Demon fever was a supernatural disease spread by night hags and abyssal ghouls, neither of which, strangely, were demons.[1][2][3][4][5][2][6]
Acquisition[]
The disease was transmitted via the bite of a night hag[1][2] and via the front and hind claws of an abyssal ghoul.[3][4] It had an incubation period of one day.[2]
Effects[]
Each day of infection could greatly damage the sufferer's health and vitality, making it harder for them to fight off the disease. If the disease was healed or fought off, this loss of vitality could be recovered, however a persistent case of demon fever could drain some health and vitality permanently, perhaps continuing until the victim died.[1][2][3][4][5]
History[]
Demon fever was one of many diseases that could be encountered in the Underdark.[7]
Inflicting demon fever on her enemies was a favored tactic of the night hag Luxewa, who laired in a seaside cave on the eastern shore of the Moonsea in the mid-to-late 14th century DR.[8]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Skip Williams, Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook (July 2003). Monster Manual v.3.5. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 194. ISBN 0-7869-2893-X.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Monte Cook, Jonathan Tweet, Skip Williams (July 2003). Dungeon Master's Guide v.3.5. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 292. ISBN 0-7869-2889-1.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Eric Cagle, Jesse Decker, James Jacobs, Erik Mona, Matthew Sernett, Chris Thomasson, and James Wyatt (April 2003). Fiend Folio. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 13. ISBN 0-7869-2780-1.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 James Wyatt (September 2002). City of the Spider Queen. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 115–116. ISBN 0-7869-1212-X.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 BioWare (June 2002). Designed by Brent Knowles, James Ohlen. Neverwinter Nights. Atari.
- ↑ Eric L. Boyd (2001-12-19). “The Trail of Tears: Plague Bearers”. Perilous Gateways. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2004-02-23. Retrieved on 2020-04-19.
- ↑ Bruce R. Cordell, Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel, Jeff Quick (October 2003). Underdark. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 110. ISBN 0-7869-3053-5.
- ↑ Darrin Drader, Thomas M. Reid, Sean K. Reynolds, Wil Upchurch (June 2006). Mysteries of the Moonsea. Edited by John Thompson, Gary Sarli. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 112, 114. ISBN 978-0-7869-3915-2.