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Bacteria have taken hold in an open wound. The flesh around it goes hot, then grey, and it stops knitting.
Source: Ending a 🏕 Long Rest with an untreated 🤕 Major Injury or 🤕 Incapacitation — DC 12 🏊 END + 🏕 Survival. Cannot be caught from food.
When contracted, the infection sits on the injured limb and does not move.
Minor
- -1 🏊 Endurance
- The infected limb’s 💔 Cripple Threshold cannot be restored by any means
- Disadvantage on 🏊 END + 🏕 Survival Tests
Major
- -2 🏊 Endurance, -2 🏃 Agility
- The infected limb’s 💔 Cripple Threshold cannot be restored, and 🤕 Injuries on that limb cannot be mended
- No HP recovery from the Sleep activity during a 🏕 Long Rest
- Gain 1 stack of 😫 Exhaustion on a failed progression Test
Cured By
- 💊 Antibiotics — removes it instantly at any severity
- 🧫 Infection Care — cures Minor; reduces Major to Minor
- A successful 🏕 Long Rest progression Test
- Visiting a doctor at a settlement
Clear the infection first, then treat the injury. While an Infected Wound is active, no amount of 💉 Stimpaks will move that limb’s 💔 Cripple Threshold.
See 🤒 Illness for contraction, progression, and the full cure table.