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These charts are designed to provide a method of determining how
long it takes a disease to kill a person and what the symptoms are.
This is
mainly for use with curses and Cause
Disease spells from anti-clerics
where diseases of unknown characteristcs are involved.
Fatality Interval
| 1 | Immediate |
| 2 | 10 minutes |
| 3 | 20 minutes |
| 4 | 40 minutes |
| 5 | 1 hour |
| 6 | 3 hours |
| 7 | 6 hours |
| 8 | 12 hours |
| 9 | 24 hours |
| 10-15 | 2 days |
| 16-20 | 3 days |
| 21-25 | 4 days |
| 26-30 | 5 days |
| 31-40 | 6 days |
| 41-50 | 7 days |
| 51-60 | 8 days |
| 61-70 | 12 days |
| 71-80 | 16 days |
| 81-89 | 20 days |
| 90 | 24 days |
| 91 | 36 days |
| 92 | 48 days |
| 93 | 3 months |
| 94 | 4 months |
| 95 | 5 months |
| 96 | 6 months |
| 97 | 7 months |
| 98 | 8 months |
| 99 | 9 months |
| 00 | 10 months |
Number of Symptoms
| 1-3 | 1 symptom |
| 4-5 | 2 symptons |
| 6-7 | 3 symptons |
| 8 | 4 symptons |
Symptoms
| 1 | Pain |
| 2 | Shortness of Breath |
| 3 | Paralysis |
| 4 | Sensory Loss
1-Sight 2-Hearing 3-General numbness |
| 5 | Fever |
| 6 | Chills |
| 7 | Skin sores |
| 8 | Nausea |
| 9 | Rash |
| 10 | Drowsiness |
| 11 | Insanity |
| 12 | Bleeding |
| 13 | Hyperactivity |
| 14 | Coughing/Sneezing |
| 15 | Chest Pains |
| 16 | Loss of Energy |
| 17 | Diarrhea |
| 18 | Tumors |
| 19 | Swelling |
| 20 | Hallucinations |
A saving throw may be given and if the person saves, he suffers the
symptoms for the given period of time and then recovers.