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NAME
diseases - descriptions of the numerous diseases that may be
            contracted by players within the world of Alyria

DESCRIPTION
There are a number of different diseases which may be contracted
by denizens of the world of Alyria. The known diseases and a brief
discription of each are outlined as follows:

TARNELE
     Contracted from insects, this disease causes the victim to
     slowly die a painful death.  It is not contagious but is easy
     to contract from insects that carry it.

MOON CROUP
     The victim's lungs become filled with mucous causing them to
     use stamina at twice the normal rate.  This disease may be spread
     from player to player.

UNDEAD FEVER
     A disease contracted from undead monsters, this disease causes
     the victim to lose sanity and spell power as the undead forces
     sap the player's strength. This disease is neither fatal or
     contagious.

BLUE COUGH
     A hacking cough that is highly contagious. It is commonly caught
     in high altitudes and is so nasty that the victim has problems
     in battle. The victim will also have serious difficulty concentrating
     enough to cast spells. The cough will eventually run its course.

BELMART
     This is a nasty virus that causes terrible boils called pox to
     errupt all over the body of the victim.  It is contagious, but
     not easily contracted. Strength and vitality are reduced, and the
     person may find walking difficult.

FINAGE
     This fever is a serious fever that strikes feys and sidhes. It
     affects their ability to fade, for feys it makes them unable to shift,
     and for sidhes they are unable to use glamours. It is unknown if it
     is contagious to other races, but studies indicate that it probably
     is not.

MENCHAL DISEASE
     Menchal Disease affects drows, elves, and half-elves, it causes
     the victim to tire easily and makes them unable to move with
     their normal speed. It is not contagious or life threatening but it
     will not go away unless proper treatment is received.

JOURGA SICKNESS
     This disease is normally contracted from wild beasts but may be
     contracted from an affected person if they bite you. It causes the
     victim to act in a crazed manner, attacking anyone or anything in
     a very uncontrolled manner. The victim will stagger about as if
     they are highly intoxicated. If left untreated the victim will
     die in a matter of days.

LIGHT LUNGS
     Light Lungs is a disease that makes breathing very difficult for
     the victim. Because of the problems in catching their breath the
     victim will be unable to climb and will expend absurd amounts of
     stamina in normal movement.

     Light Lungs is somewhat contagious, and may be fatal if the victim
     is caught in hills, or mountains, and sometimes caverns.

CAVERN SICKNESS
     Cavern Sickness is a form of blindness that affects dwarves. It
     comes from being underground for days on end and causes the victim
     to see things when they do not exist.  The person becomes insane from
     the disease causing them to lash out at formation members and
     themselves with rage. It is not contagious, and is only fatal if
     the victim kills themselves in their reduced mental state.

THONNYS
     Thonnys is a serious disease that is contagious and fatal if not
     treated. It causes the victim to break out in dreadful rashes
     and boils, as the disease progresses the skin of the victim literally
     melts off. A person who has thonnys so ugly from the disease that
     social interaction is not possible except by healers. To be a
     thonny is to be cursed and many would rather die.

BOREWORMS
     Boreworms are a parasetic infection that enters through the feet
     of the victim. The worms feed on their victim causing them to weaken
     with every hour of the disease. Because of the weakening of the
     disease, weapons and armor are too heavy to wear. It is not
     contagious, and is only fatal in severe cases.

DONF PLAGUE
     A fatal plague, it is the most contagious antigen in the game. It
     strikes every system of the victim, making them unable to fight,
     sleep, eat, or drink. The victim will wander about randomly as
     their mind is clouded by the plague. After 4 days of the disease
     the victim will suffocate and die.

SEE ALSO
Plague, Cure Disease