Hi everyone! Today I’m sharing a guide to diseases! I recently shared disease-themed spells, items, and demons, so it seemed only right that we explore how to utilize diseases in your games, should you choose to do so.

The DMG provides a section on running diseases in your games and provides a couple of example diseases for immediate use, but there isn’t much guidance on custom-making your own contagions. This document is a first attempt at codifying the aspects that make up a disease in such a way that it is easier to design and modify your own custom diseases for your games. This results in a disease “stat block” similar to what you would have for a spell. There are several example diseases included, along with a description of how one of those diseases could play out in an actual game.

This is still actively being tested and developed, so there will undoubtedly be further iterations down the road. Let me know if you have any questions or feedback!

Tune in next week for a subclass that will allow plays to become masters of disease!