Warp Touch

The Curse of Dreus.

Disease and art appears in Book of Beautiful Horrors by Regerem. Artist is Adrian Smith.

The Ishtari chief keeps the Blackrock in his tent. He stays near it until he goes into a coughing fit. His body starts to shiver and quake as he falls to the floor. Arms start to protrude from his body and he raises himself off of the ground with their aid. He goes to his throne and waits for the next gift of Ssildris.

Transmission & Vectors

Transmitted through close proximity to Warp stone or chaos spawn who have grown an infectious mutation. It is said that the fey blade is able to transmit the disease as well. Humanoids can not pass it onto each other.

Causes

The warp stone warps a humanoids DNA into new and peculiar shapes to form unearthly changes.

Symptoms

Lethargy, mutations. If untreated, an infected humanoid may eventually warp into a chaos spawn. An amalgamation of death which will more than likely continue to rapidly mutate until it dies of using all of its energy.

Treatment

The distillment of a lure weed plant, which is a mutated plant that only grows in areas contaminated by warp stone.

Prognosis

The condition will likely exhaust you before imposing horrible mutations on you. Eventually, your body either fights it off, or you turn into a chaos spawn.

Hosts & Carriers

Chaos Spawn.

Prevention

Stay away from areas affected by warp stone.

Epidemiology

A chaos spawn mutates a mutation that spreads the infection. More than likely, if a chaos spawn that mutates this infection isn't slain, it will soon mutate into a dragon of change.

History

It is said that Dreus created the warp stone to sow chaos and bend nature to his whim. The Titans value having this disease, and their minds have been warped by living with it for generations. The Ishtari have suffered physical changes due to the disease. Most believe that this disease is what finally drove the Gods to force Dreus to the Outer Plane. An outbreak in Baldur's Gate caused by the resurgence of the Fey Blade, wielded by a corrupted Kade Threeflame, resulted in the city soon being overrun by chaos spawn.

Cultural Reception

The Titans applaud anyone who has a mutation. They also seek to control and maintain the longevity of those who turn into chaos spawn. The Ishtari also love those who have a mutation, but they see it as a gift from their shifter god, Ssildris. Other groups see it as a grotesque disease that changes who a person is and is unnatural.

A Chaos spawn appears here. This is a poor individual who has finally succumbed to the warp touch.

Type

Magical

Origin

Divine