Diseases - D&D 4e Compendium

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• Abyssal Plague

  Abyssal Plague Level 8 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : While affected by stage 1, the target exhibits sores and growths across 10 percent of the...

• Blinding Sickness

  Blinding Sickness Level 9 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : Initial Effect: The target loses one healing surge that it cannot regain until cured. S...

• Blistering Corruption

  Blistering Corruption Level 10 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : While affected by this stage, the target takes a -2 penalty to Fortitude. Stage 2...

• Brain Fluke

  Brain Fluke Level 12 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : Initial Effect: The brain fluke bores into the target's brain. The target gains vulnerable 5...

• Brood Fever

  Brood Fever Level 21 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : Initial Effect: The target loses two healing surges. Stage 2 : The target takes a -2 penalty...

• Cackle Fever

  Cackle Fever Level 12 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : Initial Effect: The target begins each day with no action points. Each time the target beco...

• Cemetery Rot

  Cemetery Rot Level 11 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : Initial Effect: The target cannot regain hit points from powers that have the healing keywo...

• Cerebral Parasites

  Cerebral Parasites Level 13 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : While affected by stage 1, the target loses 1 newly regained power point after each s...

• Chaos Phage

  Chaos Phage Level 16 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : Initial Effect: A slaad embryo is implanted in the target. Stage 2 : The target takes a -2 p...

• Charnel Fields Filth Fever

  Charnel Fields Filth Fever Level 8 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : While affected by stage 1, the target loses a healing surge. Stage 2 : While a...

• Corporeal Instability

  Corporeal Instability Variable Level Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : While affected by stage 1, the target is slowed. Stage 2 : While affected by...

• Creeping Madness

  Creeping Madness Level 5 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Optional Rule: If the disease had progressed to stage 3 or higher, the target also gains a spellsc...

• Deathsong

  Deathsong Variable Level Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : While affected by stage 1, the target takes a -2 penalty to skills checks and ability ch...

• Demon Fever

  Demon Fever Variable Level Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : While affected by stage 1, the target takes a -2 penalty to attack rolls. In addition,...

• Demon Pox

  Demon Pox Level 5 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : The target develops a multicolored rash of disgusting pox. Whenever a critical hit is scored ag...

• Dire Rat Filth Fever

  Dire Rat Filth Fever Level 1 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : While affected by stage 1, the target loses a healing surge. Stage 2 : While affecte...

• Dusanu Rot

  Dusanu Rot Level 7 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : While affected by stage 1, the target loses a healing surge. Stage 2 : While affected by stage...

• Echo Madness

  Echo Madness Level 9 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : Initial Effect: The target takes a -2 penalty to Will and to all skill checks. Stage 2 : The...

• Faceless Hate

  Faceless Hate Variable Level Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : While affected by stage 1, the target must make every opportunity attack that it can...

• Feral Wererat Filth Fever

  Feral Wererat Filth Fever Level 5 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : While affected by stage 1, the target loses a healing surge. Stage 2 : While af...

• Festering Doom

  Festering Doom Level 10 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : Initial Effect: The target loses one healing surge until cured. Stage 2 : Each time the t...

• Filth Fever

  Filth Fever Level 5 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : Initial Effect: The target loses a healing surge. Stage 2 : The target takes a -2 penalty to...

• Filth Plague

  Filth Plague Level 14 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : Initial Effect: The target loses one healing surge. Stage 2 : The target takes a -2 penalty...

• Flesh Warp

  Flesh Warp Level 28 Disease Stage 0 : The target is cured. Stage 1 : Initial Effect: The target's body warps to take on a demonic form, as determined by the DM. The target loses a...

• Foul Rotting

  Foul Rotting Variable Level Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : While affected by this stage, the target takes a -2 penalty to Fortitude and loses a...

• Greater Abyssal Plague

  Greater Abyssal Plague Level 13 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : While affected by stage 1, the target exhibits sores and growths across 10 percen...

• Greater Moon Frenzy

  Greater Moon Frenzy Level 13 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : Initial Effect: The target takes a -2 penalty to Will. Stage 2 : While bloodied, the...

• Greater Otyugh Filth Fever

  Greater Otyugh Filth Fever Level 11 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : While affected by stage 1, the target loses a healing surge. Stage 2 : While...

• Greater Werewolf Moon Frenzy

  Greater Werewolf Moon Frenzy Level 10 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : While affected by stage 1, the target takes a -2 penalty to Will. Stage 2 :...

• Hellfever

  Hellfever Level 21 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : The initial effect's penalty becomes -1. Stage 2 : Initial Effect: The target takes a -2 penal...

• Lesser Abyssal Plague

  Lesser Abyssal Plague Level 3 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : While affected by stage 1, the target exhibits sores and growths across 10% of the...

• Lesser Otyugh Filth Fever

  Lesser Otyugh Filth Fever Level 7 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : While affected by stage 1, the target loses a healing surge. Stage 2 : While af...

• Lockjaw

  Lockjaw Level 8 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : Initial Effect: The target takes a -2 penalty to Reflex. Stage 2 : Target takes a -2 penalty to R...

• Meenlock Corruption

  Meenlock Corruption Level 9 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : Initial Effect: The target takes a -4 penalty to Will. Stage 2 : The target grants co...

• Melting Fury

  Melting Fury Variable Level Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : While affected by stage 1, the target has vulnerable 5 to all damage. Stage 2 : While...

• Mindfire

  Mindfire Level 16 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : Initial Effect: The target gains vulnerable 10 psychic until cured. Stage 2 : Each time the tar...

