Confusion

Confusion

	Mental
	4
	Confusion
	no
Infobox data from game version 2.0.206.63

Confusion

You confuse nearby enemies.

Affected creatures act semi-randomly and receive a -(level based) penalty to their mental abilities.
Cone angle: (level based) degrees
Cone length: (level based)
Duration: (level based) rounds
Cooldown: 75

Confusion is a mental mutation that allows the player to confuse nearby enemies.

This mutation grants the "Confusion" activated ability, which when used, will prompt the player to pick a target tile. This will also display the effective area of the ability, which will be a cone shape originating from the player. The size and angle of this cone are determined by mutation level.

Any creatures caught within the cone of the ability will be inflicted with the confused status, penalizing their DV, MA, Willpower, Intelligence, and Ego by a mutation level-based amount. It will also cause them to move and act semi-randomly. This effect will last for a number of rounds as determined by mutation level.

Confusion is a mental attack and therefore must penetrate a creature's MA at least once, otherwise the effect will be resisted (or reflected if the creature has Mental Mirror active). Creatures with a mental shield, such as oozes, robots, and plants, cannot be confused.

Using Confusion on a neutral creature counts as a hostile action and will incite aggression from such creatures and their allies.

Formulas

The following formulas are used to determine mental penalty (rounded down), cone angle and length (rounded down), and duration of confusion (rounded down) based on mutation level.

Mental Penalty	(Level - 1) / 2 + 3
Cone Angle	29 + Level
Cone Length	4 + Level / 3
Duration (Low End)	(Level / 2 + 10) × 0.8
Duration (High End)	(Level / 2 + 10) × 1.2

Note that the mental penalty cannot be any lower than -10.

Advancement Table

Mutation Level	Mental Penalty	Cone Angle	Cone Length	Duration
1	-3	30°	4 tiles	8-12 rounds
2	-3	31°	4 tiles	8-13 rounds
3	-4	32°	5 tiles	9-13 rounds
4	-4	33°	5 tiles	9-14 rounds
5	-5	34°	5 tiles	10-15 rounds
6	-5	35°	6 tiles	10-15 rounds
7	-6	36°	6 tiles	10-16 rounds
8	-6	37°	6 tiles	11-16 rounds
9	-7	38°	7 tiles	11-17 rounds
10	-7	39°	7 tiles	12-18 rounds

Mutation Level	Mental Penalty	Cone Angle	Cone Length	Duration
11	-8	40°	7 tiles	12-18 rounds
12	-8	41°	8 tiles	12-19 rounds
13	-9	42°	8 tiles	13-19 rounds
14	-9	43°	8 tiles	13-20 rounds
15	-10	44°	9 tiles	14-21 rounds
16	-10	45°	9 tiles	14-21 rounds
17	-10	46°	9 tiles	14-22 rounds
18	-10	47°	10 tiles	15-22 rounds
19	-10	48°	10 tiles	15-23 rounds
20	-10	49°	10 tiles	16-24 rounds

Mutation Level	Mental Penalty	Cone Angle	Cone Length	Duration
21	-10	50°	11 tiles	16-24 rounds
22	-10	51°	11 tiles	16-25 rounds
23	-10	52°	11 tiles	17-25 rounds
24	-10	53°	12 tiles	17-26 rounds
25	-10	54°	12 tiles	18-27 rounds
26	-10	55°	12 tiles	18-27 rounds
27	-10	56°	13 tiles	18-28 rounds
28	-10	57°	13 tiles	19-28 rounds
29	-10	58°	13 tiles	19-29 rounds
30	-10	59°	14 tiles	20-30 rounds

Ability Cooldown

Confusion's cooldown (CD) in rounds depends on the user's willpower (WI) attribute:

WI	CD	WI	CD	WI	CD	WI	CD
9	102	15	79	21	57	27	34
10	98	16	75	22	53	28	30
11	94	17	72	23	49	29	27
12	90	18	68	24	45	30	23
13	87	19	64	25	42	31	19
14	83	20	60	26	38	32	15

Advantages & Disadvantages

This section is opinion-based. Your mileage may vary.

Advantages

• Causes affected creatures to lose control of their actions, making them vulnerable
• Penalizes mental attributes, making creatures more susceptible to other mental abilities and attacks
• Decent area of effect

Disadvantages

• High cost at character creation
• Relatively poor range
• Relatively long cooldown

Creatures with Confusion

• disciple of the Sightless Way(Level 2)
• Yurl(Level 4)
• Sixshrew(Level 4)
• Mechanimist preacher(Level 6)
• Mechanimist priest(Level 6)
• Eschelstadt II, High Priest of the Stilt(Level 6)
• enigma snail(Level 15)

References

This information is reliable as of patch 2.0.203.27.