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Message: <blockquote data-quote="eamon" data-source="post: 3757482" data-attributes="member: 51942">Madman's Music (Su):  Supernatural Disease, ingested, incubation period 15 minutes; each hour thereafter 1d6 Wis damage Will DC 25 negates.Madman's Music is actually an insidious, magical poison, though it seems to be a disease - once ingested, the poison always remains until cured - no amount of sucessful saving throws cure an afflicted creature naturally.  The ability damage caused by Madman's Music cannot be cured nor is healed naturally while the poison remains in the creature.  As long as the afflicted creature's wisdom has not fallen to zero, the poison can be cured as any other poison, however, once the creature's wisdom falls to zero, it goes permanently insane.  Nothing short of a Wish or a Miracle can cure a creature driven insane by Madman's Music.i.e. no three different damage types and saves  - not necessary, it'll be scary anyhow, and as your wis inevitable drains away, the saves will get more difficult just because of that!reference to disease mechanics - these already provide an incubation period and recurring effects.saves negate, don't do half damage - this is more normal for all diseases and poisons, and it's simpler.  It's not going to make much flavor difference, and since you'll fail pretty often against such a DC (at the very least on a natural one, which is more than once per day on average!), and the DC effectively rises anyhow, it won't make much difference.You have a natural sunset clause after 2d12 hours.  According to my calculations, even a creature with 30 Wis and +25 Will save will go insane after a mere 13 hours using your rules, so unless you're playing epic, that sunset makes little difference.  In any case, with the "negates" clause, those kind of characters will be able to find a cure simply because it'll take longer.</blockquote>

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