• Mistwatch Blight

  Mistwatch Blight Level 11 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : While affected by stage 1, the target takes a -2 penalty to Insight checks and Percepti...

• Moon Frenzy

  Moon Frenzy Level 8 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : Initial Effect: The target takes a -2 penalty to Will defense. Stage 2 : While bloodied, the...

• Moon Rage

  Moon Rage Level 11 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : Initial Effect: The target takes a -2 penalty to attack rolls as its hands begin to grow fur a...

• Moontusk Fever

  Moontusk Fever Level 6 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : Initial Effect: The target takes a -2 penalty to saving throws while bloodied. Stage 2 : W...

• Mournland Affliction

  Mournland Affliction Level 11 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : Initial Effect: The target's healing surge value is reduced to half of its full nor...

• Mummy Rot

  Mummy Rot Level 21 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : Initial Effect: The target regains only half the normal number of hit points from healing effe...

• Psychic Parasites

  Psychic Parasites Variable Level Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : While affected by stage 1, the target takes a -2 penalty to Insight checks and P...

• Rot Grub Infestation

  Rot Grub Infestation Level 4 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : While affected by stage 1, the target loses a healing surge and gains vulnerable 5 n...

• Russet Mold Contagion

  Russet Mold Contagion Level 5 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : While affected by stage 1, the target exhibits patches of red-brown mold and tendri...

• Rusty Paralysis

  Rusty Paralysis Level 8 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : Initial Effect: The target loses one healing surge that it cannot regain until cured. Sta...

• Scarlet Plague

  Scarlet Plague Variable Level Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : While affected by stage 1, the target takes a -2 penalty to attack rolls, skill che...

• Screaming Scalepox

  Screaming Scalepox Level 15 Disease Stage 0 : The target is cured. Stage 1 : Initial Effect: The target loses a healing surge that it cannot regain until cured of the disease. Sta...

• Sewer Fever

  Sewer Fever Level 13 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : Initial Effect: The target loses a healing surge. Stage 2 : The target takes a -2 penalty to...

• Shakes

  Shakes Level 14 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : Initial Effect: The target's speed is reduced by 1 until cured. Stage 2 : The target is slowed. S...

• Silvery Sleep

  Silvery Sleep Level 26 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : The target's speed is reduced by 1 instead 2. Stage 2 : Initial Effect: The target's speed...

• Skinrot

  Skinrot Level 2 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : Initial Effect: The target takes a -2 penalty to attack rolls. Stage 2 : Final State: While blood...

• Slavering Canker

  Slavering Canker Level 6 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : Initial Effect: The target takes a -1 penalty to attack rolls and damage rolls. Stage 2...

• Slight Filth Fever

  Slight Filth Fever Level 1 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : While affected by stage 1, the target loses a healing surge. Stage 2 : While affected...

• Slime Lord's Rot

  Slime Lord's Rot Level 14 Disease Stage 0 : The target is cured. Stage 1 : Initial Effect: The target loses a healing surge that it cannot regain until cured of the disease. In ad...

• Slimy Doom

  Slimy Doom Level 23 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : The target regains one of its lost healing surges. The target loses this healing surge again...

• Soul Rot

  Soul Rot Level 11 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : Initial Effect: The target takes 5 necrotic damage and loses one healing surge that the target...

• Spider Queen's Curse

  Spider Queen's Curse Level 17 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : While affected by this stage, the target gains a +1 bonus to Fortitude, Reflex, and...

• Touch of Kyuss

  Touch of Kyuss Level 16 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : Initial Effect: The target regains only half the normal hit points when it spends a heali...

• Twisted Domination

  Twisted Domination Level 12 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : Initial Effect: The target treats its allies as enemies for the purpose of making opp...

• Wastelands Sickness

  Wastelands Sickness Level 10 Disease Stage 0 : The target is cured. Stage 1 : Initial Effect: The target loses a healing surge that it cannot regain until cured of the disease. St...

• Wasting Plague

  Wasting Plague Level 31 Disease Stage 0 : The target is cured. Stage 1 : Initial Effect: The target is weakened. Stage 2 : The target takes a -2 penalty to Fortitude and dies afte...

• Wereboar Moontusk Fever

  Wereboar Moontusk Fever Level 6 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : While affected by stage 1, the target takes a -2 penalty to saving throws while b...

• Wererat Filth Fever

  Wererat Filth Fever Level 3 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : While affected by stage 1, the target loses a healing surge. Stage 2 : While affected...

• Wereserpent Blood Rot

  Wereserpent Blood Rot Level 7 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : While affected by stage 1, the target takes a -2 penalty to attack rolls. Stage 2 :...

• Werewolf Lycanthropy

  Werewolf Lycanthropy Level 8 Disease Stage 0 : The curse is dormant. Stage 1 : While affected by stage 1, the target takes a –2 penalty to Will. Stage 2 : While affected by stage...

• Werewolf Moon Frenzy

  Werewolf Moon Frenzy Level 6 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : While affected by stage 1, the target takes a -2 penalty to Will. Stage 2 : While af...

• Whispering Madness

  Whispering Madness Level 4 Disease Stage 0 : The only way to reach this stage, and thereby end the disease, is to destroy the creature that infected the target. Stage 1 : While af...

• Worms of Kyuss

  Worms of Kyuss Level 11 Disease Stage 0 : The target recovers from the disease. Stage 1 : Initial Effect: The target regains only half the normal hit points from healing effects....