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A healer directs living magic against a harmful bodily affliction.
Purge has a less comforting mood than simple mending, built around scrutiny and the urgent wish to remove what does not belong.
A basin and a pile of damp cloths gather beside the patient while someone keeps watch over each breath.
At a glance
A healer directs living magic against a harmful bodily affliction.
Techniques and Spells · Alpha v44 reference
Requires: Casting Skill: Invoke. Affinity: Spirit. Requirements: Spirit d10; Invoke d10. one learned slot.
Use: Action · Touch · one willing living creature · Instant · 3 Mana
Effect - Resolution: Invoke Test TN 6.
Effect - Defense: the affliction’s written resistance applies if it specifies a stronger purge requirement.
Effect: On success, end one Poisoned or Diseased condition whose source can be removed by magic and restore 1d6 Resolve. On failure, neither effect occurs.
Duration: instant.
Ending or recovery: one attempt per affliction per Full Rest unless its source changes.
Critical: none; healing die does not explode.
Exception: A permanent curse, missing organ, or source that explicitly requires its own removal procedure remains.
Restorative power drives a hidden affliction from the body.
The healer replaces the cloth and studies the change in the patient's face.