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Diseases

The DA:V system for diseases is mostly penalties associated with having a disease. It has no system for catching one other than feeding on an infected person. It also has no system for treatment or surviving a disease. This system is borrowed from Exalted.

All diseases have five traits: Virulence, Contagiousness, Treatment Difficulty, Untreated Morbidity and Treated Morbidity.

  • Virulence - The amount and type of damage a disease inflicts.
  • Contagiousness - The difficulty of the Stamina roll not to catch a disease if exposed.
  • Treatment Difficulty - The difficulty of the Medicine roll required to count the target as Treated.
  • Untreated Morbidity - The difficulty of the Stamina roll to endure a disease if not Treated.
  • Treated Morbidity - The difficulty of the Stamina roll to endure a disease if Treated.

Example Diseases

Here are some common diseases with their traits listed.

Smallpox

Virulence - 2B/day
Contagiousness - 7
Treatment Difficulty - 8
Untreated Morbidity - 8
Treated Morbidity - 7

Cholera

Virulence - 1B/day
Contagiousness - 6
Treatment Difficulty - 7
Untreated Morbidity - 7
Treated Morbidity - 5

Leperosy

Virulence - 1B/day
Contagiousness - 7
Treatment Difficulty - 10
Untreated Morbidity - 8
Treated Morbidity - 7

Plague

Virulence - 1L/day
Contagiousness - 8
Treatment Difficulty - 10
Untreated Morbidity - 9
Treated Morbidity - 8