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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mephistopheles" data-source="post: 3162606" data-attributes="member: 4460">The Break Enchantment spell states "This spell frees victims from enchantments, transmutations, and curses".Bestow Curse states "You place a curse on the subject" and also "The curse bestowed by this spell cannot be dispelled, but it can be removed with a break enchantment, limited wish, miracle, remove curse, or wish spell".The Heal spell states "It immediately ends any and all of the following adverse conditions affecting the Target: ... feebleminded ...".(As a quick aside, Mass Heal states "This spell functions like heal", so by reference Mass Heal establishes that it is a remedy for Feeblemind.)The Feeblemind spell states "The subject remains in this state until a heal ... spell is used to cancel the effect".Now I'll bring this into context with the current debate. While Break Enchantment establishes that it can remove curses Bestow Curse still specifies Break Enchantment as a specific remedy even though it is redundant to do so. Similarly while Heal establishes that it can remove a feeblemind effect the Feeblemind spell description still specifies Heal as a remedy even though it is redundant to do so.Along similar lines the FAQ states "A feeblemind effect remains until the subject receives a heal, limited wish, miracle, or wish spell".Based on the above it seems reasonable to infer that if Break Enchantment was intended to remedy a feeblemind effect then it would be listed as a remedy in the Feeblemind spell.In any case allowing Break Enchantment to remedy a feeblemind effect does not seem terribly unbalancing. The remedy list in the Feeblemind spell lists spells that are 6th level and above as guaranteed remedies, while the success of the 5th level (for non-hybrid casters) spell Break Enchantment in removing a feeblemind effect would be dependent on a caster level check and not guaranteed.</blockquote>

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