Disease+Rules

A disease is an Aspect with a numerical rating. A character with a disease must roll their Endurance skill against a fixed difficulty every time a certain interval passes. If they succeed their margin of success is subtracted from the disease rating, if they fail their margin of failure is added to it.

Each disease has different effects. These effects depend on the disease's rating. The most common effects are for the disease to fill consequence slots and for the disease to inflict penalties to rolls. (If a consequence slot is full when a disease worsens to fill it, then both effects fill the slot together.) In addition to these effects, the disease Aspect can be Compelled.

Diagnosing and treating a disease requires a Scholarship roll. If the roll is successful, it lowers the difficulty of the Endurance roll to resist the disease.

Recovery gives +2 per level to disease resistance rolls. Living Dead and Powers similar to it provide full immunity to diseases.

At the GM's discretion, environmental effects may boost or penalize disease-related rolls. I recommend a -2 penalty to disease resistance for strenuous activity and a +2 bonus for strict bed rest.

Some diseases have tags that change the rules for them. Common tags (and their effects) include:

__Magical__  (Lore modifies Scholarship rolls made to treat the disease) __Expensive Medicine X__  (Treating the disease requires a Resources X purchase.) __Mental__  (Discipline is used instead of Endurance to resist the disease. Potential doctors can use Empathy or Scholarship. Recovery, Living Dead, and other such Powers provide no protection.) __Temporary__  (The difficulty to resist the disease goes down by 1 each interval.) __Complex__  (Characters without a relevant Stunt can't even try to treat the disease.)


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Sample Diseases: **

<span class="bbc_u" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">__//The Common Cold//__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I'm pretty sure you know what the common cold is. <span class="bbc_u" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">__Treatment Difficulty:__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> 3 <span class="bbc_u" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">__Initial Rating:__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> 3 <span class="bbc_u" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">__Resistance Difficulty (Untreated):__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> 3 <span class="bbc_u" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">__Resistance Difficulty (Treated):__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> 1 <span class="bbc_u" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">__Interval:__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> One day <span class="bbc_u" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">__Effects:__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">2+: The Common Cold fills a mild physical consequence slot. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">4+: Anyone who spends time with you must roll Endurance against difficulty 0 or catch it. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">6+: You take a -1 penalty to all physical, social, and mental rolls from general malaise and feeling like crap. <span class="bbc_u" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">__Tags:__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> Temporary

<span class="bbc_u" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">__//The Flu//__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">People often don't take the flu seriously, but it can and does kill people. <span class="bbc_u" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">__Treatment Difficulty:__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> 3 <span class="bbc_u" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">__Initial Rating:__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> 3 <span class="bbc_u" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">__Resistance Difficulty (Untreated):__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> 4 <span class="bbc_u" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">__Resistance Difficulty (Treated):__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> 2 <span class="bbc_u" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">__Interval:__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> Three days <span class="bbc_u" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">__Effects:__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">2+: The Flu fills a mild physical consequence slot. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">4+: The Flu fills a moderate physical consequence slot. You take a -1 penalty to physical rolls, and those you spend time with must roll Endurance against difficulty 1 or they'll be infected. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">6+: The Flu fills a severe physical consequence slot. Your penalty to physical rolls increases to 2, and you suffer a -1 penalty to mental and social rolls as well. The difficulty to avoid infection from you increases to 2. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">8+: The Flu fills an extreme physical consequence slot. The penalties to your rolls increase by 1, as does the difficulty to avoid infection from you. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">10+: You die. <span class="bbc_u" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">__Tags:__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> Temporary

<span class="bbc_u" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">__//The Endless Sleep//__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">This is not exactly a disease. It's a curse. But it works in a fairly disease-like way. <span class="bbc_u" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">__Treatment Difficulty:__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> 6 <span class="bbc_u" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">__Initial Rating:__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> 10 <span class="bbc_u" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">__Resistance Difficulty (Untreated):__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> 5 <span class="bbc_u" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">__Resistance Difficulty (Treated):__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> 1 <span class="bbc_u" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">__Interval:__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> One day <span class="bbc_u" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">__Effects:__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">1+: You need to sleep an extra 6 hours each day. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">4+: You take a -1 penalty to all physical and mental rolls from drowsiness. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">8+: You are asleep and cannot do anything. On the bright side, you have no biological needs. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">16+: You fall asleep forever and are effectively dead. <span class="bbc_u" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">__Tags:__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> Complex, Magical, Expensive Medicine 4

<span class="bbc_u" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">__//Cursed Madness Of The Wolf God's Crypt//__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Anyone who defiles the tomb of The Wolf God will gradually turn into a horrible monster. This is why. <span class="bbc_u" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">__Treatment Difficulty:__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> 5 <span class="bbc_u" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">__Initial Rating:__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> 1 <span class="bbc_u" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">__Resistance Difficulty (Untreated):__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> 6 <span class="bbc_u" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">__Resistance Difficulty (Treated):__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> 4 <span class="bbc_u" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">__Interval:__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> One month <span class="bbc_u" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">__Effects:__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">1+: You take a -2 penalty to all rolls made to control your anger. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">5+: You have the Berserk Stunt for Fists. If this disease puts you below 0 Refresh, you lose your free will and become a puppet to madness. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">10+: You have the Spiritual Co-Pilot Power and Sponsor Powers. The Wolf God is the spirit and the sponsor. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">15+: You have the Echoes Of The Beast Power. The wolf is your beast. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">20+: You have the Inhuman Strength Power. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">25+: You have the Inhuman Speed Power. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">30+: You have the Claws Power. You now look rather inhuman. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">35+: You have the Inhuman Recovery Power. It doesn't apply to silver. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">40+: You have the Inhuman Toughness Power. It doesn't apply to silver. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">45+: You have the Hulking Size Power. You don't look remotely human. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">50+: You have the Supernatural Strength Power. <span class="bbc_u" style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">__Tags:__ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> Magical, Mental