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Bubonic Plague (Black Death, Pestilence)

This bundle is marked as useful / simple. Simplicity is bliss, low effort and/or may contain minor bugs.
I was thinking about making again something mundane, usefull for almost any kind of map. My initial plan was to make a sword attachment again, but then for some reason, the plague came to my mind and my plans changed. I made 2 attachment versions of the fatal disease named Black Death. I made this disease coz it was one of the worst, most infamous and most spread during the medieval ages. I thought it might be usefull to have this disease as a model for medieval maps, although, i guess it can be used for purely Warcraft stuff too as a weapon from the Undead.

The bubonic plague was one of the worst diseases during the medieval ages. Nearly no other disease caused as many human deaths worldwide as the Black Death (Yersinia pestis). Check out the posted link to Wikipedia for more details.
As in reality, this disease does the same damage to all organic units ingames, except to undead ones, which are immune.
Here's a little "recipe" about how a pestilence outbreak could occur among villagers ingames: modify the Abomination's disease cloud spell in the following ways: use the Abomination's disease cloud spell as the basic spell, only modify it's name into "Bubonic Plague" or similar. Include friendly units too in the possible targets. Than make two triggers: the first one will add a 60 or other % chance of killing the infected villager once his hit points fall down to a certain level. The other trigger adds the "Bubonic Plague" ability to any villager that has the disease's effect on him.
This should add a quite realistic outbreak simulation to the game and also an additional problem that can possibly proof as a special challenge for the players. :wink:



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By downloading this ressource you receive two models. The first one is the attachment made for units like Villagers and Orcs (in general, units with a longer and broader chin). The complementary model is made to fit units with the same or similar head-shape as Arthas (human version). Both attachment should only be attached to head. I intentionally made no body parts, as in most of the models the majority of the body is either armored or cloth-covered (the black swellings can't grow through clothing).



Feel free to use both models in any way you want, incl. editing if desired! Have fun with them (as much as this is possible)! :wink:

Keywords:
plague, pestilence, black death, bubonic plague, sickness, disease, death, fever, suffering
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Bubonic Plague (Black Death, Pestilence) (Model)

Bubonic Plague (Black Death, Pestilence) (Model)

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06:20, 22nd Jun 2014 MiniMage: It needs more work. It's an interesting model, but there's no signs of discoloration ect around the cysts. Also, get a real screenshot of the effect in use. Also, attachments does not show in portraits, so it's not a...

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06:20, 22nd Jun 2014
MiniMage: It needs more work. It's an interesting model, but there's no signs of discoloration ect around the cysts. Also, get a real screenshot of the effect in use. Also, attachments does not show in portraits, so it's not a fair representation of the resource.

Please update with a screenshot that shows it in action.
 
While a fun idea and I guess the execution is fine, there is a limited usage for this model.
Obviously depending how large it is ingame (didn't check). It will be hard to recognize which units has bit hit by the plague, unless close ups.

I like it nonetheless. But it seems really simple.
I know, but in most cases it should be visible. This aside, most units have a lighter skin tone, so the grey-black spots should be visible from normal distance too. :wink: Unfortunately, my WC 3 Editor and game don't work, so i can't rly check it out. :vw_sad:
 
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