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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 7375722" data-attributes="member: 58197">I'd drop the contagion effect entirely, just to keep the changes as limited as possible. My preference would be to replace the attack roll with a save and otherwise run it strictly by the book (the original book, not the Sage Advice version). Fewer changes to keep track of that way.But if you decide to keep the contagion effect, my vote would be to leave it as-is. Contagion is a classic "dark magic" spell, and dark magic is notorious for its tendency to get out of hand. You pays your money and you takes your chances.Not quite true. Bestow curse is a touch-range spell which requires a save but not an attack roll.The only possible issue I can see is that with the original spell, you have to overcome two different defenses: AC and Con save. A monster with a weak Con save but a sturdy AC still has a decent chance to escape the effect. Now, it's all-or-nothing. A target with a good Con save has little to fear (relatively), while a target with a weak Con save is pretty well screwed.You could address this by making it a Dex save to avoid the initial effect (the creature is trying to dodge your pestilential touch), and then Con saves to recover as normal.I don't think it's a huge deal either way, though. There are plenty of spells where everything rides on a single saving throw. Legendary Resistance was invented for monsters that really need an answer to such spells; everybody else just has to cope. Or not.</blockquote>

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