I would also, albeit 2 years later, like to know this.
With an Ogre Magi trying to infect a Human with the contagion spell set to Filth Fever does it go:
a)
Spell is cast
Human saves against Contagion DC and fails.
Human is affected by Filth Fever
Human saves against Filfth Fever DC 12 and fails.
Human takes 1d3 Dex and 1d3 Con damage
(all in within 1 initative step of 1 combat round)
1 day later
Human saves against Filfth Fever DC 12 and fails.
Human takes 1d3 Dex and 1d3 Con damage
or b)
Spell is cast
Human saves against Contagion DC and fails.
Human is affected by Filth Fever
Human takes 1d3 Dex and 1d3 Con damage
(all in within 1 initative step of 1 combat round)
1 day later
Human saves against Filfth Fever DC 12 and fails.
Human takes 1d3 Dex and 1d3 Con damage
.
I suspect the correct method is b) as giving a "double" save against relatively minor stat damages ... especially combined with the rather low dc found on most diseases makes the spell rather rather underpowered for its level.
