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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SHARK" data-source="post: 182039" data-attributes="member: 1131">Greetings!Yes, Mmadsen, well, in my campaign, I don't use Raise Dead, Resurrection, or Reincarnate Spells. I have developed a system of Fate Points, which different characters start the game with a set amount, and may possibly gain more throughout their career of valour and courageous deeds. Along the way, they can lose such Fate Points for various failed saving throws, or crushing blows, for example. Using a Fate Point allows the character to escape such instant and horrible death. The exact form of that "salvation" from death or horrible maiming is creatively...ahem...remains a divine mystery.Thus, in the example in the story above, the Vallorean King had used his last Fate Point.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Through the timely ministry of the loyal Druids, and through much fervent prayer, the valiant King was able to rally from his wounds and recover! The wounds that the King suffered were thus beyond the ability of normal healing to address. Had the King not had a remaining Fate Point, then he would have died flat out on the battlefield. He never would have made it to the command tent. As such, the use of the Fate Point allowed him the strength to survive the savage wounds in combat, enough to survive the ordeal. The boon of the Fate Point, however, was only partially realised at the moment. The rest of its benefit was realised spread out over the recovery time of the King's convalescence. In this stage of weakness, for example, because it was solely due to the divine grace of the fate point, at that point in time, because he was on "divine time" so to speak, "mundane" healing spells were irrelevant. Once he recovered to a point of enduring strength, healing spells would then help him. However, during this process, the Druids are not aware of such "meta-game stuff." They only know that the King was greviously wounded, they attempted every healing skill and spell they could command, with minimal results. Thus, they remain in devout prayer. Once the King has recovered sufficiently from the savage wounds, he is now capable of benefitting from such magic, however, he now has "zero" Fate Points. This means that if he was to be attacked in the night with a killing blow, he would be dead for good. Or if he was to contract a serious enough disease that resisted a Cure Disease Spell, then the disease or the affliction would kill the Vallorean King as well. Severe Colds, the Flu, Pnuemonia, and other diseases and viruses all have resistance factors that allow them a resistance against the gamut of healing spells that Clerics, Druids, Paladins, and so on have. If the disease fails its resistance, then the spell works as normal, as the Player's Handbook description dictates. If the disease succeeds in its resistance roll, then the particular healing spell fails, and the disease or virus takes its natural, destructive course--whatever that course and effect might be.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />In my campaign, I provide all diseases and viruses, and so on, with "levels." They match up a saving throw against the spell level of the healing spell, a roll is made, and the results are compared for the final outcome.For example:10+spell lvl+caster's spell bonus=Heal DC. Disease Strength is ="Character Level" of the appropriate strain of disease. Let's say it's a common strain of the Flu. That would be a 5th Level Wizard. Check the Will Bonus for a 5th level Wizard, and that's the modifier to the D20 roll to resist the Heal DC.Does that make sense?<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Let's say a 10th level Cleric casts the 4th level spell, Cure Disease. Thus, the Heal DC is 10+4+(+2 Wisdom bonus)=16. a Heal DC of 16.The standard flu, let's say, is a 5th level Wizard. Will Bonus is +4; plus let's add a potency factor of +2 for a "wizard's CHA bonus" for a total of +6.Disease Roll is roll D20+6 to beat the Heal DC of 16. If the disease get's 15 or less, it is dispelled/healed as normal. If the disease beats the Heal DC, then the spell has no effect, and the target suffers whatever the disease has in store for them.How's that sound?<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I thought of developing this because I don't like the idea of Clerics and such just automatically healing everything in sight, you know? I suppose I'm wierd. I love high fantasy, but I also like the grittiness and oppression of the real-world Dark Ages to be an ever-present, if somewhat survivable reality, even for glorious heroes who have gold armor and +5 Holy Avenger Greatswords. This way, diseases still have an impact upon the game, and on the campaign world as a whole.I can still have a 20th level Black Plague, with a +24 Potency bonus, sweep across the whole land!<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Semper Fidelis,SHARK</blockquote>

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