Fear Test

Like it or not, there's some scary, spooky stuff out there. And the first reaction when confronted with scary, spooky stuff is to scream and run. To avoid this little problem, you either need the Nerves of Steel Quality, or you need to roll a Fear Test. To do so, you roll doubled Willpower, and apply the following modifiers:

Fear Factor	Modifier
Vamp with game face on	-1
Hideous Creature	-(half the creature's negative Attractiveness)
Splatter Factor	-1 for blood, -2 for a corpse, -3 for serious gore, -4 for NC-17 splatterfest.
Surprise or Unexpected Encounter	-2
Familiarity Factor	After seeing it for the 3rd or 4th time, remove the penalty to the roll.

Once the roll is made, if the roll is 9 or higher, you're fine. Below a nine, consult the following table:

Score	Status	Result
8-7	Startled	Creature wins initiative this turn.
6-5	Freak Out	Scream and run away. Can only take defense actions. Cannot take Full Defense.
4-3	Run Away!	Run for a full turn. Cannot attack, and defense is -2. Roll a new Fear Test next turn. Reduce penalties by 1 for each successive test.
2 or less	Total Terror	Pass out, lose lunch, some embarrassing fate.