Sploosh
2010-11-03, 11:52 AM
Hello again,
A friend and I are having a little debate and while I am confident I am correct, being confident doesn't mean you should be confident and human errorr is always lurking in the background.
Reading the disease ability in the DMG states that the first step in a disease is prevent initial infection with a saving throw made to avoid contracting the disease. The problem arises with the actual wording of the monsters. Most of the monsters in MM 1 have "contracts X" where X is the disease. This has led him to deduce that the wordings of "contract" mean you automatically contract, and thus you do not gain a saving throw for the initial effect.
I couldn't find any wording on it, but if that is the case than all the monsters seem a bit stronger with this perception. I checked the first manual and all the monsters that have a disease use that wording. If they were going to make a wording and then make monsters with it, I would assume they'd have at least one follow the "general" rule.
Could anyone give us a verdict?
A friend and I are having a little debate and while I am confident I am correct, being confident doesn't mean you should be confident and human errorr is always lurking in the background.
Reading the disease ability in the DMG states that the first step in a disease is prevent initial infection with a saving throw made to avoid contracting the disease. The problem arises with the actual wording of the monsters. Most of the monsters in MM 1 have "contracts X" where X is the disease. This has led him to deduce that the wordings of "contract" mean you automatically contract, and thus you do not gain a saving throw for the initial effect.
I couldn't find any wording on it, but if that is the case than all the monsters seem a bit stronger with this perception. I checked the first manual and all the monsters that have a disease use that wording. If they were going to make a wording and then make monsters with it, I would assume they'd have at least one follow the "general" rule.
Could anyone give us a verdict?