Acrophobia

Acrophobia - the fear of heights.

This fear is rather simple; cut and dry. The probable origin of the fear of heights is the worry that you will fall. Regardless of the safety in the situation, the brain will begin to freak out and say “You should NOT be here!” The amygtala will fire up you fight or flight response and most people will choose flight. This is why the line “Whatever you do, don’t look down.” Is so iconic. By looking down from high up, it startles the fear centers of the brain, bypassing rational thought, meaning that you cant say to yourself, “This is a glass floor” or something of the sort. I know I rambled on a lot there, but I am just trying to say the same thing in many ways, I guess.

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  1. UnknownDecember 1, 2017 at 11:12 AM

    This is a very elegant design. Giving it flying is very clever. My only concern is that it can kill creatures with toughness two or less. killing via -n/-n is black's domain. I'd make it
    "Enchanted creature gets -3/-0 and gains flying."

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  2. RanshiDecember 1, 2017 at 11:31 AM

    I agree with you on this, but I also thought that someone is less likely to do things when youre high up with this fear. By having less toughness a player is less likely to attack or block with a creature. So I will change it to -3/-1.

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