Cosmic on Beneficial Afflictions to Allow Waiving Resistance?

[JCurwen3]

Originally Posted by David Johnston2

I don't think I'd count an affliction as a physical or energy attack.

It depends. Certainly if it's a Malediction it's not really physical anymore. But standard Affliction is classified in GURPS as a "Physical" trait, and it is the trait for building certain kinds of mundane physical attacks like poisonous (non-damaging) attacks that animals might have.