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True, but it is also about having enough of said vaccine...like maybe getting the indigents would be difficult, and that would also bring in more plot options.  Either way I think we can make this fun for many people.  (Like those of us who lack students!)

yes we were talking about the ball being open to everyone.

I was just trying to give people as much options as possible since there is some gap between realism and what is okay in terms of game mechanics. I don't want to force anyone to play their char as sick or have chars dying that shouldn't.

we could even go with a known disease like dragon pox or spattergroit. like someone (can't recall who >>) said, no one would be prepared to deal with it so lots of people would be needed to treat patients/figure out where virus came from/stop said virus from spreading more. wizarding population could hear of disease being spread after the ball and thus start panicking, giving characters something to chat about/reference to in posts and such

If we did go for a recognised disease though, I'd be less inclined to go with dragon pox or spattergroit. I can't remember specifics, but doesn't dragon pox leave people green and spattergroit require you doing something naked to cure? Though it would make more sense to pick an already established disease.

If we did go for a recognised disease though, I'd be less inclined to go with dragon pox or spattergroit. I can't remember specifics, but doesn't dragon pox leave people green and spattergroit require you doing something naked to cure? Though it would make more sense to pick an already established disease.

If the spattergroit bit is true, I'd love to see that played out XD Mostly because that could add some much needed comic relief. Plague plot is gonna get really serious really fast, which is awesome 'cause it creates drama... but comic relief is nice too.

what if we take an existing disease which mutates somehow and becomes more aggressive? maybe even with different symptoms? that could cause a panic but it's also possible to find a cure.

@Nicole, quoting from the wiki here idk if this'll work on my phone

A possible cure for Spattergroit was once suggested by a portrait of a medieval Healer to be taking the liver of a toad, binding it tight about the victim's throat and standing naked by the full moon in a barrel of eels' eyes. It's unknown if this procedure actually works, or if it is an unused medieval remedy.

that is a good thought, Jenny.

The only problem with an existing disease that I can see is that we can't make up our own symptoms or severity because we have to go by canon though. However, I love the idea of a completely ridiculous cure for whatever we do go for xDD

well.. if we mutate an existing one we have some play

This is good; because my chars are apparently vain gits and are all refusing to have any disease that involves them having a hideous disfiguring multicoloured rash as the defining symptom xD

Haha that would be entertaining though.

"No, no, I can't have you. You're a RASH, and I don't get rashes. So run along and find some other person to infect. Yes, that's right, I said I'm not going to get sick." XD It's an entertaining mental image.

And it's just about what's happening in my head right now. From...just about the least likely of my chars (or at least, the one I thought had no vanity whatsoever until tonight xDD)

Because I thought of this and felt like spamming...

A PLAGUE ON ALL YOUR HOUSES!

lame joke is lame. That is all. This plot is coming along. It's gonna be awesome. *wanders out*

A PLAGUE ON ALL YOUR HOUSES!

I'm sorry if this is off topic, but this seriously made me laugh out loud.