Chances of Contracting a Sexual Disease

To contract a sexual disease, the character must be having sex with somebody who already is inflicted with a disease. Make a constitution check to see, if a disease is contracted. The base DC for contracting a natural disease is 2. Add to this 1 per 2 rounds of sexual activity. Double this for contracting a magical disease. Half this DC for protected intercourse, rounded down.

Thus, Venn (con. 14) becomes intimate with a person that has a natural sexual disease. Unfortunately he prefers not to use protection (like a sheep-skin condom). He participates in 18 rounds of sex. This sets his DC to 9. He rolls a 6 and adds his constitution bonus pf +2. Not enough. Thus, our hero now is infected with a sexual disease. If only he used protection, his chance of contracting a disease would have been a mere a mere 4. A lesson to be learned.

The use of Protection From Disease and Cure Disease spells are of course very useful for preventing and curing disease.

Natural Diseases

Natural sexual diseases might not seem as bad as magical, but they are as terrible. All sexual diseases are spread through close contact sexual intercourse (i.e. sex). Some of them may be contracted through contact or spittle, too.

After choosing the desired disease on the table below, the GM should roll d20 to decide occurrence and another d20 to decide the severity of the disease.

Occurrence determines whether the disease is a single (acute) attack or whether the disease will recur periodically once contracted (chronic). Chronic maladies will affect the character periodically, if they occur at the same time as any other malady (disease, disorder, or parasitic infestation), the severity of both will be increased. Thus, if two chronic maladies are contracted, the character is not likely to survive another disease attack.

Severity refers to the seriousness of the disease, disorder, or parasitic infestation and determines the period of disability (recover time or length of illness which terminates in the character's demise) and the effects of the malady.

DC shows the modification to the base DC to contract and recover from the disease.

Incubation describes the time till the disease sets in (i.e. the first effect occurs).

Some of the diseases will do damage to a character. The amount of damage is shown in the damage column. This damage will be done again after a set period.

Healing

Natural sexual diseases can be healed like other diseases (Core Rulebook I p 74).

Degree of Severity

Mild: During the period of affliction the character is unable to perform strenuous activities. Roll once on Table 2 for additional effects. Some treatment may be determined by the GM to allow a shortening of the period of illness. A normal period is 1-3 weeks.

Severe: A severe malady will lower the character's hit points to 50% of normal and make him/her totally disabled for 1-2 weeks, plus a further 1-2 weeks of time during which the malady is in the mild state as the character recovers. Roll twice on Table 2 for additional effects.

Terminal: The malady will cause death (or loss of the body part or function). If nothing else is stated, the character will take 1d4 points of temporal constitution damage. Roll thrice on Table 2 for additional effects.

Description

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