Contagion

Contagion was a necromancy spell that inflicted a horrendous disease on a target.

Effect
Older versions of the contagion spell infected a touched target with a vicious infestation, like boils, lesions, seeping abscesses, blotches, or worse. This would reduce a target's strength, agility, and looks, unless they spent weeks recuperating or a remove disease spell was cast on them. If the victim did not get any aid, then the diseases would get even worse.

Newer versions caused diseases like blinding sickness, filth fever, flesh rot, mindfire, seizure, or slimy doom.

Components
Only vocal and somatic components were needed for the casting.

History
The spell was attributed to Netherese arcanist Lucke in -1745 DR and was originally called Lucke's contagion.