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** The Judges Guild adventure "Verbosh" had a new spell called "Plague" which causes 20-70% of the population in a 1 mile square area to be incapacitated for 1-4 weeks as well as killing many of them.
** The 2E supplement ''Tome of Magic''. The 7th level priest spell Breath of Death (reversed Breath of Life) affects an entire community. Anyone who fails a saving throw vs. death magic is infected with a disease that is fatal in 1-6 weeks.
** [[Forgotten Realms]] has a lot of canon examples. It "helps" that the place got followers of Talona - Goddess of Plague and Poison. Calimshan/Shoon Empire alone had several (not counting seemingly normal diseases):
**# c.-4,900 - The Warriors' Plague: berserk rages and battle madness in afflicted, spread by blood contact; death toll 40% of populace, mostly among military forces.
**# c.-4,770 - The Plague of Terror: mysteriously affects Calimport alone, driving many mad from imagined spectral foes and other fears. The entire waterfront and other inner parts of the city burn as a few dockworkers imagined great sea monsters attacking the city. Losses unknown, as it was followed by a normal plague, which left very few survivors and scared everyone away for nearly a century.
**# -599 - The Spider Plagues: sores filled with spider's eggs appear on people, victims consumed by hatching spiders; 41% in Calimport. "Coincidentally", happened while the Drow invaders were pushed out of the city.
**# 75 - The Fog Fever: clinging night fogs lead to raging fevers and delusions if breathed in; those who die of this fever exhale their last breaths as identical fog; 31% in Calimport.
**# 320 - The Infernal Death: mild fever and mania, noticeable heightened color in hair, eyes, and skin. Most assumed it was "healthy color" and that victims were in best of health - until sudden collapse and death; bodies combust upon death; 9%, in Calimport 4%, as it was contained, but also 6% in that area died of ensuing fires.
**# 755 - Crimson Death: magical curse/plague that effectively bleeds victims to death ''and transforms them into crimson deaths''<ref>humanoid blood-draining mist, not considered undead</ref>, which immediately seek to replace all blood lost; 41% total area's people.
*** 1370 - "Burning Plague" in Almraiven, with mists causing people to sponaneously combust; though it's not clear whether it truly propagated like a plague.
* ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'': Nurgle mages get these kinds of spells, as do the Skaven.
** ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'': see Nurgle above, except now the mages can also be seven feet tall and wearing [[Power Armor]].
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