Disease

While many diseases exist within the realm of Ranu, the following are the most notable, common, or dangerous.
Disease Alignment VectorSorted ascending Virulence Description Healing
Pneumonic Plague None Airbone bacteria 4 Major lung infection. Mundane: 8-20 Magical: 5-17
Tuberculosis None Airborne bacteria 8 Major lung infection. Mundane: 7-17 Magical: 4-14
Dragonrot Unaligned Airborne virus 25 A virus that causes dragon's scales to rot while they live; only dragons and those using draconic magic may catch this. Mundane: 19 Magical 16
Influenza None Airborne virus 11 The flu. Mundane: 4-22 Magical: 1-19
Measles None Airborne virus 8 Fever, blood blisters, and pain. Mundane: 4-17 Magical: 1-14
Erysipelas None Contact (bacterial) 8 Cellulitic skin infection. Mundane: 1-8 Magical: 0-5
Leprosy None Contact (bacterial) 11 Nerve deterioriation. Mundane: 17 Magical: 14
Trachoma None Contact (bacterial) 8 Eye infection that roughens the eyelid and blinds the infected. Mundane: 4-9 Magical: 1-6
Cholera None Contaminated water (bacteria) 11 Evacuation of "rice water". Mundane: 3-16 Magical: 1-13
Sweating sickness None Contaminated water (virus) 8 Pain, paranoia, and sweating. Mundane: 6-20 Magical: 3-17
Bubonic Plague None Fleas (bacteria) 11 Deadly plague that causes buboes and pain. Mundane: 8-20 Magical: 5-17
Septicemic Plague None Fleas (bacteria) 4 Systemic bloodstream infection. Mundane: 8-20 Magical: 5-17
Panbiotic Celestial Food-borne bacteria 8 Improved gut biome.  
Fluffy Fey Fungal spores 11 A fungal infection caused by fey magic that makes a person lighter than air and confused. Mundane: 19 Magical 13
Typhus None Lice or chiggers (bacteria) 8 Flu-like fever, headache, rash, and more. Mundane: 7-17 Magical: 4-14
Hyperdecay Unaligned Light-borne bacteria 4 A virus that makes someone's Name decay rapidly. Mundane: 25 Magical: 22
Dancing mania Fey Metaphysical contact 11 Uncontrolled dancing until exhaustion. Mundane: 22 Magical: 16
Spiderweb Plague Infernal Metaphysical contact 4 Magical infection that causes white spiderweb rash and irrational behavior. Mundane: 19 Magical: 17
Scabies None Mites 11 Seven-year itch. Mundane: 1-8 Magical: 0-5
Smallpox None Post-rash contact (virus) 8 Fatal infection with fever, skin rash, pock marks, and more. Mundane: 6-19 Magical: 4-17
Dysentary None Water-borne amoebas 11 Bloody evacuations, fever, and pain. Mundane: 3-16 Magical: 1-13
Elemental Dysentary Elemental Water-borne amoebas 11 A form of dysentary that only affects user of industrial magic. Mundane: 16 Magical: 13
Topic revision: r1 - 10 Oct 2026, SallyJaneBlack
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