Olympia: The Age of Gods PBEM (Oct 4 2000)
Usage: USE 3532 <target> Time to learn: 14 days. Time to use: 7 days. Piety to use: 3.
Clouds the target's mind with disturbing images and incoherent thoughts. Whether a mage or a priest, the target will have difficulty achieving the proper mental state during his next attempt at meditation or devotional prayer.
The next meditate spell issued by the target may fail, depending upon the current piety of the prayer:
piety chance of failure ---- ----------------- 1 50% 2 75% 3 90%
The prayer begins with a piety of 3 and loses one point of piety per month. Although multiple priests (and magicians) may attempt to hinder a noble's meditation, no more than three points of piety/aura may accumulate on a target.
There is a 50% chance that the target will have a disturbing dream that will warn him of his situation.
See also (Hinder meditation [2838]).