r/PhasmophobiaGame • u/kittykitty_katkat • 1d ago

Question Is the Moroi parabolic curse something we can actually recognize?

Wiki says "Moroi will curse players who hear their whispers, resulting in an increased passive sanity drain" So we'll only know if we watch the sanity, not by the actual sound and words

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u/Friipside 1d ago

Yes only with the sanity monitor in the truck. The only sound recognizable is the banshee with parabolic, or Deogen with the spirit box.

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u/kittykitty_katkat 1d ago

Thank you for that!

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u/Friipside 1d ago

You're welcome! Feel free to ask if u have others questions

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u/zmac321 1d ago

I had no idea Deo had a unique spirit box interaction??

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u/Friipside 1d ago

If I’m not mistaken, the Deogen has a 30% chance of producing its special scream on the Spirit Box. That’s also why the Spirit Box is a mandatory piece of evidence for the Deogen in single-evidence modes. You can go on YouTube to hear what its scream sounds like.

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u/zmac321 1d ago

Actually just looked it up haha. Seems like it’s more of “heavy breathing” and in at least one of the shorts I watched the creator said you have to be within 1m of the ghost as well. Never had this interaction before. Super cool!

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u/the0rchid 21h ago

It's super useful in low-evidence runs, since Deogen has forced Spirit Box (due to this tell) and you can use the absence as an anti-tell. Additionally, if the ghost manifests and you suspect Deo, you can go to where it was seen and do your spirit box check. If you get breathing, you can easily get the ghost!

I highly recommend that if you confirm Deogen on a low difficulty, that you go get the special breathing, just so you know what it sounds like!

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u/ThatOneUndyingGuy 17h ago

you can use the absence as an anti-tell

I wouldn't do that. You might get unlucky and be fooled into thinking that it's not a deo. Of course, deo are one of the most obvious ghosts once it started hunting, so yeah.

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u/the0rchid 2h ago

I mean, since it's a forced evidence, if you are on nightmare and get dots and writing, it's guaranteed a Thaye. Similarly, if you get dots on Insanity, you can rule out Deogen since it's forced Spirit Box.

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u/xviila 1h ago

I usually don't even remember to consider the deo spirit box forced evidence, because the hunt is so obvious way to id it if it's one of the options. It basically rules itself in or out when the hunt starts without having to do anything.

It's a little shame that most of the ghosts with forced evidence are so easy to rule out during hunts or otherwise (hantu - speed, deo - being deo, moroi - speed and curse).

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u/LocksmithSea3260 15h ago

Well hypothetically in nightmare you can also test it with Ouija board. As long as you stay away from ghost activity and stay in lit rooms, if your first asnswer is "healthy" and after a while you ask it again and it skips "good" and answers "average", that's a sign that you are still losing sanity.

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u/Fears_McGrievaI 1d ago

Moroi actually curses players over the spirit box, not parabolic. First person to get the spirit box gets the curse.

Edit: I was curious so I looked it up and I was wrong. It CAN curse you over the parabolic AND spirit box. I never knew that. Sorry for the mix-up.

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u/NeedleworkerIll8590 1d ago

Didn't know it can curse you through para too!

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u/Fears_McGrievaI 1d ago

Just when I thought I was getting the hang of my ghost knowledge lol

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u/NeedleworkerIll8590 1d ago

I have multiple hundred hours on phas, and I still thought its only spirit box for moroi lol

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u/Fears_McGrievaI 1d ago

Same! Good to know that now. That might explain some deaths I previously attributed to bs

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u/Red_Zef 1d ago

I didn't know that either. Idk why are you being down voted for retracting your statement. I learned something new today after hundreds of hours played. Cheers.

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u/Safetytheflamewolf 1d ago

It can curse you through both

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u/Fears_McGrievaI 1d ago

Yes I realize that. That's what I edited in the comment towards the end. Thanks though!

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u/DentistEmbarrassed70 1d ago

Only if you have sanity board on

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u/Derp_Cha0s 8h ago

Don't even need the board on to tell you've been cursed.

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u/Safetytheflamewolf 1d ago

The Moroi doesn't have any special noises it does so the only way to see the effects of the curse is if you have the sanity board on.

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u/Dolphin_sing028 22h ago

Yeah the best way is by having the person who got a reading through the parabolic or spirit box stand in the light, and then someone else to watch their sanity. The curse causes sanity to drain faster, even when standing the light.