Is there any reason to use the fear spell over the calm spell?

Question

I am using the illusion tree and I tend to use the calm spell to deal with hostile mobs. The spell renders the target passive. The fear spell makes the target run away.

The calm spell seems to be advantageous because:

• The mob is passive, even if I am attacking its allies
• The mob stays close, so I can deal with it after I have killed its allies
• It can be cast in town with no punishment (fear counts as a crime)

Is there any reason to ever use the fear spell, when calm seems much better?

Answer

Attacking a calmed target will cause it to reinitiate hostilities with you.

By contrast, you can beat the crap out of a feared target with little chance of being retaliated against.

This is a marked advantage in some cases.

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