[Glossary] Ability Drain


General Discussion (Prerelease)

Liberty's Edge

I find it a bit odd that the rules around ability drain has not been revisited and it's still permanent in spite of the changes to energy drain/negative levels.

With negative levels, you can regain them with a successful Fort save, and permanent ones (like from being brought back from the dead) can be fixed with Restoration. Ability drain still can only be fixed with Restoration, period. This feels like these two drains have been treated unevenly.

I suggest that Abilty Drain be recoverable with a Fort save to recover 1/day. That way it recovers at a rate similar to Ability Damage, but still reflects the severity of the condition.

Grand Lodge

Pathfinder Adventure Path, Rulebook Subscriber
Xuttah wrote:

I find it a bit odd that the rules around ability drain has not been revisited and it's still permanent in spite of the changes to energy drain/negative levels.

With negative levels, you can regain them with a successful Fort save, and permanent ones (like from being brought back from the dead) can be fixed with Restoration. Ability drain still can only be fixed with Restoration, period. This feels like these two drains have been treated unevenly.

I suggest that Abilty Drain be recoverable with a Fort save to recover 1/day. That way it recovers at a rate similar to Ability Damage, but still reflects the severity of the condition.

Galnörag agrees so whole strongly that he responds in the third person. His treacherous mageling is weak and succumbs quickly to undead ability drain denying Galnörag the tomb raiding he so richly desires.

Liberty's Edge

Once again, Galnörag needs to work on his common. It makes me nervous when you talk about yourself in the third person. I always expect there to be another person in the conversation. :)

Sovereign Court

The third person is the halfling constantly hiding behind him... :)

Sovereign Court

...but yeah! what the heck is ability drain about, if level drain has been de-permed?

(and we're all about a world without cheesy 80's style perms...)

:P

Sovereign Court

BUMP!

Anyone knows if ability drain is still permanent or not? what's the lates word?

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