Contagion: Blinding Sickness

Contagion: Blinding Sickness is a level 5 necromancy spell. This spell is a variation of the Level 5 Necromancy Spell,  Contagion. It allows spellcasters to Poison an enemy, with the possibility of the affliction progressing into a Disease which saps target's Wisdom.

Description

The target receives  Disadvantage on Wisdom Ability Checks and Saving Throws, and is  Blinded.

Hot fingers of pain push through the creature's eyes, impairing its Wisdom.

Properties

Cost

 Action +  Level 5 Spell Slot

Details

 Melee Spell Attack Roll

 Melee: 1.5 m (5 ft)

At higher levels

Casting this spell at a higher level grants no additional benefit.

Technical details

UID

Target_Contagion_BlindingSickness

Spell flags

HasSomaticComponent, HasVerbalComponent, IsHarmful, IsMelee, IsSpell

Condition: Contagion Poisoned

 Contagion Poisoned

Duration: 3 turns

 CON Save (Spell save DC)

• Has  Disadvantage on  Attack rolls and Checks.
• Each turn, it must succeed on a  Saving throw, or the poison will advance in stage. On 3 successes, it recovers. On 3 failures, it contracts the disease corresponding to the variant of the spell Contagion that was cast.

 Poisoned, Diseased

Condition: Stricken With Blinding Sickness

 Stricken With Blinding Sickness

Duration: Permanent

• Fingernails of searing pain dig into the affected entity's eyes. It has Disadvantage on Wisdom Checks and Saving throws, and is also Blinded.

 Diseased

How to learn

This spell is a variation of:
Contagion

External links

• ⁠Contagion on the Forgotten Realms Wiki