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Cleanse Affliction

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Current state

Cleanse Affliction is a divine spell that serves as the party's primary tool for removing diseases and other afflictions. At its base rank it reduces an advanced affliction's stage by one — a reduction that only helps at stage 2 or higher — while a heightened casting (3rd rank or above) adds a full counteract check that, on a success, deletes the affliction outright [S50 01:37:06]. The spell was first used decisively in S29, where a heightened casting — backed by hero-point recasts — cured the child, Veve, and the tengu of their disease [S29 02:37:34]. The same counteract logic returned in S38, when a rank-2 casting by Bandy failed the counteract check but Abbas's follow-up heightened rank-3 casting (with guidance) succeeded and cleared the slowed and sickened conditions caused by fungal rot [S38 01:51:22]. By S43 the party had internalized a deliberate strategy around the spell: wait for symptoms to appear, then commit to a full heightened blast rather than wasting a prepared slot on early suppression, since the free stage-reduction does nothing at stage 1 [S43 00:53:40]. As of S50, Cleanse Affliction remains Abbas's go-to remedy for serious afflictions. He used a 3rd-rank casting (counteract rank 4) to cure Venris's Velstrack disease, confirming that the heightened version reliably clears afflictions when the counteract check succeeds [S50 01:37:06].

Recorded status active · Last seen S50

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  • S50 A divine spell Abbas uses to treat afflictions. At base rank it only reduces an advanced affliction's stage by one (no help at stage one); heightened to 3rd/4th rank it adds a counteract check that, on success, deletes the affliction outright. Abbas cures Venris's Velstrack disease with the… [S50 · 00:23:37 · turn 0187]

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First seen [S29 · 02:25:26 · turn 1196] · All sessions S29 S38 S43 S50

Recorded beats

  • S38 The spell used to cure the fungal rot. Reduces an advanced affliction's stage by one (free) and attempts to counteract it; a heightened casting counteracts each time it is cast. First casting (Bandy, rank 2) failed the counteract; Abbas's heightened rank-3 casting plus guidance succeeded and… [S38 · 00:24:17 · turn 0151]
  • S43 The party's main answer to diseases/afflictions. They debate whether a prepared casting merely suppresses an affliction or only counteracts on a save, settling that they'll ignore the disease until symptoms appear, then go full-blast with a heightened Cleanse Affliction. The free stage-1 reduction… [S43 · 00:52:31 · turn 0305]
  • S50 A divine spell Abbas uses to treat afflictions. At base rank it only reduces an advanced affliction's stage by one (no help at stage one); heightened to 3rd/4th rank it adds a counteract check that, on success, deletes the affliction outright. Abbas cures Venris's Velstrack disease with the… [S50 · 00:23:37 · turn 0187]