Characters with this strain can take an instant action to remove one of their permanent Willpower dots in exchange for a Health box that remains available for their use until their opponent takes aggravated damage. They can do this as many times as they have Willpower dots to a minimum of 1. When the opponent takes aggravated damage, these Health boxes convert back to Willpower.
Additionally, Contagious with this Condition can heal up to three boxes of lethal damage as if it was bashing dam- age once per scene. However, they take aggravated damage from any weapon blessed by a priest, treated as a vessel by mummies, or wielded by a member of the Aegis Kai Doru. Aggravated damage wounds exude smoke.
A character with this Condition does not age and can come back from death if certain conditions are met (see Resolution).
Possible Sources: Selection by the God-Machine or the Contagion for eternal servitude.
Resolution: If aggravated damage occurs, any additional Health boxes disappear immediately. If the character dies via this method, their body crumbles to dust and they emerge from an Avernian Gate in a number of chapters equal to the number of purchased Health boxes. Their returned form returns with the same amount of Willpower as when the character died, but none of the additional Health boxes.
Beat: The character takes aggravated damage.