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“Disease” is a term used loosely in this context to refer to any sort of pathogenic alien entity that enters one’s body. This could technically be a disease, infection, or virus, but all three are simply referred to as diseases for the purposes of game mechanics.  
“Disease” is a term used loosely in this context to refer to any sort of pathogenic alien entity that enters one’s body. This could technically be a disease, infection, or virus, but all three are simply referred to as diseases for the purposes of game mechanics.  


Diseases are categorized in the same way as poisons, with Rarity, Lethality, and Transmissibility. As with poisons, Lethality and Transmissibility are not referenced in the Core Rulebook, but will come into play in later releases.  
Diseases are categorized in the same way as poisons, with Rarity, Lethality, and Transmissibility.  


Disease stat blocks have five parts: Infection, Outbreak, Contagion, Symptoms, and Treatment.  
Disease stat blocks have five parts: Infection, Outbreak, Contagion, Symptoms, and Treatment.  


'''Infection''' is essentially the same as a poison’s Application section, explaining what must happen for a creature to become infected.
'''Infection''' explains what must happen for a creature to become infected.


'''Outbreak''' is an optional tool that an MC can use when facilitating the outbreak of a disease.  
'''Outbreak''' is an optional tool that an MC can use when facilitating the outbreak of a disease.


'''Contagion''' explains how quickly the disease might spread, and [[how to]] determine whether it spreads to certain heroes or relevant NPCs.  
'''Contagion''' explains how quickly the disease might spread, and how to determine whether it spreads to certain heroes or relevant NPCs.


'''Symptoms''' convey on an hour-by-hour or day-by-day basis what happens to an infected creature.  
'''Symptoms''' convey on an hour-by-hour or day-by-day basis what happens to an infected creature.


'''Treatment''' informs you on the steps you must take to cure a disease. This will typically involve making multiple INT/Medicine checks, and certain expensive ingredients or magical healing abilities might make this process easier or might be required to even attempt this process
'''Treatment''' informs you on the steps you must take to cure a disease. This will typically involve making multiple INT/Medicine checks, and certain expensive ingredients or magical healing abilities might make this process easier or might be required to even attempt this process.
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
|+Diseases
!Name of Disease
!Name of Disease
!Rarity
!Rarity
!Lethality
!Lethality
!Transmissibility
!Transmissibility
!Source
|-
|'''[[Anthrax]]'''
|Rare
|High
|Medium
|Harker's
|-
|-
|'''[[Beasian Boils]]'''
|'''[[Beasian Boils]]'''
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|Medium
|Medium
|High
|High
|CRB
|-
|-
|[[Boil Plague|'''Boil Plague''']]
|[[Boil Plague|'''Boil Plague''']]
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|Low
|Low
|Extreme
|Extreme
|CRB
|-
|'''[[Bubonic Plague]]'''
|Uncommon
|Medium
|High
|Harker's
|-
|'''[[Chicken Pox]]'''
|Common
|Low
|Medium
|Harker's
|-
|'''[[Common Cold]]'''
|Common
|Very Low
|High
|Harker's
|-
|'''[[Danse Macabre]]'''
|Rare
|High
|Low
|Harker's
|-
|-
|[[Deathboil Plague (Disease)|'''Deathboil Plague''']]  
|[[Deathboil Plague (Disease)|'''Deathboil Plague''']]
|Rare
|Rare
|High
|High
|Medium
|Medium
|CRB
|-
|-
|'''[[Deepshroom Poisoning]]'''
|'''[[Deepshroom Poisoning]]'''
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|High
|High
|Low
|Low
|CRB
|-
|'''[[Dysentery]]'''
|Rare
|Medium
|Low
|Harker's
|-
|-
|'''[[Fleshling Fever]]'''
|'''[[Fleshling Fever]]'''
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|High
|High
|Low
|Low
|CRB
|-
|'''[[Gangrene]]'''
|Uncommon
|Medium
|Low
|Harker's
|-
|-
|'''[[Gift of the Chosen]]'''
|'''[[Gift of the Chosen]]'''
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|High
|High
|Medium
|Medium
|CRB
|-
|'''[[Influenza]]'''
|Uncommon
|Medium
|Medium
|Harker's
|-
|'''[[Leprosy]]'''
|Very Rare
|High
|High
|Harker's
|-
|'''[[Lycanthropy]]'''
|Rare
|Low
|Medium
|Harker's
|-
|'''[[Malaria]]'''
|Rare
|Medium
|Low
|Harker's
|-
|'''[[Pneumonia]]'''
|Common
|Low
|High
|Harker's
|-
|'''[[Polio]]'''
|Common
|Low
|High
|Harker's
|-
|'''[[Rabies]]'''
|Uncommon
|Extreme
|Low
|Harker's
|-
|'''[[Scarlet Fever]]'''
|Rare
|Low
|High
|Harker's
|-
|-
|[[Scarlet Sickness (Disease)|'''Scarlet Sickness''']]  
|[[Scarlet Sickness (Disease)|'''Scarlet Sickness''']]  
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|High
|High
|High
|High
|CRB
|-
|-
|'''[[Stonerot]]'''
|'''[[Stonerot]]'''
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|Low
|Low
|High
|High
|CRB
|-
|'''[[Shingles]]'''
|Rare
|Low
|Medium
|Harker's
|-
|'''[[Tetanus]]'''
|Common
|Low
|Low
|Harker's
|-
|'''[[Tuberculosis]]'''
|Common
|Medium
|High
|Harker's
|-
|'''[[Typhoid]]'''
|Common
|Low
|Low
|Harker's
|-
|-
|'''[[Vampirism]]'''
|'''[[Vampirism]]'''
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|Low
|Low
|Low
|Low
|CRB
|-
|-
|[[Zombie Plague|'''Zombie Plague''']]
|[[Zombie Plague|'''Zombie Plague''']]
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|Extreme
|Extreme
|High
|High
|CRB
|}
|}
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