The result of exposure to one infected with the Bubbling Pox. The infectious sores are far less pronounced on such a humanoid, but the effect on their bodies is devastating. Sweating, coughing, and retching over a period of days or weeks – the fever is harsh and agonizing.

A debilitating condition, and quick to spread to those near the infected. A town with a single case of either the Pox or Fever might need to shutter their gates for weeks or months for their healers to get control of the outbreak, crippling the populace as they become infected and reinfected. Due to diligent efforts to control the Bubbling Pox that causes this disease, outbreaks are rare, but academics know that it would take but one case to create a catastrophe – or one cell of a plague cult to bring an outbreak to bear. Spread of the Bubbling Fever occurs through physical exposure to someone already infected with the Bubbling Fever or Bubbling Pox.

Those exposed must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or also become infected with the disease, with symptoms manifesting within a week. An infected humanoid instantly gains one level of Exhaustion and takes 1d4 damage each day thereafter and must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or gain one level of Exhaustion. Additionally, they do not recover hit points or hit dice following long rests while infected. On a successful save, the infected character’s exhaustion level decreases by one level.

If a successful saving throw reduces the infected creature’s level of exhaustion below 1, the creature recovers from the disease. However, no resistance or immunity is conferred and they can be immediately reinfected if exposed to the Fever once more. A half cup of honey directly consumed suppresses the disease for a day, preventing accumulation of Exhaustion on that day’s save should it be failed.

This fact has made more than one apiarist either wealthy indeed or mobbed by desperate crowds during particularly devastating outbreaks, to the point that legends tell of honey being sold for its weight in gold in some places, with mixed results