oh man this reminded me of Baldur's gate 1 fear spells. Your entire party would just run around out of control for something like 2 real time minutes. Just awful.
Pathfinder Kingmaker too. You look away for a few seconds against an enemy that can cause fear, and suddenly one (or more likely a few, and usually the tank is one of them) of your party members has run far away, likely initiating combats with other enemies or heedlessly running through traps. Or both. Fear was the cause of many of my reloads. Or in the best case, still having to wait for it to end.
Unlocking the "Immunity to Fear while in the kingdom" benefit was such a relief.
