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[ChaosPotato]

I want a syndrome token that makes the syndrome be passed down to the afflicted creature's offspring. That's it. Nothing else to it.

[IndigoFenix]

Was going to suggest this myself.  Hereditary curses and blessings are an omnipresent mythological trope.  Teachable secrets should also be passed to children on a regular basis.

[delphonso]

Makes sense for lycanthropy, or other werecurses.

[voliol]

A related thread, though its mostly on vampires. Was also mentioned in some really old thread, though it is not so ripe for revival.

+1

I imagine some conditional subtokens being handy:

PROBABILITY:percentage - The chance of the syndrome being passed down, when all other conditions are met.

SAME_CASTE_ONLY - Only passes to children of the same caste. (”Your daughter, and her daughter, and her daughter, until your bloodline runs dry, shall all turn into rabbits at full moon!”)

SPECIFIC_CASTE:caste_name -  Basically as the above, but with no regard to the caste of patient zero. May be stacked.

NTH_OFFSPRING:number - Only passes to the nth offspring to fulfill all other condition. May be stacked. (”The seventh son of a seventh son, will be a mighty sorcerer.”)

FIRSTBORN_ONLY - Shorthand for NTH_OFFSPRING:1.

SKIPS_GENERATIONS:number - The syndrome will be passed down, but will not show until n +1 generations down the line. I’m not sure how skipping would work with oher conditionals. (”My grandmother was a dragon slayer, and so was her grandfather. This duty runs deep in our blood.”)

CURED_PASSES_DOWN - Even if the syndrome is cured/ends, offspring will be affected by the syndrome. (”I drank the potion and my skin turned back from stone, but alas, when my child was born, she was soon a lifeless statue!”)