Does Restoration require a counteract check?

[Penthau]

The language is a little vague. It says it counters the effects, but all the other curative spells are more explicit about counteracting, like remove disease and neutralize poison.

[Captain Morgan]

Penthau wrote:

The language is a little vague. It says it counters the effects, but all the other curative spells are more explicit about counteracting, like remove disease and neutralize poison.

I don't think so. Those conditions don't always have DCs attached to them.

[thenobledrake]

It doesn't require a counteract check, as it's not counteracting the condition or toxin it's used against. I say that because if it were counteracting, it would always clear the whole effect away not just reduce it by some amount.

That's why there's a neutralize poison spell that can also treat poison, and it's higher level than restoration despite that spell having a wider variety of effects it can handle - because neutralize poison completely counters a poison, but restoration can only reduce the stage.