CHAPTER 5: DISEASES, DISORDERS 4 DEMENTIAS This section presents some diseases that a herbalist)s skills can cure. 5se the cures section to determine which plants can be used to do this.
ELISH EARS
Description: This curious disease is caused by a parasite that burrows HE ED 7$ into the ear to reach the goodies within. 4eople afflicted suffer from chronic earache as the ear passage swells up$ sometimes Description: 4eople suffering from this disease are so fatigued that closing entirely. Lumpy growths then grow on the ear itself$ they often can)t get out of b ed$ thus the name. ?ts cause is not causing unsightly blemishes and sometimes cries of Dmutant) known$ but many sufferers are from the burgher class and those The growths themseles cause the ear to resemble an elf#s+ in high6powered Iobs$ so something that circulates in the pointy and funny. This is what gies the disease its name. The corridors of power can be reasonably suspected. Lethargy floods disease is highly irulent$ howeer$ and if a household has a the ictim)s body and in seere cases the body gies up member suffering from it$ you can bet a few 2arls that the rest breathing entirely. /alled DLord 9inchley#s &ownfall)$ due to the of the family will deelop it shortly. 0ecause of this$ houses first known case$ this disease gets little sympathy from the gr eat affected from this disease are often boarded up to stop its unwashed. A Toughness and a Willpower Test can be made spread$ and once clean$ the physician announces+ Q7lish has each week to recoer from the condition$ but both must be left the building. made in the same week to make a speedy recoery. Duration: ;< days Duration: 5ntil recoery (see aboe* ffect: 6;< 9el$ 6F< 4erception (hearing based* ffect: 6F< to all characteristics #ures: 7ars$ 4arasite #ures: 9atigue
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DIRTY WO7NDS
Description: ?f someone is wounded by a rusty saw$ is bitten by a wild Description: 4eople who neer get fat$ no matter how much they eat people who are always feeling tired people whose isits to the animal or cuts them6seles while mucking out the stables$ he priy can be gut churning$ handle chewing nightmares these may gain an infected wound. The common symptoms include people are probably suffering from the 7nemy Within. mall puffiness around the inIury$ pain$ and in seere cases$ locking of parasitic worms that lie in the gu t and suck the nutrients right the Ioints. This is of particular danger to adenturing types who out of the body. 'ormally caught due to drinking unclean often gain inIuries where they are unable to dress them in water or eating something that was suffering from the disease sanitary conditions. ?f there is a risk of infected wounds$ the without preparing it properly$ this disease is not normally ictim must make a Toughness test to resist it. noticed until the little beasties are well and truly established. Duration: > days 9lushing them out again is as much fun as chewing ra3or blades. ffect: 68 to all statistics Duration: 5ntil cured #ures: Antiseptic$ ?nfection ffect: 68 to all characteristics #ures: Worms$ parasites HE R7MMERS EASLES
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Description: This is a Dsocial) disease$ often spread by unsanitary /amp NI$HTS LBOW 9ollowers. ?t results in a high feer$ a great desire not to reliee oneself$ and feerish itching south of the border. Also known to Description: A painful affliction of the Ioints and bones$ this condition strikes down those who carry out repetitie tasks oer soldiers of the empire as Dcat scratch feer) a isit from the long periods of time. o named for a 2nights 4anther who cut drummers measles is dreaded in armies the %ld World wide. down so many %rcs during a battle that his arm locked and he Wily soldiers often ask if the camp follower in -uestion has a had to sit out the rest of the war. lyly known as Dlaanesh)s Ddose). This doesn)t refer to the disease$ but an Herbalists cramp) to some more unsaoury sorts$ this is best trea ted by rest concoction to help stop him getting the disease. or application of a poultice. Duration: B days Duration: B days ffect: 6F !oe$ 6;
DR7N9ARD1S DANCE
Description: A nasty condition brought about by the bite of a marsh fly$ this disease affects the ictim)s balance. o much so$ that if he tries to walk$ he ends up staggering about like a drunken man. The world spins and tumbles around making the ictim di33y and sick. The sufferer deelops a high feer$ and mild hallucinations can also result. Words are slurred and the afflicted cannot focus their eyes properly. ?t is truly a debilitating disease. Duration: F< days then F< days each year following ffect: 6F< to all actions and tatistics #ures: &i33iness$ parasite
THE LEAPIN$ SIC9NESS Description: The Leaping ickness is a strange hal lucinatory disease often gained from eating bread. The danger lies in the fact that no one knows e"actly which types of bread cause it. This disease affects the ictims mind$ giing him iid hallucinations. These often inole them misbelieing that they can fly. ictims often climb high places and Iump off$ flapping their arms wildly. Guards hae to clean up the mess. Duration: 8 days ffect: W4 Test per day or attempt to fly #ures: ?nsanity
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Diseases, Disorders 4 De6entias Her)alis6 4 P&ar6a
