[ArM5] Destroying Weaknesses

[Tim O'Brien]

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From: "Bard Bloom" <bard at bestweb.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 7:30 AM
Subject: [ArM5] Destroying Weaknesses


>> Interesting - I never thought of weaknesses like brittleness as
> properties.
>
> Can Perdo destroy weaknesses in general?  That seems unlikely.
>
> But, perhaps, Perdo can destroy weaknesses when the weaknesses are
> themselves things or Platonic ideals.  So, like, bodily weakness probably
> isn't a thing in its own right -- it's an absence of strength, so you 
> can't
> use Perdo to destroy it.  However, bodily weakness caused by bone spurs or
> scar tissue might be curable by Perdo.  And a high Finesse roll, of 
> course.
>
> Can Perdo cure cancer?  I assume that it would leave the patient with some
> wounds, which would then heal normally -- just what you'd expect after
> surgery.
>
> If a malady is caused by some agent, could Perdo cure it by destroying the
> agent?  E.g., if someone's been poisoned with arsenic, could Perdo Terram
> destroy the arsenic?   Again, it presumably wouldn't cure the damage, but
> it would keep the patient from getting worse, and let them heal normally.
>


I once suggested to Jeff Tidball that Perdo would be useful in rebalancing 
the humors, thus allowing a certain kind of healing without vis. He 
disagreed, saying that only Creo could heal. I suspect the idea of healing 
without vis clashed.

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TSOB
Timothy Squire O'Brien