Distracting Chatter

You bombard a target with distracting auditory illusions, surrounding them with a tumultuous cacophony of overlapping speech, whispers, screams, and muttering. The target is Off-Guard, takes a -2 status penalty to purely auditory Perception checks, and must succeed at a DC 5 Flat to use auditory abilities or verbal spell components. Similarly, a creature who attempts to affect the target with an auditory effect must succeed at a DC 5 Flat or the attempt fails. The duration depends on the target's Will save. **Critical Success** The creature is unaffected. **Success** The duration is 1 round. **Failure** The duration is 3 rounds. **Critical Failure** The duration is 1 minute. Heightened (7th) You can target up to five creatures.