Daggerfall:Diseases

The Iliac Bay is a very dangerous place. In addition to the various creatures one will encounter during his adventures, there are also the invisible dangers that can be even deadlier. These are the various known diseases, some of which are capable of wiping out entire cities in no time. Diseases can be contracted from various foes, mostly animals and the undead. As in real life, the player will not recognize instantly if he has contracted a disease, but must wait until the incubation time has passed, which can take many hours. The time which is necessary to diagnose a disease depends on one's medical skill. Once the incubation time has passed the disease from which the player suffers will be visible in the status screen. Entering fast-travel under such circumstances is very dangerous and the player will get a warning if he tries to do this, saying that he will most likely not survive the journey. As soon as the player knows that he suffers from a disease, he should cure himself as soon as possible using a potion or a spell. In many cases it may already be too late to seek out a temple healer. In case one is lucky and has survived the journey to a temple, its healer will cure the player of all diseases, provided he has the sufficient amount of gold for the cure. The costs of such a cure depend on how many and which diseases the player has contracted, however on some special holidays the temple healers will cure everybody for free or for only a marginal amount of gold.

A list of all known diseases and their symptoms can be seen below. The descriptions were taken from the TEXT.RSC file in the ARENA2 directory, Vampirism and Lycanthropy are not listed.

Disease	Symptoms	Description
Blood Rot	Drains willpower and personality until cured or character dies	You have contracted Blood Rot, which will adversely affect your health, personality, and willpower over the next several days or weeks unless you cure it. Some have not found a cure and died of this disease.
Brain Fever	Drains willpower and personality until cured or character dies	You have contracted Brain Fever. It is a slow death, as your willpower, your health, even your personality trickle away, day by day. You must either get a cure or face oblivion.
Caliron's Curse	Drains strength, speed and agility until cured or character dies	You have contracted Caliron's Curse. Some people have recovered by themselves in a week or two, but their strength, speed, and agility remain stunted. It is best to cure the disease quickly.
Cholera	Drains all attributes very quickly until cured or character dies	You have contracted Cholera, one of the deadliest diseases in Tamriel and always fatal unless help is given very, very quickly.
Chrondiasis	Drains intelligence until cured or character dies	You have contracted Chrondiasis, a magical disease, which will consume your intelligence and innate magicka, day by day. The disease must be cured, or it will eventually kill you.
Consumption	Drains willpower, agility and strength until cured or character dies	You have contracted Consumption. Your willpower, agility, and strength will slowly leave you, until you are cured or you die.
Dementia	Drains intelligence, willpower and personality until cured or character dies	You have contracted Dementia, a hideous disease which slowly robs a victim of his or her intelligence, willpower, and even personality, until he or she is dead or a cure has been applied.
Leprosy	Drains all attributes very quickly until cured or character dies	You have contracted Leprosy and will slowly waste away, a little bit every day, unless you are cured.
Plague	Drains all attributes except intelligence very quickly until cured or character dies	You have contracted the Plague, a very serious, often fatal disease. Very quickly it will spread through your system. Few who contracted it live for more than a few days unless they are cured quickly.
Red Death	Drains endurance and personality until cured or character dies	You have contracted Red Death, a very serious disease which can quickly decimate a victim's endurance and even destroy personality until a cure is given or the victim dies.
Stomach Rot	Results in a slight decrease of health over time; seems to be otherwise harmless	You have contracted Stomach Rot. It is a permanent condition, unless you are cured, characterized by a slight daily drop in health.
Swamp Rot	Drains willpower, agility and strength until cured or character dies	You have contracted Swamp Rot. Every day your willpower, agility, and strength will fall, until you waste away or are cured.
Typhoid Fever	Drains intelligence and endurance until cured or character dies	You have contracted Typhoid Fever, a deadly disease affecting a victim's intelligence, endurance, and health. The condition is permanent, barring a cure or death.
Witches' Pox	Drains strength and endurance until cured or character dies	You have contracted Witches' Pox. It will slowly deteriorate your strength, endurance, and health until you are cured or dead.
Wizard Fever	Drains intelligence until cured or character dies	You have contracted Wizard Fever, a sometimes merely irritating, sometimes devastating magical disease. Some have suffered this and barely noticed it before the fever broke on its own and some have been left feebleminded. Your innate magicka and intelligence will trickle away, day by day, for as long as three weeks.
Wound Rot	Drains strength and endurance until cured or character dies	You have contracted Wound Rot, which will very slowly erode your strength, endurance, and health until you cure yourself.
Yellow Fever	Drains endurance, willpower and personality until cured or character dies	You have contracted Yellow Fever. Your endurance, willpower, and health will decline every day until you find a cure or die.

See Also

• Poison