Pox Potion (Magical Liquid)

Although this potion is often the result of a failed attempt at creating some beneficial potion, it is sometimes intentionally manufactured or substituted for some other potion (for reasons ranging from con games to assassination attempts). When first swallowed, the potion has no apparent effects. After about an hour, boils, rashes, warts, and sores appear on the user's body. These grow in number and size until they cover the victim completely, but while they resemble the symptoms of many contagious diseases, the effects of a pox potion are not catching. For every hour after the elixir's ill effects first manifest themselves (up to a maximum of seven hours) the pox increases in stages, with the victim's Strength, Dexterity, and Charisma dropping by 1 point and hit points by 2 points each hour (a maximum loss of 7 and 14 points, respectively).
The only known cures for this poison are a full dose of sweet water, a dispel magic spell (the poison resists as if created by a 12th-level wizard), or a cure disease spell cast by a priest of at least the 12th level. There is rarely more than one dose found in a single place. 
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