Mask of the Dunes

Disease is the sneakiest bad event in the Veil: it takes nothing from you on the spot, but for 45 minutes every one of your wait timers runs at double — playing "at 56 % speed", as the cure's blurb puts it. The Mask of the Dunes is the filter: it absorbs 2 infections before they land, at no cost beyond its charge. Against heart hits it does nothing — that's the Umbral TalismanUmbral TalismanConsumableSublimeThe Wanderer — from [[bosque-umbral|Umbral Forest]] · 10,948 Khron (base — scales with reputation)On sale in [[bosque-umbral|Umbral Forest]]absorbs 2 heart hits (disease still lands)'s job — it is the specialist of the shield family, and it acts on its own from your bag.