Disease Magic

Disease Magic
Like the other Skaven of Clan Pestilens (Warhammer), the Plague Monks are adept in using their Skaven Magic to spread the diseases of their god, the Great Horned Rat.
Power/Ability to:	Use Disease Magic

The power to use disease-related magic. Form of Magic. Variation of Disease Manipulation and Organic Magic.

Also Called

• Blight/Disease/Pestilence/Plague Craft
• Blight/Pestilence/Plague Magic
• Blight/Disease/Pestilence/Plague Witchcraft
• Blight/Disease/Pestilence/Plague Wizardry

Capabilities

The user is able to use a form of magic that controls diseases and parasites, including pathogens and pestilence. This magic can augment, create, spread, or even weaken and eliminate disease. In the case of some supernatural diseases, the user could even convert the victims into vampires, zombies, or other beings.

Applications

• Conversion
• Pestilence Manipulation
  • Disease Manipulation
• Spell Casting

Associations

• Magic
  • Body Magic
  • Corruption Magic
  • Nature Magic
  • Organic Magic

Limitations

• Magic Negation/Magic Destruction
• Magic always has a price.
• May not include immunity to their own powers.
• May not include cures to diseases.
  • If it does include cures, the spells may be incapable of being cast unless there is a cure known.

Known Users

• Morbus Kindred (Chronicles of Darkness/Vampire: The Requiem); via Cachexy Discipline
• Fire-Touched (Chronicles of Darkness/Werewolf: The Forsaken); via Disease Gifts
• Order of the Blackened Denarius (The Dresden Files); via plague curse
• Peryite (The Elder Scrolls)
• Cancer mages (Forgotten Realms)
• Users of the Blightbringer domain (Forgotten Realms)
  • Talona
• Blight Druids (Pathfinder)
• Pairaka (Pathfinder)
• Pestilence Bloodline Sorcerers (Pathfinder)
• Users of the Plague Subdomain (Pathfinder)
  • Apollyon
    • Leukodaemons
  • Ghlaunder
  • Urgathoa
• Conquest (Sleepy Hollow)
• Karness Murr (Star Wars Legends); via Rakghoul plague
• Terrak Morrhage (Star Wars Legends); via Dark Plague
• Pestilence (Supernatural)
• Chaos Sorcerers of Nurgle (Warhammer); via Lore of Nurgle
  • Festus the Leechlord
• Clan Pestilens Skaven (Warhammer); via Skaven Magic
  • Plague Monks
  • Plague Priests
• Verminlords (Warhammer)
• Clans Pestilens (Warhammer: Age of Sigmar)
• Great Unclean Ones (Warhammer/Warhammer 40K)
  • Ku'gath Plaguefather
• Nurgle (Warhammer/Warhammer 40K)
• Plague Marines (Warhammer 40K); via Nurgle's Rot
• Sorcerers of Nurgle (Warhammer 40K); via Nurgle Psychic Powers
  • Death Guard Sorcerers
  • Necrosius the Undying, Hand of Nurgle
  • Typhus, Herald of Nurgle
• Asharu (World of Darkness/Demon: The Fallen); via Lore of Awakening
• Scorpion Eaters (World of Darkness/Kindred of the East); via Disease Shintai
• Skinriders (World of Darkness/Orpheus); via Contaminate Horror
• Black Spiral Dancers (World of Darkness/Werewolf: The Apocalypse); via Plague Child Gift
• Ratkin (World of Darkness/Werewolf: The Apocalypse); via Plague Lord Freak Aspect Gifts

Known Objects

• Apollyon Ring (Pathfinder)

Gallery

Apollyon (Pathfinder), also known as the Prince of Plagues, is the latest Horseman of Pestilence, one of four Archdaemons.

Leukodaemons (Pathfinder) are daemons who work to spread the diseases of their patron, Apollyon.

A Great Unclean One (Warhammer/Warhammer 40,000) is a Greater Daemon of Nurgle whose main goal is the spread of the Plague Lord's diseases, doing so through mystical vectors and processes of making them.

Nurgle (Warhammer/Warhammer 40,000) is the Plague Lord, one of the four Chaos Gods who is a master of virulent magic.

A Death Guard Sorcerer (Warhammer 40,000) utilizing his powerful Nurgle-granted magic.

A Malignant Plaguecaster (Warhammer 40,000), a specialized Death Guard Sorcerer who is a living conduit to the toxic miasmas of Nurgle.