Ability Loss recovery. [Archive] - Wizards Community

Ability Loss recovery. [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Dracon_Ian
03-07-07, 03:45 PM Just been DMing for my group, i wanted to give them one random monster at the end of their first dungeon using the DMG they came up against an Imp.

I've done some DEX dmg to two of them, i'm wondering, how do they recover the damage?

One of them says they recover it at 1 point per day of rest, he's another DM who i'll be starting to play an Eberron campaign under.
SillyRobot
03-07-07, 04:02 PM Ability Damaged: The character has temporarily lost 1 or more ability score points. Lost points return at a rate of 1 per day unless noted otherwise by the condition dealing the damage. A character with Strength 0 falls to the ground and is helpless. A character with Dexterity 0 is paralyzed. A character with Constitution 0 is dead. A character with Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma 0 is unconscious. Ability damage is different from penalties to ability scores, which go away when the conditions causing them go away.

Ability damage unlike Ability Drain recovers over time.

Also note the value of the Healing skill

Long-Term Care: Providing long-term care means treating a wounded person for a day or more. If your Heal check is successful, the patient recovers hit points or ability score points (lost to ability damage) at twice the normal rate: 2 hit points per level for a full 8 hours of rest in a day, or 4 hit points per level for each full day of complete rest; 2 ability score points for a full 8 hours of rest in a day, or 4 ability score points for each full day of complete rest.
You can tend as many as six patients at a time. You need a few items and supplies (bandages, salves, and so on) that are easy to come by in settled lands. Giving long-term care counts as light activity for the healer. You cannot give long-term care to yourself.
StoneStokes
03-07-07, 09:06 PM One of them says they recover it at 1 point per day of rest, he's another DM who i'll be starting to play an Eberron campaign under.

This is correct. Also note that lesser restoration is an option.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Dracon_Ian 03-07-07, 03:45 PM	Just been DMing for my group, i wanted to give them one random monster at the end of their first dungeon using the DMG they came up against an Imp. I've done some DEX dmg to two of them, i'm wondering, how do they recover the damage? One of them says they recover it at 1 point per day of rest, he's another DM who i'll be starting to play an Eberron campaign under.
SillyRobot 03-07-07, 04:02 PM	Ability Damaged: The character has temporarily lost 1 or more ability score points. Lost points return at a rate of 1 per day unless noted otherwise by the condition dealing the damage. A character with Strength 0 falls to the ground and is helpless. A character with Dexterity 0 is paralyzed. A character with Constitution 0 is dead. A character with Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma 0 is unconscious. Ability damage is different from penalties to ability scores, which go away when the conditions causing them go away. Ability damage unlike Ability Drain recovers over time. Also note the value of the Healing skill Long-Term Care: Providing long-term care means treating a wounded person for a day or more. If your Heal check is successful, the patient recovers hit points or ability score points (lost to ability damage) at twice the normal rate: 2 hit points per level for a full 8 hours of rest in a day, or 4 hit points per level for each full day of complete rest; 2 ability score points for a full 8 hours of rest in a day, or 4 ability score points for each full day of complete rest. You can tend as many as six patients at a time. You need a few items and supplies (bandages, salves, and so on) that are easy to come by in settled lands. Giving long-term care counts as light activity for the healer. You cannot give long-term care to yourself.
StoneStokes 03-07-07, 09:06 PM	One of them says they recover it at 1 point per day of rest, he's another DM who i'll be starting to play an Eberron campaign under. This is correct. Also note that lesser restoration is an option.