Wasting Rot

Causes

• This rare curse is caused only be magical means or infection via an undead carrier. The knowledge of how to cause this curse appears to have been lost, but those delving into ancient ruins may still find themselves afflicted by it.

Symptoms

• Initially, the victim develops a mild rash that spreads over the body, accompanied by a slight loss of sensation in the affected areas.
• As the curse progresses, the rash worsens, turning into painful, disfiguring lesions that cause the skin to become thick, dry, and scaly.
• Eventually, the curse leads to the loss of fingers, toes, and other extremities, as well as severe nerve damage, causing he victim to lose sensation in large parts of their body.
• At later stages of this curse, the victim will begin to mentally deteriorate at the same speed as they physically deteriorate.

Treatment

• This curse cannot be removed via the Remove Curse spell unless cast by a cleric of 6th level or greater, or a wizard of 8th level or greater.
• The spell fails if the victim was not affected by a Cure Disease spell within 1 hour prior to being targeted by remove curse.
• Potent magic, such as Heal, can be used to replace the cure disease spell for the purposes of removing the curse.
• Should it fail to remove the curse, the remove curse spell will alleviate the pain from the symptoms and halt its progression for 24 hours.
• Herbal remedies and potions can help alleviate some of the symptoms, but cannot cure the curse.

Prognosis

• If left untreated, this curse will continue to worsen at an extreme rate, eventually leading to the victim's death.
• Even with treatment, the curse can leave lasting physical and psychological scars, and the victim may never fully recover.

Sequela

• This curse leaves the victim permanently disfigured, potentially with missing limbs and extensive scarring.
• The nerve damage caused by this curse can result in pain that lasts a lifetime and loss of sensation, making it difficult for the victim to perform everyday tasks.
• The psychological toll of the curse can be severe, causing depression, anxiety, social isolation, and mass loss of mental faculties.

Hosts & Carriers

Almost all living—or once living—creatures can carry this curse, but it does not spread from living creatures. Undead carrying this curse can pass it on whenever they inflict energy drain, replacing the lost energy with this disease. Due to this, those that carry this curse drain less energy from those who lack this curse. These undead never show signs of the curse, and are only carriers of it. Strangely, the Fey seem to be immune to this disease, and by extension, gnomes are entirely unaffected by this.

Epidemiology

• This curse is not contagious, despite very closely resembling a disease.
• An undead creature carrying this curse is able to inflict others with the curse under certain circumstances.

Cultural Reception

• Many societies see those afflicted by this curse shunner and feared. Due to its similarities to horrible diseases and contagions, they are seen as bad omens and potential carriers of plague.
• The Cetandari people have tales telling that this curse is a punishment from their lost gods, and so judgement from them is worse than many other locations in Elaris.
• Some see this curse more as a test of faith, which is especially seen by the Botari people, who believe it is a punishment for swaying too far from their gods. Those who are afflicted are thus seen with more tolerance and sympathy rather than fear or hatred.

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Type

Curse

Origin

Magical

Cycle

Chronic, Acquired

Rarity

Rare