Can Magic Heal Starvation Damage? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Can Magic Heal Starvation Damage? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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tark
01-26-05, 12:48 PM Hi All,

In v3.0 damage taken as a result of prolonged lack of food and water could not be healed magically (DMG pg86). I assume that this is also the case in v3.5, but I can't find starvation in the SRD and I don't have my v3.5 books with me. If anyone can help me with this, I would be appreciative.

Thanks
:)
tark
01-26-05, 12:55 PM Nevermind. I found the answer in the SRD afterall.

Thanks anyway. :)

"STARVATION AND THIRST
Characters might find themselves without food or water and with no means to obtain them. In normal climates, Medium characters need at least a gallon of fluids and about a pound of decent food per day to avoid starvation. (Small characters need half as much.) In very hot climates, characters need two or three times as much water to avoid dehydration.
A character can go without water for 1 day plus a number of hours equal to his Constitution score. After this time, the character must make a Constitution check each hour (DC 10, +1 for each previous check) or take 1d6 points of nonlethal damage.
A character can go without food for 3 days, in growing discomfort. After this time, the character must make a Constitution check each day (DC 10, +1 for each previous check) or take 1d6 points of nonlethal damage.
Characters who have taken nonlethal damage from lack of food or water are fatigued. Nonlethal damage from thirst or starvation cannot be recovered until the character gets food or water, as needed—not even magic that restores hit points heals this damage.
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Gordon Michael
01-26-05, 08:29 PM I'm thinking Heal and Regenerate will heal the effects of starvation, because Heal can restore most types of non-hitpoint damage, and Regenerate can restore virtually any non-hitpoint bodily damage. I'm thinking they'd stay hungry, and I'd give them a morale penalty to most rolls until they actually eat.
Ehelonna
01-26-05, 08:48 PM Heal would remove the fatigued condition, but not restore the nonleathal or reset the saving throw penalties... so you could again act as if you are not starving until the next day when you had to make the save again. :twocents:

A much better 6th level spell to use would be Hero's Feast. :angel:

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
tark 01-26-05, 12:48 PM	Hi All, In v3.0 damage taken as a result of prolonged lack of food and water could not be healed magically (DMG pg86). I assume that this is also the case in v3.5, but I can't find starvation in the SRD and I don't have my v3.5 books with me. If anyone can help me with this, I would be appreciative. Thanks :)
tark 01-26-05, 12:55 PM	Nevermind. I found the answer in the SRD afterall. Thanks anyway. :) "STARVATION AND THIRST Characters might find themselves without food or water and with no means to obtain them. In normal climates, Medium characters need at least a gallon of fluids and about a pound of decent food per day to avoid starvation. (Small characters need half as much.) In very hot climates, characters need two or three times as much water to avoid dehydration. A character can go without water for 1 day plus a number of hours equal to his Constitution score. After this time, the character must make a Constitution check each hour (DC 10, +1 for each previous check) or take 1d6 points of nonlethal damage. A character can go without food for 3 days, in growing discomfort. After this time, the character must make a Constitution check each day (DC 10, +1 for each previous check) or take 1d6 points of nonlethal damage. Characters who have taken nonlethal damage from lack of food or water are fatigued. Nonlethal damage from thirst or starvation cannot be recovered until the character gets food or water, as needed—not even magic that restores hit points heals this damage. "
Gordon Michael 01-26-05, 08:29 PM	I'm thinking Heal and Regenerate will heal the effects of starvation, because Heal can restore most types of non-hitpoint damage, and Regenerate can restore virtually any non-hitpoint bodily damage. I'm thinking they'd stay hungry, and I'd give them a morale penalty to most rolls until they actually eat.
Ehelonna 01-26-05, 08:48 PM	Heal would remove the fatigued condition, but not restore the nonleathal or reset the saving throw penalties... so you could again act as if you are not starving until the next day when you had to make the save again. :twocents: A much better 6th level spell to use would be Hero's Feast. :angel: