Recovering Ability Damage - What works what does not?

[noblejohn]

Thanks in advance for the help - How can ability damage be restored?

1) Cure light wounds potion? How much?
2) Sleep - at what rate?
3) what about traveling for 8 hours?
4) Restoration spell? How much?

Thanks Pathfinder fans!!

[mplindustries]

Really? Can't you just read these relevant sections? Oh well, everybody gets one:

1) No, of course not. Cure Light Wounds heals HP.

2) 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."

So, the normal rate is 1 ability point for 8 hours of rest and 2 for a full day of complete rest.

3) No, you have to rest to heal anything naturally.

4) Restoration:"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)."

So, all of it.

[Avatar-1]

There's two good ways of doing this.

1) In combat, you'll want potions of Lesser Restoration (cures 1d4 ability point damage). You'll want potions and to not rely on spellcasting or scrolls because it's a 3 round casting time, and by then you're probably going to be dead, or it'll be interrupted.

2) In PFS (Pathfinder Society), you can recover all ability damage at the end of a scenario since it heals naturally over time and there's no set amount of time between scenarios (ie. it can be whatever you want)

Note that ability damage is temporary, and is what we're talking abuot, and ability drain is "permanent" and requires something more drastic, like Restoration.

[noblejohn]

Thanks for the help guys, sorry to ask for clarification on a rule that is documented somewhere. I did look and found some information on this but just wanted to summarize everything in one place.

There are a lot of Pathfinder rules. And when you work and have kids to take care of, it is hard to learn them all, plus learn and plan for the next game session. I am somewhat new to being a GM and am making a big effort to try an learn these rules much better than I have in the past.

Thanks for the help on ability damage.