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[MaxMahem]

I really like the disease rules in Augmentation, which are an excellent way to simulate various diseases. I was wondering if anybody had come up with any homewbrewed illnesses?

Heres one I've come up with:

Necrotizing Fasciitis
Vector: Injury
Speed: 12 hours (4)
Penetration: 0
Power: 6
Nature: Bacteria
Effect: Physical Deterioration

A catch all name for an infection of any of a number of "flesh eating bacteria." Its vector is unusual in that an infection can only occur through an open wound or injury of some type. Typically due to an improperly sanitized wound, or unsanitary surgery. Most of the bacteria that cause Necrotizing Fascitis do not survive well outside of their home environments which makes treating a weapon to cause such an infection difficult.

The most deadly effect of Necrotizing Faciitis, is its ability to eat a characters flesh right off his bones. Every time the power of the disease is not reduced to 0 by the resistance test, subtract one point from either STR, BOD, or AGI at random. If any of these stats are reduced to 0 the character slips into anaphylactic shock, and if reduced to a negative number the disease is fatal. In addition the GM may apply a penalty to face-to-face social interactions to represent the disfigurement that comes with the disease. Since the infection is localized, amputation can be an effective treatment, immediately curing the infection.

While a rare infection Necrotizing Fasciitis can be incredibly deadly. Without medical aid fatalitie rate is nearly 100%, and even with medical aid it is well above 25%. Often times amputation of the effected part is the only effective treatment for the infection. Attributes lost to Necrotizing Fasciits can only be recovered through genetic treatment, replacement with cyber/bioware, or karma expenditure.

::edited corrected spelling grammar/whatnot, removed cha drain, and slight tweaked the stats to make the disease more survivable::