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Old 10-29-2015, 11:34 AM   #14
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Default Re: Does Affliction with Immunity (Disease) cure disease?

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Originally Posted by CeeDub View Post
Assuming the build is correct, this would, on a successful Will roll, bestow immunity to disease upon the target for a number of minutes equal to the margin of success.

The question is, does the disease return when that time has expired (i.e. the disease is only "paused") or does the target stay cured until he catches the disease again (or another one)?
This came up when writing GURPS Psionic Powers (Disease Shield, p. 48) and is thus answered there. If the disease is resistible and the protection lasts for at least one of the diseases cycles, it's treated as an automatically successful HT roll to throw off the disease. Otherwise, it's merely suppressed for the duration.
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