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<blockquote data-quote="Gadget" data-source="post: 6898239" data-attributes="member: 23716">Afflict - (of a problem or illness) cause pain or suffering to; affect or trouble.&nbsp; &quot;On a hit, you afflict the creature with a disease of your choice from any of the ones described below.&quot;&nbsp; That seems pretty clear.&nbsp; By your own definition the spell then affects that target.&nbsp; Hand waving this away as &quot;flavorful&quot; seems disingenuous at best.&nbsp; If the devs are going to trumpet 'plain English' as opposed to the more jargon laden previous edition, then they should be accountable for using it properly.&nbsp; The next sentence merely tells us that the target must make a saving throw at the end of each of its turns.&nbsp; The sentence after that is the one you claim makes the meaning &quot;crystal clear&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;After failing three of these saving throws, the disease’s effects last for the duration, and the creature stops making these saves.&quot;&nbsp; Why wouldn't the effects last the duration?&nbsp; The effects of the disease (which are ongoing) now last the duration (7 days) is the more straightforward interpretation, IMHO.&nbsp; Of course, there is the next sentence: &quot;After succeeding on three of these saving throws, the creature recovers from the disease, and the spell ends.&quot;&nbsp; I'm not sure how one is recovering from a disease one never suffered the effects of, but I'm sure this is just a 'flavorful' word, safely ignored, nothing to see here.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gadget, post: 6898239, member: 23716"] Afflict - (of a problem or illness) cause pain or suffering to; affect or trouble. "On a hit, you afflict the creature with a disease of your choice from any of the ones described below." That seems pretty clear. By your own definition the spell then affects that target. Hand waving this away as "flavorful" seems disingenuous at best. If the devs are going to trumpet 'plain English' as opposed to the more jargon laden previous edition, then they should be accountable for using it properly. The next sentence merely tells us that the target must make a saving throw at the end of each of its turns. The sentence after that is the one you claim makes the meaning "crystal clear". "After failing three of these saving throws, the disease’s effects last for the duration, and the creature stops making these saves." Why wouldn't the effects last the duration? The effects of the disease (which are ongoing) now last the duration (7 days) is the more straightforward interpretation, IMHO. Of course, there is the next sentence: "After succeeding on three of these saving throws, the creature recovers from the disease, and the spell ends." I'm not sure how one is recovering from a disease one never suffered the effects of, but I'm sure this is just a 'flavorful' word, safely ignored, nothing to see here. [/QUOTE]

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