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ALSO the map felt weird at first, but ended up being very intuitive when you get into the swing of things!

Screaming does do something, but it's not very obvious. Succeeding at a Scream lowers the enemy's luck stat, making them less likely to hit you.
I'll let you in on a secret, "that thing" drops a special item if you manage to defeat it.
Thanks so much for playing!

On a technical level, Scream has a chance to skip an enemy's turn (thereby preventing you from being punished on a successful scream) and permanently lowers the monster's luck by 1 point, which makes it harder for them to hit you. Almost all enemies start with 0 luck. When an enemy screams at you the same thing occurs, except your luck resets after battle to be -3 + the number of charms you have.

A little secret for ya: you get a little bonus to your screams when you are below half health!