Towns and villages have came down with all sort of minor illness – coughing fits, flu and the fever, but nothing fatal. Doctors and healers suspect a plague of some sort is sweeping the lands, but this is one plague that must not be stopped. If the adventurers attempted to track down the cause of the plague, they encounter numerous resistances from unexpected quarters.
- Immunity: The plague is deliberately released by a former cultist who worshipped a depraved demon of diseases and illness. The reason? Powerful though the demon might be, his unnatural plague has one ‘escape clause’ – a victim can only be suffering from one of his plagues at a time. The ‘minor plague’ released by the former cultist is actually preventing the cult from unleashing a stronger one that could actually kill millions. The cult must be taken down, perhaps with the help for the former cultist, before the current one could be cured.
- Cure in Progress: The land was blighted, long ago, by depraved cultists (perhaps from the ones in Immunity) and for a long time those who lived and were born there were sickly and crippled. A group of druids have studied and located the vile source of the disease and is attempting to remove it. The cure however, provokes a series of fever, rashes and coughing among those already afflicted. Only when the cure is gone through, then the people would recover. However, would the adventurers believe the druid that matters must take a turn for the worse before it would get better?
- Unmasking the Hidden: Over time, shapeshifters and other loathsome demons have assumed the forms of mortals and lived within the communities, perhaps just randomly preying on innocent passer-bys or harbouring some master-plan. The plague is the means to detect those who have hidden within society. Anyone who is not down with the symptoms of the plague is very likely to be a magical or demonical creature. The GM can feel free to decide how accurate this method is.
Adventure Types: Devious Schemes, Suburban Adventures
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