Post/Author/DateTime	Post
aldymnor 09-07-03, 09:53 PM	Vampires in 3.5 can suck your constitution at a rate of 1d4 points per grappling round. Is this restorable by restoration (or lesser)? The only reason I ask is that restoration spells note only "temporary" ability damage, yet there is nothing "temporary" about the permanent ability loss made by a vampire. So how does it go away? does it? Thanks. (I suspect it does but I want to make sure.)
Boondoggle 09-07-03, 10:09 PM	I'm not sure if the terminalogy's changed, but in 3.0, there was ability damage and ability drain. Ability damage healed back by itself, and lesser restoration healed it some. Ability drain didn't heal by itself and took a restoration or better to fix.
aldymnor 09-07-03, 10:25 PM	This is most assuredly "Ability Drain" though now it seems lesser restoration does the trick, if it's considered "temporary."
cwslyclgh 09-08-03, 01:07 AM	from the SRD (emphesis added by me) Restoration Conjuration (Healing) Level: Clr 4, Pal 4 Components: V, S, M This spell functions like lesser restoration, except that it also dispels negative levels and restores one experience level to a creature who has had a level drained. The drained level is restored only if the time since the creature lost the level is equal to or less than one day per caster level. A character who has a level restored by restoration has exactly the minimum number of experience points necessary to restore him or her to his or her previous level. Restoration cures all temporary ability damage, and it restores all points permanently drained from a single ability score (your choice if more than one is drained). It also eliminates any fatigue or exhaustion suffered by the target. Restoration does not restore levels or Constitution points lost due to death. Material Component: Diamond dust worth 100 gp that is sprinkled over the target.
aldymnor 09-08-03, 01:11 AM	Oh thank you very much for your answer :) that does make sense. Clearly i was scanning a bit too fast.