09-16-2019, 02:26 AM
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GURPS FAQ Keeper
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Kyïv, Ukraine
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Re: Disease or Sickness?
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Originally Posted by Anders
Magic has the spells Relieve Sickness, Resist Disease and Cure Disease. In game terms, is there a difference between sickness and disease?
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B81 has notes on Disease being a subset of Sickness:
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Originally Posted by B81
Common: A group of related items
encountered as often in nature as in
an attack, or some other suitably
broad subset of “Very Common.”
Example: Poison (all toxins, but not
asphyxiants or corrosives) or Sickness
(all diseases and environmental syn-
dromes). 15 points.
Occasional: A group of closely
related items more often encountered
in nature than as a deliberate attack,
or a subset of a “Common” group.
Examples: Disease (all bacteria,
viruses, fungus infections, etc.) or
Ingested Poison. 10 points.
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