Fate's Punishment

This spell is a part of the Time Distortion spell chain and is found in the Time Distortion rune stone.

Fate does not always punish with force. Sometimes the most complete punishment Fate can deliver is simply the knowing, the moment where the future becomes visible just long enough to understand that something is coming, that it cannot be avoided, and that the only thing left to do is wait for it. The feeling of dreaded anticipation for something that maybe or may not be, coming. The posteramancer understands this instinctively. They have spent their craft looking at futures, and they know that the worst part of what they see is rarely the event itself. It is the time between seeing it and experiencing it. The dread that fills that space. The helpless awareness of something approaching that has already been decided.

When this spell is cast the posteramancer reaches through Fate and shows the target a glimpse that is brief, undeniable, and completely clear of what is coming for them. What is shown is not the full picture, not a vision with context or meaning, just the certainty that something bad has been decided and is on its way. The target is immediately overtaken with Anxiety for 1d4 rounds, the dread of the approaching punishment filling every moment, every action shadowed by the knowledge that whatever Fate has decided is getting closer with each passing second. When the duration ends the punishment arrives. 2d10 unavoidable damage to Vitality is dealt. There is no evade, no defense, no armor reducing it. Fate already decided this was happening. The only variable was when.