Death Sword

"'A horribly infected short sword, surrounded by flies.'"

Appearance
The Death Sword is a one-handed very rare short sword that seems to be contaminated by some sort of disease.

Function
The death sword increases damage by 1, increases blocking by 2, decreases mana by 2, inflicts disease on a hit, and diseases the wielder. While diseasing enemies can be useful, you are permantly diseased while wielding this weapon.

Eating diseased meat will prevent the drawbacks, permanently.