I'm looking at examples of exploration through the books and found the possibility for diseases an interesting one. I know the levels for the book are supposed to be 5-8 so the penalties might be pretty negligible but I was planning on something at lower levels and figure it might be more impactful then (and less avoidable given the survival checks needed).
Anyways I was wondering if anyone noticed any impact from the diseases in their game, or if they altered them (cut them out, made them stronger) somehow. Or if anyone had any noteworthy encounters or events that came about from players suffering from dysentery or malaria.
When I ran this, the wizard in the party was affected by dysentery quite often. It made some of the fights a bit tougher, but they managed well enough (until the final fight in the Fortress of Sorrow, that is).
When I ran this, the wizard in the party was affected by dysentery quite often. It made some of the fights a bit tougher, but they managed well enough (until the final fight in the Fortress of Sorrow, that is).
Thanks, for some reason I kept thinking it would be more debilitating to martial classes but forgot those with weaker constitutions might be even more harder (and repetitively) hit. I'll save them for later in the game when levels are higher.