wholeness of body

[gnoams]

the ability says "You attempt to cure one poison or disease afflicting
you; attempt to counteract the affliction."
So what is the attempt, is there some roll, what is it, how does this function, am I missing something obvious?

[citricking]

There's a roll, look up counteract in the index.

[rainzax]

Counteracting
Source Core Rulebook pg. 458
Some effects try to counteract spells, afflictions, conditions, or other effects. Counteract checks compare the power of two forces and determine which defeats the other. Successfully counteracting an effect ends it unless noted otherwise.

When attempting a counteract check, add the relevant skill modifier or other appropriate modifier to your check against the target’s DC. If you’re counteracting an affliction, the DC is in the affliction’s stat block. If it’s a spell, use the caster’s DC. The GM can also calculate a DC based on the target effect’s level. For spells, the counteract check modifier is your spellcasting ability modifier plus your spellcasting proficiency bonus, plus any bonuses and penalties that specifically apply to counteract checks. What you can counteract depends on the check result and the target’s level. If an effect is a spell, its level is the counteract level. Otherwise, halve its level and round up to determine its counteract level. If an effect’s level is unclear and it came from a creature, halve and round up the creature’s level.

Critical Success
Counteract the target if its counteract level is no more than 3 levels higher than your effect’s counteract level.
Success
Counteract the target if its counteract level is no more than 1 level higher than your effect’s counteract level.
Failure
Counteract the target if its counteract level is lower than your effect’s counteract level.
Critical Failure
You fail to counteract the target.

[Delphince]

When someone asks how an internal combustion engine works, simply quoting the laws of thermodynamics is a very lazy answer. Gnoams asked how WoB functions with the rules of the game, and I too was curious for an answer from someone familiar with it. Looking up "pathfinder counteract" takes far less effort than working out an example from the sweeping counteract-check-modifier-difficulty-check-spell-check-check.

[Deriven Firelion]

The monk would use his Wisdom and whichever spellcasting DC he chose: Divine or Occult.

Wholeness of Body counts as half your level for its spell level.

Then roll and consult the Counteract table.

Poisons and diseases usually count as half the level of the enemy for the counteract level unless otherwise specified.