Virus, Shadow [1266]

Climat/Terrain Any dark
Organisation N/A
Fréquence Très rare
Diète Rien
Cycle d'activité Any
Intelligence 0 - Non intelligent ou non mesurable
Trésor Nil
Alignement Neutre Absolu
Nombres N/A
Classe d'armure N/A
Mouvement Au sol : 0
Vol : - Classe de vol :
Nage :
Enfouissement :
Web :
Dés de vie N/A
Thac0 0
Nbre d'attaques 0
Dommage / attaques Nil
Attaques spéciales Shadow rot
Défenses spéciales Nil
Résistance à la magie Nil
Taille T - tiny ( 2' tall or less)
(microscopic)
Morale Spe - Special
Valeur en XP 975 xp

Commentaires : A character contracts this infection through physical contact with the dormant virus, just as with other strains. However, it is the victim’s shadow which the virus first attacks, causing it to rot away. A victim whose shadow is destroyed by the virus becomes a shadow himself.
The initial symptoms of this horrifying virus are deceptively mild: simply a slight tingling of the scalp and a low fever. At the end of the first day of infection, however, the victim’s shadow shows distinct signs of fraying around the edges. As the days pass, the victim’s shadow continues to unravel and, if the virus is not halted, disappears entirely on the seventh day. Once the host’s shadow has been consumed by the virus, the infection begins to take its toll on the flesh of the body. Within a day, one of the victim’s limbs grows insubstantial. and on each successive night another portion of the victim’s body becomes shadowy. On the fourteenth night of infection. the victim fades away utterly and dies. Within minutes of his demise, the character rises as a shadow himself.
A psionicist with the shadow form science cannot use this ability while infected with the virus. If a continual light spell is placed upon a small blessed diamond and the victim swallows this stone within the first seven days of the infection. he is cured. The reaction of the virus to the gem destroys them both, so the diamond is lost.
Shadows created by this virus carry the disease with them, so anyone touched by a virulent shadow risks contamination. Unlike the other viruses, this one is not spread by living carriers.