4e Cure Disease badly worded/overpowered

[RGTraynor]

Originally Posted by bocephus

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.

So would I, and for the same reason; you can't claim that Cure Disease would "cure" starvation or dehydration either.