Player's Handbook

Contagion

A 4th-level wizard spell.

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At a glance

Level4
SchoolNecromancy
Range30 yds.
ComponentsV / S
DurationPermanent
Casting time4
Area of effect1 creature
Saving throwNeg.
ReversibleNo
SourcePHB p. 199

Description

This spell causes a major disease and weakness in a creature. The afflicted individual is immediately stricken with painful and distracting symptoms: boils, blotches, lesions, seeping abscesses, and so on. , , and are reduced by 2. Attack rolls are decreased by 2. The effect persists until the character receives a cure disease spell or spends 1d3 weeks taking a complete rest to recover. Characters ignoring the contagion for more than a day or so may be susceptible to worse diseases at the discretion of the DM.