Angry Lashings

This spell is a part of the Psy Dagger spell chain and is found in the Psy Dagger rune stone.

Everyone carries something they would rather not look at. Guilt. Regret. The memory of something done or left undone that sits in the darkest corner of the mind and waits. The mentimancer does not need to know what it is. Nightmare does.

Angry Lashings reaches into the target through Nightmare and finds exactly what it is looking for - the thing the target has worked hardest to keep buried - and drags it forward. What follows is not an external attack. There is no whip, no conjured force. The damage of 2d20 comes entirely from within, the target's own guilt and nightmare striking outward with a ferocity that only something deeply personal can manage. Those standing nearby are not entirely spared. Nightmare's energy, once roused, does not confine itself neatly, and the psychic backlash damage of 1d20 bleeds outward catching anyone unfortunate enough to be close, ally, enemy, even the mentimancer.