Tilstander & Sykdommer

When a creature is on fire, either magical or nonmagical fire, it is ablaze. Ablaze is a new condition that unifies similar effects caused by some spells, monsters, and effects in not only this compendium, but in the officially published material as well. If a spell or effect describes lighting a creature on fire, lighting it ablaze, igniting it, or causing it to start burning, that creature is ablaze.

A creature that comes into contact with this slime must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or become diseased. The disease has no effect for 1 minute and can be removed by any magic that cures disease. After 1 minute, the diseased creature's skin becomes translucent and slimy, the creature can't regain hit points unless it is underwater, and the disease can be removed only by heal or another di sease-curing spell of 6th level or higher. When the creature is outside a body of water, it takes 6 1d12 acid damage every 10 minutes unless moisture is applied to the skin before 10 minutes have passed.

A creature that comes into contact with this slime must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or become diseased. The disease has no effect for 1 minute and can be removed by any magic that cures disease. After 1 minute, the diseased creature's skin becomes translucent and slimy, the creature can't regain hit points unless it is underwater, and the disease can be removed only by heal or another di sease-curing spell of 6th level or higher. When the creature is outside a body of water, it takes 6 1d12 acid damage every 10 minutes unless moisture is applied to the skin before 10 minutes have passed.

Source: The disease is usually carried by demonic entities. When a humanoid comes into contact with the blood or saliva of an infected creature they have a chance of contracting the disease themselves. When this happens the creature rolls a Constitution saving throw (DC 15). On a failed save they will experience the following:

Source: A creature that has been petrified by any spell or creature whilst frightened might have remnants of the petrifying magic left in their body. When a creature has been cured of a condition causing petrification, roll 1d20. On a 1 they contract this disease and experience the following:

You have Disadvantage on Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma attacks rolls, ability checks, and saving throws.

Symptoms manifest after 1d4 hours, and they include nausea, disorientation, and the unwavering desire to eat humanoid flesh. The infected creature gains one level of exhaustion that can't be removed until the disease is cured. If the infected creature attempts to consume food other than humanoid flesh or drink anything besides humanoid blood, it must succeed on a DC 20 Constitution saving throw or immediately vomit up whatever it consumed, gaining no nutritional value from it.

This virus causes distracting pop-ups and advertisements to occasionally appear in the infected creature's vision. When a creature comes into contact with this virus, they must succeed on a DC 12 Intelligence saving throw or become infected.

Source: Often seen in dwarves and creatures that dwell in deep mines. It is believed that this crystalline parasite is contracted by inhaling gemstone dust. When a mine collapses and creatures breathe the dust in the air, there is a chance the parasite may infect them. On a failed Constitution saving throw (DC 10) they experience the following:

Source: Aggressive fatigue disorder may be a genetic disease that appears in the adult years of humanoids, but also sometimes appears for unknown reasons amongst warriors or soldiers of all races. It may be triggered when a creature neglects their rest. When a creature suffers more than 2 points of exhaustion 4 times within one month must roll a Constitution saving throw (DC 18). On a failed save they will experience the following:

A rare disorder of the eye, alcohol ambloyopia is typically due to long-term alcohol use. The disease begins slowly with a slight vision impairment (-1 penalty to ranged attacks) that becomes progressively worse (additional -1 per week of becoming intoxicated until -4 is reached). After that the victim becomes blind.

From an ancient word kirrhos orange-colored - the color of a cirrhosis liver. Cirrhosis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the liver in which functioning liver cells are replaced by scar tissue. The main cause of cirrhosis is long-term alcohol use.

A disease of the liver characterized by inflammation and necrosis, alcoholic hepatitis is accompanied by jaundice (which causes the character's skin to turn a reddish-yellow color), fever, and abnormal accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity.

Alcoholic Myopathy is an alcoholic muscle disease. A character with this disease suffers from severe muscle cramps that vary in frequency or by muscle pain and swelling. This results in a lose of 4 to Strength and movement halved.

A disease of the nervous system. It develops slowly over months and years affecting first and most severely the lower legs, where numbness and pain may develop. Other problems are muscle wasting (-1d4 to Strength), tenderness of the calves of the legs, and signs of impaired motor function (-1d4 to Dexterity).

Player-heroes whose Shadow score reaches the full value of their Wisdom score become anguished.

Any humanoid that spends 12 hours in the necropolis must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or contract an arcane blight. This magical disease transforms the humanoid into a nothic, but only after the victim experiences hallucinations and feelings of isolation and paranoia. Other symptoms include clammy skin, hair loss, and myopia (nearsightedness).

Source: A magic user that burns up all their magical energy every day for extended periods of time has a chance to suffer from arcane blisters. It is also a common sight amongst pyromancers and other magic practitioners specializing in fire magic. When a creature rolls a 1 on the d20 for a spell attack roll on a spell that would deal fire damage more than once per day, they roll a Constitution saving throw (DC 18). On a failed save they experience the following:

Source: Arcane disconnection is caused by an airborne virus that settles in the brain of a creature. It is commonly found in antimagic zones and the tombs of liches. When a creature comes into contact with the air the virus is in they must make an Intelligence saving throw against their own spell save DC. On failure, they contract this disease. If they are not a spellcaster they automatically succeed.

An outbreak of arcane wasting is always met with horror, but that fear is felt tenfold by practitioners of magic both arcane and divine.

Source: Ash cough is a virus that is common amongst people living in unsanitary conditions. It is most common in slums and poor (districts of) cities. When a creature spends at least 1 month in such conditions they must make a Constitution saving throw (DC 5). The DC increases by 1 for each additional month they spend in these conditions. On a failed save they experience the following:

Source: Creatures native to the material plane are vulnerable to scarring caused by certain types of weapons and creatures from the astral plane, as well as being wounded while on the astral plane. When a creature native to the material plane is hit with an attack by a creature from the astral plane (or is hit by any attack while on the astral plane), they must roll a Constitution saving throw (DC 10). If the creature is critically hit the DC increases to 15. On a failed save they will experience the following (symptoms do not show until the creature has healed back to their maximum hit points):