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|author_name=Wildmage
|date_created=10/02-2011
|status=Complete
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<onlyinclude>{{3.5e Disease
|summary=You slowly gain Spellstrained levels and lose magic power.
|name=Caster's Headache
|infection=Inhaled<sup>1</sup>
|dc=16
|incubation=1 day
|damage=Special<sup>2</sup>
}}
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#Just being within 5 ft. of a creature who is sick with [[Caster's Headache (3.5e_Disease)|Caster's Headache]] for more than a minute exposes you to the disease, unless extreme wind conditions favor you.
#You gain 1 permanent [[Spellstrained (3.5e Condition)|spellstrained]] level each day you fail your Fortitude save, which are removed together with the disease.
</small>
</onlyinclude>

Sometimes, when a spellcaster is [[SRD:Disintegrate|Disintegrated]], it leaves behind a green cloud of magic gas that spreads [[Caster's Headache (3.5e_Disease)|Caster's Headache]]; the most common start of a Caster's Headache outbreak is after carriers who are sick transmit it to others by just being near them.

== [[Better Disease Implementation (3.5e Variant Rule)]] ==

{{3.5e Aarnott Disease
|name=Caster's Headache
|infectiontype=Inhaled
|cycle=1 day
|flavor=Your magic has begun to devour itself; you feel the magic within slowly draining away.
|stage1=If you cast more than 1 spell per 2 rounds, you gain 1 permanent [[Spellstrained (3.5e Condition)|spellstrained]] level.
|stage2=You gain 1 permanent [[Spellstrained (3.5e Condition)|spellstrained]] level per disease stage.
|stage3=Up to x stages, each with no new effects past stage 2 (to a max of x = caster level of victim).
|stage4=(Stage x+1) You disintegrate into a green cloud of gas, exposing all within 100ft to the disease.
}}

'''Infection Type:''' inhaled<sup>1</sup><sup>2</sup>

'''Cycle:''' 1 day

'''Stage 1:'''

''You feel weakened whenever you use magic.''

Whenever you cast a spell without a full round with no spellcasting before, you gain 1 permanent [[Spellstrained (3.5e Condition)|spellstrained]] level.<sup>3</sup>

'''Stage 2:'''

''Each day, your inner magic burns a little more.''

You gain 1 permanent [[Spellstrained (3.5e Condition)|spellstrained]] level<sup>4</sup> per disease stage.

'''Stage 3+:'''

''Your magic is about to implode your body and soul.''

Up to x stages<sup>5</sup>, each with no new effects past stage 2. 

'''Stage x+1:'''

''With a last scream, you leave this world a last gift in form of a deadly cloud.''

You disintegrate from within and die. Your remains turn into a green mist that spreads with a speed of 20 ft per turn from your place of death until it has filled all available space up to 100 ft away. Any creature with a caster level that passes through this death mist must make a Fortitude save or be infected itself (DC is equal to the victim's caster level + its Charisma modifier).

A moderate wind (11+ mph) disperses the fog in 6 rounds; a strong wind (21+ mph) disperses the fog in 2 rounds.

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# Just being within 5 ft. of a creature who is sick with [[Caster's Headache (3.5e_Disease)|Caster's Headache]] for more than a minute exposes you to the disease, unless extreme wind conditions favor you.
# Any creature without a caster level is completely immune to this disease.
# These permanent [[Spellstrained (3.5e Condition)|spellstrained]] levels can not be removed by any means, but will disappear when cured of the disease.
# These permanent [[Spellstrained (3.5e Condition)|spellstrained]] levels will follow your disease stage; they grow and fall with the disease.
# Unlike other diseases, Caster's Headache does not have a fixed set of stages. Instead, it has up to x+1 stages, where x is equal to the caster level of the victim, and each stage has no new effect after stage 2 (other than increasing the effects of stage 2) until stage x+1.
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Author	Wildmage +
DC	16 +
Damage	Special² +
Identifier	3.5e Disease +
Incubation	1 day +
Rated By	Franken Kesey +
Rating	Rating Pending +
Summary	You slowly gain Spellstrained levels and lose magic power. +
Title	Caster's Headache +