Disease Magic

Corruption 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.

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
• Disease Manipulation
• Parasite Manipulation

Associations

• Corruption Magic
• Magic

Limitations

• 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)
• Pestilence (Supernatural)
• Clan Pestilens Skaven (Warhammer); via Skaven Magic
  • Plague Monks
  • Plague Priests
• Verminlords (Warhammer)
• Great Unclean Ones (Warhammer/Warhammer 40K)
  • Ku'gath Plaguefather
• Nurgle (Warhammer/Warhammer 40K)
• Chaos Sorcerers of Nurgle (Warhammer 40K)
• Plague Marines (Warhammer 40K); via Nurgle's Rot
• 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

Gallery

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

A Great Unclean One (Warhammer/Warhammer 40K) 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 40K) is the Plague Lord, one of the four Chaos Gods who is a master of virulent magic.