades in the face of their undeniable mortality."
Whenever at least one Survivor is either injured, dying, or hooked, Thanatophobia activates.
While active, all Survivors suffer from the following primary effect:
- Incurs a stack-able 1/1.5/2 % Action-Speed penalty per injured, dying, or hooked Survivor for Cleansing, Repairing, and Sabotaging, up to a maximum of 4/6/8 %.
If all four Survivors are either injured, dying, or hooked, they suffer from the following secondary effect:
- Increases the penalty by an additional +12 % to a total of 16/18/20 %.
"She plays with us and revels in our pain."
Tier values
2% · 8% · 20%More from The Nurse
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