Caster's Headache (3.5e Disease)


 * 1) Just being within 5 ft. of a creature who is sick with Caster's Headache for more than a minute exposes you to the disease, unless extreme wind conditions favor you.
 * 2) You gain 1 permanent spellstrained level each day you fail your Fortitude save, which are removed together with the disease.

Sometimes, when a spellcaster is Disintegrated, it leaves behind a green cloud of magic gas that spreads Caster's Headache; the most common start of a Caster's Headache outbreak is after carriers who are sick transmit it to others by just being near them.

Better Disease Implementation (3.5e Variant Rule)
Infection Type: inhaled12

Cycle: 1 day

Stage 1:

You feel weakened whenever you use magic.

Whenever you cast a spell without a full round with no spellcasting before, you gain 1 permanent spellstrained level.3

Stage 2:

Each day, your inner magic burns a little more.

You gain 1 permanent spellstrained level4 per disease stage.

Stage 3+:

Your magic is about to implode your body and soul.

Up to x stages5, each with no new effects past stage 2.

Stage x+1:

With a last scream, you leave this world a last gift in form of a deadly cloud.

You disintegrate from within and die. Your remains turn into a green mist that spreads with a speed of 20ft per turn from your place of death until it has filled all available space up to 100ft away. Any creature with a caster level that passes through this death mist must make a Fortitude save or be infected itself (DC is equal to the victim's caster level + its Charisma modifier.)

A moderate wind (11+ mph) disperses the fog in 6 rounds; a strong wind (21+ mph) disperses the fog in 2 rounds


 * 1) Just being within 5 ft. of a creature who is sick with Caster's Headache for more than a minute exposes you to the disease, unless extreme wind conditions favor you.
 * 2) Any creature without a caster level is completely immune to this disease.
 * 3) These permanent spellstrained levels can not be removed by any means, but will disappear when cured of the disease.
 * 4) These permanent spellstrained levels will follow your disease stage; they grow and fall with the disease.
 * 5) Unlike other diseases, Caster's Headache does not have a fixed set of stages. Instead, it has up to x+1 stages, where x is equal to the caster level of the victim, and each stage has no new effect after stage 2 (other than increasing the effects of stage 2) until stage x+1.