diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/cult/ritual.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/cult/ritual.dm
index 843d16592a..ce4abced72 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/cult/ritual.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/cult/ritual.dm
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ This file contains the arcane tome files.
 	text += "<font color='red'><b>Talisman of Armaments</b></font><br>The Talisman of Arming will equip the user with armored robes, a backpack, an eldritch longsword, an empowered bola, and a pair of boots. Any items that cannot \
 	be equipped will not be summoned. Attacking a fellow cultist with it will instead equip them.<br><br>"
 
-	text += "<font color='red'><b>Talisman of Horrors</b></font><br>The Talisman of Horror must be applied directly to the victim, it will shatter your victim's mind with visions of the endtimes that may incapitate them.<br><br>"
+	text += "<font color='red'><b>Talisman of Horrors</b></font><br>The Talisman of Horror, unlike other talismans, can be applied at range, without the victim noticing. It will cause the victim to have severe hallucinations after a short while.<br><br>"
 
 	text += "<font color='red'><b>Talisman of Shackling</b></font><br>The Talisman of Shackling must be applied directly to the victim, it has 4 uses and cuffs victims with magic shackles that disappear when removed.<br><br>"
 
diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/cult/talisman.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/cult/talisman.dm
index 2411f0c40d..9645b4bbce 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/cult/talisman.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/cult/talisman.dm
@@ -293,12 +293,12 @@
 	invocation = "Lo'Nab Na'Dm!"
 	creation_time = 80
 
-/obj/item/weapon/paper/talisman/horror/attack(mob/living/target, mob/living/user)
-	if(iscultist(user))
-		to_chat(user, "<span class='cultitalic'>You disturb [target] with visons of the end!</span>")
+/obj/item/weapon/paper/talisman/horror/afterattack(mob/living/target, mob/living/user)
+	if(iscultist(user) && (get_dist(user, target) < 7))
+		to_chat(user, "<span class='cultitalic'>You disturb [target] with visions of madness!</span>")
 		if(iscarbon(target))
 			var/mob/living/carbon/H = target
-			H.reagents.add_reagent("mindbreaker", 25)
+			H.reagents.add_reagent("mindbreaker", 12)
 			if(is_servant_of_ratvar(target))
 				to_chat(target, "<span class='userdanger'>You see a brief but horrible vision of Ratvar, rusted and scrapped, being torn apart.</span>")
 				target.emote("scream")