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Originally Posted by maximara
I was looking through 4e Cure Disease and realized just how badly worded/overpowered it is.
"Eliminates one type of disease ''or'' infection from the body of the subject."
The classic version was saner: "Eliminates all disease, plague, or infection microorganisms of one chosen type from the body of the subject. (...) If no organism is responsible, the spell has no effect!"
Made a blunder and can only correct it in post:
Should read:
The way Cure Disease is set up in 4e as written it would seem to be a great way to cure scurvy or beriberi neither of which is the result of a microbe or virus.
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See I would rule that Cure disease has no effect on either Scurvy or Beriberi.
If I (as GM) was being as specific as choosing an actual condition that the PCs would be expected to deal with as a simulation, this would require the introduction of the missing vitamin/mineral.
You can't "remove the cause" of the condition, the problem is arguably that the removal has already happened and only the introduction of the appropriate material would fix it.
I see "Cure Disease" as a removal of whats causing the condition, there is nothing in the spell which indicates that it has any kind of additive effect.