Psychic Surgery

[Nym Moondown]

Quote:

Psychic surgery heals the target of all Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma damage, and it restores all points permanently drained from the target’s Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores. It also eliminates all ongoing confusion, fear, and insanity effects. Psychic surgery also removes any mental afflictions that could be removed with dispel magic, as well as mental diseases. Psychic surgery removes all effects magically altering the target’s memory, even instantaneous effects, and it can restore a memory to perfect clarity (even if the memory loss is due to the mundane passage of time).

Which are exactly the conditions/effects removed by the spell?

- Shaken
- Frightened
- Panicked
- Confused

- Cowering?
- Fascinated?
- Stunned?
- Paralyzed?
- Dazed?
- Staggered?
- Others?

- Poisons and diseases affecting mind?
- Mind-affect spells effects?

What are insanity effects?
Other not already considered?

Thx!

[Metaphysician]

Hmm. It specifies "any mental affliction that could be effected by Dispel Magic". So, if a mental poison is caused my magic and can be countered by Dispel Magic, it could remove it. However, I would not say that it could remove mental poisons in general. I would be inclined to say it can remove most of the *effects* of a mental poison ( since those effects themselves are stuff covered by Psychic Surgery ), the poison just is still there and will continue eating away at your brain.

Also, note: Affliction is a general category that includes poisons, diseases, and potentially other things. All poisons are afflictions, but not all afflictions are poisons.

[Nym Moondown]

Thx, and what about insanity effects?
And in general conditions?

[Xenocrat]

The Feeblemind spell is a big one.