Healing Cold Weather Damage


Rules Questions


Hi folks,

About to start a Reign of Winter campaign (please no spoilers) which I assume has... Winter. The GM has already asked that we not do any kind of endure element consumable or cold weather gear because the cold weather is going to be a surprise for most of us.

However, we're a little confused on how cold weather works and I haven't been able to find any clarification. Under cold weather it has this little gem:

"Cold and exposure deal nonlethal damage to the victim. A character cannot recover from the damage dealt by a cold environment until she gets out of the cold and warms up again."

I can't seem to find out what this applies to. Does this mean natural rest, or prevents the "a character heals 1 non-lethal" per hour? Does it stop magical healing (So cleric dropping a Heal for 150 hp can't heal you if you're a little cold?)

I know everyone has their opinion, but does anyone have an errata, FAQ, dev post, etc that I couldn't find that clarifies?


it means natural rest and healing, magical healing will work just fine.

https://aonprd.com/Rules.aspx?Name=Healing&Category=Injury%20and%20Deat h

Notice that natural healing "Recovers" hit points, whereas magical healing "Restores" hit points.


if im not mistaken, fast healing work like natural healing (only faster) so that too should not work while out in the cold.

Liberty's Edge

Note how it says "A character cannot recover from the damage dealt by a cold environment". The effect applies only to the damage dealt by the cold environment. All other damage can be healed normally.


Okay thank you all. Sounds like maybe there isn't a clarification cause no one else has had this disagreement =P

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