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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Al'Kelhar" data-source="post: 2842844" data-attributes="member: 7884">According to the SRD:The question is whether the word "removes" in the highlighted text is used in contradistinction to the word "suppresses", or whether the author was trying to use it as a synonym for "suppresses" in an effort to make the sentence "read better".Taking a literalist approach to interpretation, "removes" denotes something different to "suppresses" - the question is what.  I conjecture it is synonymous with "dispels".On the other hand, taking a more purposive approach to interpretation, I conjecture that "removes" is meant to be synonymous with "suppresses".  This interpretation would be supported by the fact that there are two sentences devoted to explaining the meaning of "suppresses" but nothing for "removes".  One also has to ask what game justification there is for fear and other morale effects being suppressed by the spell, but confusion is isolated as a special case.In my opinion, the word "removes" is an artefact of the author's grammar, and is not intentionally being used in contradistinction to "suppresses".  I would rule that confusion effects are suppressed by calm emotions, and spring back into effect if their duration exceeds the duration of the calm emotions.I note that the spell description is generally badly worded.  For example, the spell has a Will negates save, but "automatically" suppresses certain effects - effects which have saving throws are not, by definition, automatic.Cheers, Al'Kelhar</blockquote>

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