Contagion is a 5th-level spell typically cast by clerics and druids. In short, it infects a single target with a magical disease that will really ruin your target’s week. After succeeding on three of these saving throws, the creature recovers from the disease, and the spell ends.”
Does contagion work on undead?
Using RAW yes it does work on almost all undead – even mummies and liches don’t have immunity to disease.
Is contagion a good spell?
Provided you’re not comparing Contagion to its former iterations, its a decent spell. Contagion’s viability in a fight is its ability to inflicted poisoned condition without a save for a guaranteed duration of 3 rounds. Poisoned is a decent debuff, depending on party composition.
When does the contagion spell infect the target?
As per 2018 PHB Errata, Contagion now applies poison before it applies disease; RAW, the disease is only applied after 3 failed Constitution Saves. Your touch inflicts disease. Make a melee spell attack against a creature within your reach. On a hit, the target is poisoned.
How does the contagion spell work in RuneScape?
Make a melee spell attack against a creature within your reach. On a hit, the target is poisoned. At the end of each of the poisoned target’s turns, the target must make a Constitution saving throw. If the target succeeds on three of these saves, it is no longer poisoned, and the spell ends.
What does a 5th level contagion spell do?
Contagion is a 5th-level spell typically cast by clerics and druids. In short, it infects a single target with a magical disease that will really ruin your target’s week. When you cast the spell, you were presented with six diseases to choose from, corresponding to each of the six ability scores.
Why is the contagion spell useless in combat?
The real issue here is that if you interpret contagion charitably, its effects were ridiculously overpowered. If you appraised contagion less highly, the spell was essentially useless in combat. Most fights would be finished by the time the disease took root, and that’s assuming the target failed its saves at all!
