[PF][E6]Low-level plague-bearers?

[Madara]

I'm starting a new campaign and want it to focus on diseases, wether via bio-warfare or fanatic clerics/priests. However, since this is E6, I'm finding myself limited in terms of NPCs who can spread large amounts of a disease.

Are there rules for mundane disease creation/ usage as a poison/toxin? What kind of low-level NPCs could best present this type of threat? Currently I was looking at the disease that causes blindness, which is a threat to the PCs, but not a Save or Die. Plus, I kinda didn't want real-world diseases. So Playground, do I have to go to E8? Or are there options?

[StreamOfTheSky]

Uh...it'd require E8 to really spread the plagues, but there is the Ratfolk alchemist archetype Plague Bringer (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/races/other-races/featured-races/arg-ratfolk/plague-bringer-alchemist-ratfolk). Take that, and the Lingering Plague and Plague Bomb discoveries (both linked from that page) and chuck around plague-causing bombs. If you don't want to deal bomb damage with your blasts of plague, you could always attach Dispelling Bomb (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/base-classes/alchemist/discoveries/paizo---alchemist-discoveries/dispelling-bomb) to it (dispelling bomb lacks an asterisk, so it can be combined with other bomb-changing discoveries). Might not be a bad combo to use in general, actually.

If you really want to make the guy a bio-terrorist, you could also nab the Delayed Bomb (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/base-classes/alchemist/discoveries/paizo---alchemist-discoveries/delayed-bomb) discovery and possibly the Remote Bomb (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/general-feats/remote-bomb) feat, and just plant them around populated areas in advance, getting away before they go off, if you wish this plague-inflicter to remain a mystery.

[doko239]

Antipaladin (APG) has the following:

Plague Bringer (Ex): At 3rd level, the powers of darkness make an antipaladin a beacon of corruption and disease. An antipaladin does not take any damage or take any penalty from diseases. He can still contract diseases and spread them to others, but he is otherwise immune to their effects.

That might be what you're looking for.

[Madara]

Antipaladin (APG) has the following:

Plague Bringer (Ex): At 3rd level, the powers of darkness make an antipaladin a beacon of corruption and disease. An antipaladin does not take any damage or take any penalty from diseases. He can still contract diseases and spread them to others, but he is otherwise immune to their effects.

That might be what you're looking for.

That helps. Are there actual rules as to the spreading of these diseases?

As for the archetype, I think I might use that as well, but just open it to other races of a specific organization. Thanks for the help.

[Lonely Tylenol]

First-level shapers (metacreation specialists) can use the Ectoplasmic Creation power (or the Discipline Talent) to create poisons with a Craft check, all without ever leaving core. Just buy masterwork tools, and put as many ranks in Craft (Poisonmaking) as possible.

Mass-create inhalation poisons, then fly around and poison all the things.

[Madara]

First-level shapers (metacreation specialists) can use the Ectoplasmic Creation power (or the Discipline Talent) to create poisons with a Craft check, all without ever leaving core. Just buy masterwork tools, and put as many ranks in Craft (Poisonmaking) as possible.

Mass-create inhalation poisons, then fly around and poison all the things.

Poison is fun, but I'm defiantly going for disease stuff.

[RndmNumGen]

You can have 5th-level clerics run around casting Contagion on people. Within the Golarion setting, Urgathoa and Ghlaunder are both good gods for this.
Wererats can spread filth fever with their bite, and can blend into populated cities.
The Blight Druid (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/core-classes/druid/archetypes/paizo---druid-archetypes/blight-druid) archetype has some disease-focused flavor, and can also cast Contagion.
Anyone running around with Viridium (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/equipment---final/special-materials#TOC-Viridium) weapons can spread leprosy.
Stirges can serve as an arcane spellcaster's familar with the Improved Familar feat, and spread disease. They can also be just be tamed and used by anyone with Handle Animal as a guard animal.

[ngilop]

spreading disease in a quasi mideival world is actually rather simple.

have soem guy walka round with small pox, dysintery, malaria or bubonic plague or any of the thousands upon thousands of diease that even now in our modren world outbreka in underdevloped nation and wip eout large portions of the populace

i know clerics and what not cna remove disease but there are not going to be enough to stop the psread o any infections disease like that.

really al you need is a few dead cows/pigs/bullettes and toss them into a city's water supply or catapult them over a walla nd sit back.,

[avr]

It's possible to summon or to use handle animal to train dire rats. No special rules on spreading disease other than the effects of their bite though.

[Arutema]

Ghouls are CR1 and have a bite which causes ghoul fever, which counts as a disease and transforms the victim into another ghoul with said bite attack. Let the ghoulpocalypse begin.

[doko239]

Contagion plus Antipaladin equals Win.

One 5th-level Cleric and a few 3rd level Antipaladin minions. Have the Cleric repeatedly cast Contagion on each minion, with them intentionally failing their save, until they have all the diseases possible with Contagion. Then they just wander around towns, infecting everyone :smallamused:

[Madara]

Contagion plus Antipaladin equals Win.

One 5th-level Cleric and a few 3rd level Antipaladin minions. Have the Cleric repeatedly cast Contagion on each minion, with them intentionally failing their save, until they have all the diseases possible with Contagion. Then they just wander around towns, infecting everyone :smallamused:

Well, it looks like there aren't any exact rules for spreading disease, but I like this plan. I think I will combine it with the wererats. Also, that's a pretty cool weapon material. :smallamused: I think this'll be pretty fun.