Abyssal Plague. If a creature ingests any part of the demon that creature must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or contract the disease Abyssal Plague.
Madness. If a creature would attempt to sense the demons emotions or read its thoughts, that creature must succeed on a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw or descend into a madness determined by the short-term madness table, which lasts for 1d10 minutes. (See the Dungeon Master’s Guide for more on madness).
Multiattack. The demon makes two plagued claw attacks.
Plagued Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) slashing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or contract the disease Abyssal Plague.
Description
The most frequently documented carriers of the plague, usually roughly humanoid in appearance in accordance with the disease's most common victims.
Abyssal Plague. This disease and its malevolence was divine in nature, it was usually fatal unless cured or until the victim was transformed into a plague demon. Should the infection take root, the victim began to grow dark-red crystalline sores that appeared to be laced with silver and contained flecks of gold. These sores spread across the body, causing the victim to become even more contagious, but they also became more resilient and willful. Infected creatures gained both unnatural strength and a desire to destroy all living creatures. Eventually, the victim would die and their corpse would explode, creating a fully formed plague demon. Those who survived the plague and were cured said they experienced a vision of an enormously powerful entity trapped in a void of darkness and desolation. They heard the whisper of this entity, who filled them with a desire to destroy every living creature.
The simplest way to prevent the abyssal plague was to stay away from the Voidharrow or plague demons. Barring that, using divine magic was the only known way to prevent being infected by the disease. The only known way to cure the abyssal plague was exposing the victim to divine magic, but that only worked if the spell was cast before the plague had taken root in the victim's body at its later stages. The abyssal plague can be cured by any divine magic that would cure diseases.
Stages of the Abyssal Plague. The Abyssal Plague has three stages.
- First Stage (0-30 days). The victim begins to grow dark-red crystalline sores that appeared to be laced with silver and contained flecks of gold.
- Second Stage (30-40 days). The disease cannot be cured at this stage. The sores spread across the body, causing the victim to become even more contagious. The victims Strength, Constitution and Wisdom scores increase by 10. The victim grows a desire to destroy all living creatures.
- Third and Final Stage (41 days). The victim dies and their corpse explodes, creating a fully formed Abyssal Plague Demon.
If a creature carrying the abyssal plague were to die before transforming into a plague demon, that creature instead would become an Abyssal Plague Zombie.
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