Sickness in Naruta (Global Event)

[Kender Bard]

There is a sickness going around Naruta. It's symptoms vary by land. Susceptibility depends on a few factors, which will be outlined at the bottom of the post. Stages of the illness will be added over time, and announcements will be made when they do.

Stage 1 illnesses are mild, uncomfortable, not life threatening, merely annoying, and easily dismissable as a number of other things. Individuals who throw off their sickness at this stage suffer no adverse long-term effects.

Talen'sul/Anarlina
Stage 1: Coughing
Stage 2: Wheezing, bouts of asthmatic attacks

Khelek/Morilanta
Stage 1: Flushed, sweating
Stage 2: High fever

Morilanta/Ronduin
Stage 1: Nausea
Stage 2: Vomitting, especially whenever ingesting fluids or moist foods. Violent vomitting in response to healing water.

Ekaitz/Beastlands
Stage 1: Easily irritated
Stage 2: Uncontrollable fits of rage

Humontis
Stage 1: Mild muscle aches
Stage 2: Intense stiffness, locked muscles/joints

Naurorod
Stage 1: Random goosebumps, random shivers
Stage 2: Hypothermia

Anarlina/Maelstrom
Stage 1: Faint, random muscle twitches
Stage 2: Random "mild" seizures, short lived

Sensatia/Ilyamen/Reave
Stage 1: Mild headaches
Stage 2: Some hallucination, intense migraines

Susceptibility

People most likely to contract the sickness are those with 2 or more signs, those in their "prime" (ages 20-35), and those with extensive elemental training. An individual who meets multiple criteria is at greater risk than an average person.

People with the same signs are more susceptible than mixed.

People whose signs correlate to the land are more susceptible (ie, Winds in Talen'sul, Storms in Maelstrom, etc). One does not need to have lived there their whole life, simply being in the area on a trip is enough to increase your odds of contracting the illness.

Winds and Storms are most susceptible in Anarlina

Ices and Waters are most susceptible in Morilanta

Minds in Ilyamen are most susceptible

And finally Beasts in Ekaitz are.

Clears are generally resistant to the sickness, except those with "mixed" ancestry.

Except for those in Naurorod, healing water is not effective. It will alleviate the symptoms though.

Bloodboil will not cure the sickness, but will alleviate the symptoms. Stage 2 Fires suffering the Naurorod sickness will find their condition worsened by Bloodboil.

Except for those in Talen'sul, herbal remedies are not effective.

Updates to follow.

EDIT: For those who like to roll/randomly assign chance to contraction, try this formula:

25% base
+5% for 2 signs (10% for 3 signers) (7 and 12 for same signers)
+5% for "prime" age
+5% for extensive sign training
+10% for correlation to land

[Darastrix]

Questions for clarification.


Say a character catches the illness in Talen'sul, and travels to Ilyamen. Since the strain he caught was the Talen'sul version, does that mean he may still be helped by herbs even though he's no longer in that land?

Same basic question regarding healing water. Is healing water effective as long as you contracted the strain from Naurorod, whether you choose to remain in the desert?


Also, since Anarlina is split between Talen'sul and Maelstrom versions, would someone in Anarlina who contracts the strain that begins with coughing also be helped with herbs, and those with the strain that starts with muscle twitches not be helped?

And along those lines, since Flux is closest to Talen'sul and will end up with that strain, will herbs be effective there as well? Same query for Athrug re: the Naurorod strain.


And just to make sure I got this right, is this the thing for Force Homes?

Flux
Winds most susceptible
Stage 1: Coughing

Mentis
Ice and Water most susceptible
Stage 1: Flushed, sweating (Khelek)
Stage 1: Nausea (Ronduin)

Acoia
Water and Beast most susceptible
Stage 1: Nausea (Ronduin)
Stage 1: Easily distracted, daydreaming more than usual (Beastlands)

Autus
Beasts and Earths most susceptible
Stage 1: Easily distracted, daydreaming more than usual

Athrug:
Fires most susceptible
Stage 1: Random goosebumps, random shivers

[Kender Bard]

Say a character catches the illness in Talen'sul, and travels to Ilyamen. Since the strain he caught was the Talen'sul version, does that mean he may still be helped by herbs even though he's no longer in that land?

Yes

Same basic question regarding healing water. Is healing water effective as long as you contracted the strain from Naurorod, whether you choose to remain in the desert?

Yes

Also, since Anarlina is split between Talen'sul and Maelstrom versions, would someone in Anarlina who contracts the strain that begins with coughing also be helped with herbs, and those with the strain that starts with muscle twitches not be helped?

Correct

And along those lines, since Flux is closest to Talen'sul and will end up with that strain, will herbs be effective there as well? Same query for Athrug re: the Naurorod strain.

Yep.

For the Force Homes:

Mentis: Ice and Water
Acoia: Water and Beast
Autus: Beast
Athrug: Fire
Flux: Wind

[Kender Bard]

IC Observations

Contraction/Incubation

* Individuals capable of teleporting have noticed that an uninfected individual entering a land via teleportation will either resist the sickness in the land or immediately begin showing symptoms of infection. Incidently, those who are resisting sickness in one land may contract it in another.
* The sickness is not spread by touch or air or swapping of bodily fluids.
* The stronger the elemental, the more likely to get sick. The weaker in elemental power, the less likely to get sick.
* The sickness seems to come from the land itself, more specifically, the ties to the elemental energies of the earth.

Cures

* Naurorod: Healing water
* Talen'sul: Humontis herbs
* Sensatia/Ilyamen/Reave: Magnets placed on the body somewhere
* Humontis: Aromatherapy
* Khelek: Induced sweating
* Ronduin: Tea made of Beastland tree bark
* Maelstrom: Massage/Application of pressure to certain points in the body
* Beastlands: Salt water applied to skin.