Diseases

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Leprosy

You feel you're falling apart.

This state will abuse player's stats over time, and, most importantly, cause limbs to drop off one by one in random intervals.

You can get leprosy from the following sources:

• Eating leprosy-infected meat.
• Being near a monster that has leprosy (such as a Zombie).
• Putting back a bodypart that is infected (see below).
• Angering Scabies with your prayers.

Leprosy can be cured by drinking the antidote liquid, with a divine intervention from Seges or any Priest.

Actually, leprosy is not a player intrinsic - every limb is infected separately, which means that reattaching an infected limb (such as one dropped down due to leprosy) will infect the player again.

Lycanthropy

You notice you've always liked full moons.

This disease will polymorph you into a Werewolf occasionally. Eating a werewolf flesh grants this intrinsic and magic effect from a fountain can also rarely cause it.

See Werewolf Fur Cloak for CLIVAN artefact that grants this disease.

Parasites

Ugh. You feel something violently carving its way through your intestines.

You have been infiltrated by a parasite. Every time the message above appears, you lose some HP.

Right now (as of IVAN 0.50) there are two types of parasites, the latter being more difficult to get rid off by means of vomiting:

• Tapeworms
• Broad tapeworms

You can get contaminated by multiple reasons:

• Eating spoiled food
• Kobolds and Goblins might have them, so don't eat them if they're rotten.
• Drinking from a fountain may cause this.
• Eating a Black Unicorn corpse

You can get rid of parasites by:

• Vomiting until the game says that you notice the dead parasite in the vomit.
• Drinking antidote.
• Ultimately, if the previous won't help, by drinking Sulphuric acid. That will kill you though, if you don't have a strong acid resistance.