Plague Touch

Effect

Infect the target with an accelerated disease (touch; melee attack roll if unwilling).

Resist

GRIT + Resilience vs. your Channeling Sum.

• Failure: The target contracts Wasting Sickness. They take 1 damage per hour (ignoring AR) and suffer −1 die (Pool Penalty) to all physical actions until cured. The disease runs its course in 24 hours if untreated.
• Success: The target takes 2 Strain and feels violently ill for 10 minutes but suffers no lasting effect.

Steps

+1 damage per hour per Step.

Special

Cure: Medicine check (TN 15), Purge (from another Flesh Shaper — including the caster), or 24 hours of misery.

The ethical weight of creating disease is enormous. The Circle of Ash teaches Plague Touch as a deterrent and last resort. Flesh Shapers who use it casually are shunned — even by other Psionics. For contagious plague, see Pandemic (R4).