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Originally Posted by Steve Jackson
Good comments!
Designer's intent is that microorganisms exist whether they are understood or not, but the spell was probably the outcome of experiments in "making food better" rather than "encouraging tiny beasties" - it is not intended to cause disease. Certainly if I ever wanted to write Five Downright Evil Spells, PLAGUE would be a good one. I have drafted AMPUTATION but am not happy with it yet. But I digress.
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In my games, if a PC thinks of using the spell in the way I mentioned, I'll let them, because I think that's just too neat. (I've always been of the assumption that "medieval fantasy" folk aren't necessarily ignorant, especially wizards; those who make a career out of delving into the secrets of the universe, will most likely know "mundane" science, at least to a basic level; things like germs, combustion, lightning, and so on, won't be a complete mystery.)