Contagion

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Name	Contagion
School	Necromancy [Evil]
Level	Adp 3, Arc 3, Blg 3, Blk 3, Clr 3, Corruption 3, Decay 3, Destruction 3, Drd 3, Pestilence 3, Sor/Wiz 4, Wmg 4
Components	V, S
Casting Time	1 standard action
Recharge Time	General
Range	Touch
Target	Living creature touched
Duration	Instantaneous
Saving Throw	Fortitude negates
Spell Resistance	Yes
Version	SRD
Sources	System Reference Document on page 213
Short Description	Infects subject with chosen disease.
Living Greyhawk	Open

The subject contracts a disease selected from the table below, which strikes immediately (no incubation period). The DC noted is for the subsequent saves (use contagions normal save DC for the initial saving throw).

Disease	DC	Damage
Blinding sickness	16	1d4 Str (1)
Cackle fever	16	1d6 Wis
Filth fever	12	1d3 Dex and 1d3 Con
Mindfire	12	1d4 Int
Red ache	15	1d6 Str
Shakes	13	1d8 Dex
Slimy doom	14	1d4 Con

1 Each time a victim takes 2 or more points of Strength damage from blinding sickness, he or she must make another Fortitude save (using the disease's save DC) or be permanently blinded.

Source Copyright: System Reference Document Copyright 2000-2003, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.; Authors Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams, Rich Baker, Andy Collins, David Noonan, Rich Redman, Bruce R. Cordell, John D. Rateliff, Thomas Reid, James Wyatt, based on original material by E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson.

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