Scarlet Sickness

Occult Ritual, Necromancy, Dark Power

Prerequisites: Occult 23

Casting Time: 24 hours

Materials: A rotten corpse, a slaughtered animal, and a gallon of fresh humanoid blood

Recharge: 1 Week

Make a magic attack against a creature of your choice within 5 miles of you, targeting their FORT.

Your magic attack gains a modifier based on how familiar you are with the creature:

Have never met it: -20

Have met it more than a month ago: -15

Have met it in the last month: -10

Have met it in the last week: -5

Have met it in the last 24 hours: -2

Are currently in its presence: +0

Your magic attack also gains a modifier based on whether you have any of the creature’s personal effects:

None: -5

Personal effect like clothing or a trinket: -0

Physical part of the creature, such as hair, teeth, or a finger: +5

You have the creature itself: +10

Dark Power: If you hit the creature, it gains the Scarlet Sickness disease. If you miss, then you gain the Scarlet Sickness disease instead.