# Dutiful Challenge
#pf2e/focus_spell/level_4 #pf2e/school/abjuration 
==[Abjuration](../../../Traits/Abjuration.md)==
*Source* Gods & Magic pg. 114 2.0
**Domain** duty
**Cast** ►► somatic, verbal
**Range** 30 feet; **Targets** 1 creature
**Duration** 1 minute

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As you challenge an enemy, you take some of its attention away from your allies. The target takes a –1 status penalty to attack rolls, damage rolls, and skill checks against creatures other than you, and you take a –1 status penalty to attack rolls, damage rolls, and skill checks against creatures other than the target. 

Each time a creature other than you uses a [hostile action](../../../Rules/Hostile%20Actions.md) that affects the challenged enemy, the enemy can attempt a Will save. On a success, the enemy no longer takes the penalty against that creature. You can Dismiss the spell, and it ends automatically if you or the target is defeated.

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**Heightened (+3)** The status penalties increase by 1.