Where did the Divine Favor Cure Disease Table come from

[Kallatari]

In Divine Favor, there's a table that gives suggests FP cost for curing certain diseases. I seem to recall seeing this table before (as modifiers to Healing skill, not FP cost), but I can't remember where. I looked through my old 3E compendiums and Psionics, but it didn't seem to be there at first glace. Can anyone point me to where the original table was from?

(Essentially, I'm looking for the suggested modifiers for the lesser diseases such as the flu and malaria, as Divine Favor already gives you the lesser diseases for free and the table is modified accordingly).

[Peter Knutsen]

I don't recall such a table... But maybe in Bio-Tech for 4th Edition?

[Refplace]

There are disease write-ups in Biotech, including the flu.
However only a small section on the Healing advantage and that is really just a pointer to Basic.
I am unaware of anywhere such a table exists and I also checked Psionic Powers.
Everywhere just says the IQ penalty is the GMs call and the FP cost is double the IQ penalty.
I would say the IQ penalty is double the HT penalty as a rule of thumb.
But have nothing to back that up :)

[Kallatari]

I think it was from 3rd Edition.

Anyway, if I remember correctly, I had a handy table in my notes for 3E Healing power... but I believe I got rid of it right about when I switched to 4E. Now I can't remember if I took that table from somewhere, or if it was a house rule.

Oh well...

[Sunrunners_Fire]

Originally Posted by Kallatari

I think it was from 3rd Edition.

Anyway, if I remember correctly, I had a handy table in my notes for 3E Healing power... but I believe I got rid of it right about when I switched to 4E. Now I can't remember if I took that table from somewhere, or if it was a house rule.

Oh well...

If no one else can find it, message the author? Rev PK is usually able and willing to respond to questions via email or private-message (and its' nice if you tell us what the answer is too!).

[PK]

I invented the table ex nihilo for GURPS Powers: Divine Favor. It came from me sitting down with a few experts (RNs, etc.) to figure out which diseases should logically fall where on this progression.

[vierasmarius]

Originally Posted by Rev. Pee Kitty

I invented the table ex nihilo for GURPS Powers: Divine Favor. It came from me sitting down with a few experts (RNs, etc.) to figure out which diseases should logically fall where on this progression.

Is the progression based entirely on the difficulty of treating the disease (presumably with TL7-8 medicine) or are other factors (vectors, lethality, etc) considered?

[PK]

Originally Posted by vierasmarius

Is the progression based entirely on the difficulty of treating the disease (presumably with TL7-8 medicine) or are other factors (vectors, lethality, etc) considered?

Entirely on the difficulty of treating the disease, but not for TL7-8. We tried to look at the resistance to treatment of the disease as a whole, both in days of old and extrapolated (as best as we could) to envision future medical techniques. After all, some diseases have treatment issues that are essentially technology limitations (e.g., we can't make a certain payload small enough) while others are just difficult on their own.

This is why leprosy (which we can cure at TL8) is listed as a harder disease to eliminate than herpes (which we cannot). Because it's not a question of "when is the cure invented" but of "how tenaciously does this resist the body's attempts to heal itself."

[Kallatari]

Well, that answers that... must have been a table I created long ago as a house rule.

Thanks for the response and clarification!

[Peter Knutsen]

Originally Posted by Rev. Pee Kitty

This is why leprosy (which we can cure at TL8) is listed as a harder disease to eliminate than herpes (which we cannot). Because it's not a question of "when is the cure invented" but of "how tenaciously does this resist the body's attempts to heal itself."

That's certainly the best way to go, for a fantasy magic system.