Diseases

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Diseases
Name		Infection DC	Incubation	Damage
Adentitis		12 (Injury)	1-4 days	Nauseated or exhausted, possible confused (convulsions)
Alzheimers		Character’s age minus 60	2d10 years	After infected, save every year at DC 10. For each failed save receive, 1d3 Intelligence, 1d3Wis, 1d3Cha permanent HP damage. After Wisdom and Intelligence scores are half of the character’s original scores, the character must save every year at DC 15 or suffer from the effects of the insanity spell. All effects can only be cured by a lesser wish or greater.
Anthrax		22 (Inhalation)	1-3 days	Nauseated or ability damage (1d6 Constitution), possible unconsciousness or death (2 weeks)
Blackwater Fever		See desc	1-6 days	Nauseated, fatigued or ability damage, possible secondary ability damage or unconsciousness, possible death (1 week)
Blinding Sickness		16 (Contact, ingestion)	1d3 days	Ability damage, permanent blindness
Botulism		16 (Ingested, Injury)	1-2 days	Nauseated or confused, possibly dazzled or paralyzed/ability damage, possible death (2 weeks)
Brucellosis		16 (Contact, Inhalation)	1 week	Nauseated or exhausted, possibly fatigued, pneumonia (untreated)
Black Death (Bubonic Plague)		16 (Injury)	1-3 days	Nauseated or exhausted, possible permanent ability damage (2d4 Constitution, 2d4 Charisma) or death (4-7 days)
Cackle Fever		Inhaled; Save Fortitude DC 16	Onset 1 day	Frequency 1/day, Effect 1d6 Wisdom damage; Cure 2 consecutive saves
Chicken Pox		12 (Contact, Inhalation)	1-2 weeks	Nauseated, possibly confused or Shingles
Cholera		18 (Ingested)	1 day	Fatigued, shaken, possibly prone or death (within 5 days)
Common cold		18, inhaled	1D3 days	1D4 Strength & Constitution
Diptheria		16 (Contact, Inhalation)	1 week	Nauseated or fatigued, possible ability damage (1d3 Constitution)
Dysentery		10 (Ingested)	1-4 weeks	Sickened or nauseated, nonfatal
Erysipelas		18 (Contact, Inhalation)	1-6 days	Nauseated, possible ability damage (2d4 Constitution), death within 2 weeks
Filth fever		injury; Save Fortitude DC 12	Onset 1d3 days	Effect 1d3 Dexterity damage and 1d3 Constitution damage; Cure 2 consecutive saves
Giardia lamblia		12 (Injury, Contact)	1 week	Nauseated or exhausted, possibly helpless
Leprosy		12 (contact, inhaled, or injury)	Onset 2d4 weeks	1d2 Charisma damage
Malaria		20 (Injury)	1-6 days	Nauseated or confusion, possible ability damage or unconsciousness, possible Blackwater fever, possible death (2 weeks)
Measles		14 (Contact)	1-4 days	Nauseated, possibly confused or pneumonia
Mindfire		inhaled; Save Fortitude DC 12	Onset 1 day	Effect 1d4 Intelligence damage; Cure 2 consecutive saves
Mononucleosis		20 (Contact)	3-6 weeks	Sore Throat (see text), fatigue, headache (see text), insomnia (see text)
Mummy rot		16 (injury)	1/day	1d6 Constitution damage and 1d6 Charisma damage
Mumps		14 (Contact)	1-6 days	Nauseated, fatigued
Pneumonia		24 (after long illness only, see description)	1-4 weeks	Sick or nauseated, exhausted or fatigued, possibly confused or prone, possibly staggered or unconscious
Polio		24 (Contact, Inhalation, Ingestion)	Varies	See description
Rabies		26 (Injury)	1 day	Confusion or permanent ability damage, possibly paralyzed or death (2-10 days)
Red Ache		injury; Save Fortitude DC 15	Onset 1d3 days	Effect 1d6 Strength damage; Cure 2 consecutive saves
Red Death
Scarlet Fever		16 (Contact, Inhalation)	1 week	Nauseated or exhausted, possible rheumatic fever
Slimy Doom		Save Fortitude DC 14	Onset 1 day	Effect 1d4 Constitution damage, target must make a second Fort save or 1 point of the damage is drain instead; Cure 2 consecutive saves
Smallpox		18 (Contact, inhalation)	1-4 days	Nauseated or exhausted, possible ability damage
Syphilis		22 (Contact, Injury)	Months, sometimes years	See description
Tetanus		16 (Injury)	1 week	Paralysis (mouth), possible ability damage or death (2 weeks)
The Shakes		contact; Save Fortitude DC 13	Onset 1 day	Effect 1d8 Dexterity damage; Cure 2 consecutive saves
Tuberculosis		26 (Inhalation, Contact)	3-4 or 5-6 weeks	Exhausted or fatigued, confused or prone, staggered or helpless, possible permanent ability damage (see description)
Typhoid Fever		16 (Contact, Inhalation, Injury)	1-4 days	Nauseated or confused, possible ability damage
Typhus		12 (Contact, Inhalation, Injury)	1-4 days	Nauseated or exhausted, possibly confusion or pneumonia