The reason I believe they used the 0 check is because that's what they use on live. As I mentioned in the quote from Torven's logs. It shows the Kunark Dragons using the -150 and Velious Dragons using 0.
Also, it would be explained by what Raev said.
Kunark Dragons are level 60, same as max level and therefore need the check to ensure it isn't too easily resisted.
Velious Dragons are 70, 10 levels above max meaning they don't need the extra -150 check as the level differential should make up for that difference.
Also the videos posted show players getting feared about 50% of the time, most ending within the first 6 seconds. Almost no one has a fear going beyond 12 seconds.
I'd have a tough time agreeing with the spells attributed on Allakhazam as the hard evidence primarily because these spells are identical other than their resist check, at least they were back in-era. It wasn't until 2006 they were named different things, allowing for you to differentiate between the two versions. I'm not sure how you could definitively attribute one affect or the other to individual NPCs before that change without seeing the database, which Allakhazam isn't based on, it was all based on user input sort of like a wiki.
It's that naming change that allows us to, on live, see which version they each use currently. And right now the Classic/Velious Dragons use the 0 check and the Kunark Dragons use the -150.
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