Characters who have already contracted and recovered from the disease are immune, with the exception of the great pox Characters living in that province will randomly become infected.A dark green cloud appears over the city sprawl.When a county is affected by an epidemic: There is a chance to remove this disease by choosing the Theology focus.Įpidemics begin with an outbreak in one province, and can spread through adjacent provinces on the first day of each month. It is needed to have a health level of at least 6 to recover from this disease. This makes long-lived heirs more rare if the ruler suffers from great pox. One of the most dangerous features of this disease is that it can be passed down to children if one of their parents has this trait. This disease will most likely shorten the lifespan of the player character, though it will not necessarily result in an abnormally early death.
Furthermore, it reduces sex appeal of the character by 30. There is a chance to remove this disease by choosing the Theology focus.Ī moderately dangerous disease, syphilis reduces all attributes by 1, health by 2, and fertility by 20%. It is needed to have a health level of at least 4 to recover from this disease. Though leprosy has a +10 bonus with other lepers, chances are that a character will not make use of that bonus often. It also reduces sex appeal by 50, and all vassals opinions of their liege by 20. It reduces diplomacy and health by 2, and fertility by 20%. It is needed to have a health level of at least 4 to recover from this disease.Īnother moderate disease, leprosy makes holding a large kingdom or empire together very difficult. The trait is often deadly do not expect to have player character rulers survive this one every time. It also reduces fertility by 50%, making most characters very unlikely to procreate. It reduces all attributes by 2 and reduces health by 4. Incompatible with ill, the pneumonic trait is far far more deadly. If The Reaper's Due Expansion is active, the illness trait is replaced by symptoms which will be treated by a court physician. It is needed to have a health level of at least 3 to recover from this disease. Generic illness and pneumonia are mutually exclusive. Unless the ill person in question is very old, weak, or has another disease, the odds of someone dying from this trait is very low. The most simple type of "disease," the trait ill reduces martial by 1, health by 2, and fertility by 10%.