Plague Touch
"I introduce a thought to your immune system. It disagrees with the rest of you."
- Cost
- 1 Erosion
- TN
- 13
- Tempo
- T5
- Steps
- Yes
- Resist
- Yes
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).