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Decay

Code:

BI 342

Prerequisites:

Qualifies For:

Level:

Study DC:

Spell

Time:

Action

Target:

Ranged: sight

Cost:

-1d10 Control

Defense:

Health save negates

Duration:

Permanent, until cured

The target must pass a health save, or they become diseased with an affliction that reduces the effectiveness of healing on them, putrefying, blackening, and rotting every wound they suffer.

If you pass a DC 10 test of Spellcraft when you cast it, you may mutate this spell to curse the target instead, allowing it to sap the vital energy from a wider variety of creatures.

Tags: Action, Spell, Ranged, Health, Save, Disease, Curse, Debuff

Upgrades
Name	Effort	Requires	Description
Unlock	10		DC 13 Halves healing
New Strain	10	Unlock	Target cannot heal or gain HP. If the target is revived, they revive with 1 HP.
DC +1	2	Unlock	DC 14
DC +2	2	DC +1	DC 15
DC +3	2	DC +2	DC 16
DC +5	4	DC +3	DC 18
Inoculation	5	Unlock	You are immune to Decay

Extra Credit

Outbreak

Effort: 10

Requires: Unlock

You may cast Decay on all creatures within 30 ft. of your target, at a -5 DC penalty.

Contagion

Effort: 5

Requires: Outbreak

You may spread Decay as an action.
All creatures within 30 ft. of any target affected by your Decay must pass a health save against Decay or also become affected.
(You do not have to pay the cost of casting Decay when you do this).

Exposure Therapy

Effort: 8

Requires: Mastery

You have +1 to saves against disease.

Carrier

Effort: 20

Requires: Unlock

As an action, you may attempt to spread any and all diseases that you have to all creatures within 30 ft. of you
They get a health save against each disease to avoid contracting it.

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