Why do my commanders keep dying of disease?

[Wendigo]

Originally posted by Joonie73:
It's pissing me off. Is there anything I can do about it?

If there is a particular commander that you really really want to save (a mage with some particular random magic combo most probably) you can do some of the following:

-If he has death magic cast Twiceborn: he will reincarnate into a wight mage upon death (who, btw, will be immune to further diseasing). No upkeep anymore also.

-If you can develop one of the cures (Faery queen...) but still need time, equip the commander with a ring of regeneration. He will keep piling on aflictions but should survive until you be ready to cure him/her. You can alternatively send the commander to battle & script a mage to cast healing light...the idea is to get said commander to recover some hps to counter the hp drain from the disease.