Report 21

Report #21
Skillset: Music Skill: Octave
 Org: Harbingers Status: Rejected Aug 2008
Furies' Decision:
We do not feel this is necessary. All skills that can randomly cure afflictions
(allheale, sweetfount, stag totem, phial, gedulah, green, etc) have limitations
on their use, and by their nature will not favor the auric afflictions over
others.
Problem: Auric afflictions can be cured by a variety of methods, even in Octave,
a 3 power skill to prevent the curing of auric afflictions.
Solution #1: Prevent all items/abilities/actions that do not have a power cost
 equal or greater than the power required for Octave from curing
 auric afflictions in Octave. This would be sipping allheale,
 rubbing the Celestian construct phial, Necroscream Vileblood, and
 any other ones I can think of which I will add later.
Player Comments:
---[Xenthos on 8/24 @ 23:55 writes]:
Is Octave meant to prevent the curing of Auric afflictions completely, or to
make curing them more difficult? Stopping the easy-cure (horehound) is pretty
effective given the balance on Allheale (for example) against most targets.
---[Arel on 8/26 @ 12:37 writes]:
The AB for Octave states "Those who can hear will not be able to heal auric
ailments of any type nor be able to focus spirit." With the defenses against
octave being deafness, having another bard remove it, or forcing the bard to
leave the room, I don't think it is too over the top to ask that octave actually
prevent the healing of auric affs by non-power use cures.