Is exhaustion and the other mechanical effects of sewer plague a "symptom"? Like, do the mechanics take 1d4 days to appear or does the mechanics take effect right away and only the symptoms come in 1d4 days?
So, if it takes multiple days to start the symptoms, then how do the intervening days work? You are 'infected at day one, but symptoms don't start until up to 4 days later. Do you do saves each of those days, when you take a long rest - as you are infected already, or do you wait until symptoms start up? So, if you are doing saves before having symptoms, and you save on day 3, and symptoms don't start until day 4, then you don't get symptoms... Also, if you are still in the situation that caused you to get this, then do you get multiple versions of it, and then need to save vs all of them, or is it a one-infection-at-a-time sort of thing? Are you immune to this once you get it, for some time, or do you just keep getting other versions of it as long as you stay in the situation that causes it?
This disease is worded poorly. Diseases are not well organized and do not follow a set pattern, so they messed up describing this one. In my opinion, RAI are: During the intervening days you do not make saves. You get only the first save and are unaware of anything going on until 1d4 days occur.
You can only be infected once, but you can make multiple saves until you become infected. Once you have it, you no longer need to make saves. But once you are cured, you need to start making saves again.
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Is exhaustion and the other mechanical effects of sewer plague a "symptom"? Like, do the mechanics take 1d4 days to appear or does the mechanics take effect right away and only the symptoms come in 1d4 days?
Exhaustion is the symptom.
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So, if it takes multiple days to start the symptoms, then how do the intervening days work? You are 'infected at day one, but symptoms don't start until up to 4 days later. Do you do saves each of those days, when you take a long rest - as you are infected already, or do you wait until symptoms start up? So, if you are doing saves before having symptoms, and you save on day 3, and symptoms don't start until day 4, then you don't get symptoms... Also, if you are still in the situation that caused you to get this, then do you get multiple versions of it, and then need to save vs all of them, or is it a one-infection-at-a-time sort of thing? Are you immune to this once you get it, for some time, or do you just keep getting other versions of it as long as you stay in the situation that causes it?
This disease is worded poorly. Diseases are not well organized and do not follow a set pattern, so they messed up describing this one. In my opinion, RAI are: During the intervening days you do not make saves. You get only the first save and are unaware of anything going on until 1d4 days occur.
You can only be infected once, but you can make multiple saves until you become infected. Once you have it, you no longer need to make saves. But once you are cured, you need to start making saves again.