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Darkplague Ritual

Area: Dweomercræft, Black SchoolGrade: 7Type: Ritual
Time: Instantaneous+specialArea: Up to 1 league diameterDistance: 1 Furlong/STEEPMateria Cost: None
Other Heka Costs:
R&D: NilOther: Nil

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This Ritual creates an Evil. Supernatural plague that affects all living beings within a specific. limited region. such as village, town, elc. The sickness caused by . Darkplague always has three stages lasting 13 days, and has a total of 13D6 STR points. Note that the practitioner. no control over a disease once it is created. It is possible for casters to catch, and even die from, one of their own diseases. Casters each do, however, get to design their Darkplague diseases themselves., with the final plan being subject to the approval of the gamemaster. Stage One: On the day of Casting activation one notable symptom of the disease appears. 13% of the afflicted population are infected. and evidence of the symptoms appears within that 24 hour period. Stage two: 1D3+1 days later, Physical damage from . Casting begins to accrue to the victims. If the D% roll was under an amount equal to the caster's MR CATEGORY, 1D10% additional of the potentially afflicted population contract the disease. Stage Three: During the period of from 5 to 13 days after activation, the disease will run its full course, and deaths will occur at a rate commensurate with the sickness inflicted. As usual. the caster can negate the Casting whenever it is so wished. The usual method for halting such a disease is for the caster to claim to boo Healer willing, for a fee, to stop the sickness from running its course. Another persona capable 01 +0 doing can counter this Casting with a successful Remove Curse or other forms of Castings which remove disease-provided that such may be done within 24 hours of the Darkplague 's activation. All later attempts rue made at a DR modification of "Extreme thereafter:

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