diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 82c1324..3caab5f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1307,6 +1307,14 @@ projectiles multiples, ni sauvegarde partielle) :
   subsystem de dégâts continus par sort (ni neutralisation d'acide) ; seuls les
   2d4 de dégâts initiaux sont modélisés, les rounds de dégâts persistants sont
   hors périmètre.
+- **Fear — sauvegarde totale et pas de cône** (SRD spells/fear.md : « each
+  living creature in the area [...] becomes panicked unless it succeeds on a
+  Will save [...]. If the Will save succeeds, the creature is shaken for 1
+  round » ; cône de 30 ft) : la condition appliquée est bien `panicked`
+  (conformance D8), mais le moteur n'a pas de sauvegarde partielle pour les
+  conditions — un succès annule totalement l'effet au lieu de poser `shaken`
+  1 round — et le gabarit en cône n'existe pas (sort résolu sur la cible) ;
+  la durée « 1 round/niveau » est fixée à 4 rounds.
 
 ## Architecture
 
diff --git a/data/spells/fear.json b/data/spells/fear.json
index 6406544..d17c183 100644
--- a/data/spells/fear.json
+++ b/data/spells/fear.json
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
   "effects": [
     {
       "type": "condition",
-      "condition_name": "frightened",
+      "condition_name": "panicked",
       "duration_rounds": 4,
       "save_negates": true
     }
   ],
-  "description": "The affected creature becomes frightened and flees from the caster. Will negates."
+  "description": "SRD spells/fear.md: each living creature in the 30-ft. cone becomes panicked unless it succeeds on a Will save (a successful save makes it shaken for 1 round instead). Modeled as panicked for 4 rounds on a failed save; the shaken-on-success partial needs partial-save support and the cone template is absent - both documented limitations."
 }
diff --git a/tests/test_spells.py b/tests/test_spells.py
index c6f3391..cd92551 100644
--- a/tests/test_spells.py
+++ b/tests/test_spells.py
@@ -522,16 +522,17 @@ class TestHoldPerson:
 
 
 class TestFear:
-    """Given: a caster casting Fear (will negates, frightened)
+    """Given: a caster casting Fear (SRD spells/fear.md: panicked unless the
+    Will save succeeds)
     When: target fails save
-    Then: frightened condition is applied."""
+    Then: panicked condition is applied."""
 
-    def test_failed_save_applies_frightened(self) -> None:
+    def test_failed_save_applies_panicked(self) -> None:
         caster = _make_caster()
         target = _make_target()
         engine, c, t = _make_engine(caster, target, [2])
         engine._cast_spell(c, t, "Fear")
-        assert any(ac.condition.name == "frightened" for ac in t.active_conditions)
+        assert any(ac.condition.name == "panicked" for ac in t.active_conditions)
 
 
 class TestCureLightWounds: