Scenario:
A PC was attacked by a vampire and lost 4 levels before escaping. He reached the party cleric who could cast Lesser Restoration & Restoration. We already know Lesser Restoration won't do squat for him, but he and the DM read Restoration and came up with two different interpretations (which is always the case).
Here is Restoration:
Restoration
Conjuration (Healing)
Level: Clr 4, Pal 4
Components: V, S, M
This spell functions like lesser restoration, except that it also dispels negative levels and restores one experience level to a creature who has had a level drained. The drained level is restored only if the time since the creature lost the level is equal to or less than one day per caster level. A character who has a level restored by restoration has exactly the minimum number of experience points necessary to restore him or her to his or her previous level.
Restoration cures all temporary ability damage, and it restores all points permanently drained from a single ability score (your choice if more than one is drained). It also eliminates any fatigue or exhaustion suffered by the target.
Restoration does not restore levels or Constitution points lost due to death.
Interpretation 1 (PC) - It will restore all levels
Interpretation 2 (DM) - It will only restore one level per casting
The hang up was the following sentence: "except that it also dispels negative levels and restores one experience level to a creature who has had a level drained."
Who was right & who was wrong?
A PC was attacked by a vampire and lost 4 levels before escaping. He reached the party cleric who could cast Lesser Restoration & Restoration. We already know Lesser Restoration won't do squat for him, but he and the DM read Restoration and came up with two different interpretations (which is always the case).
Here is Restoration:
Restoration
Conjuration (Healing)
Level: Clr 4, Pal 4
Components: V, S, M
This spell functions like lesser restoration, except that it also dispels negative levels and restores one experience level to a creature who has had a level drained. The drained level is restored only if the time since the creature lost the level is equal to or less than one day per caster level. A character who has a level restored by restoration has exactly the minimum number of experience points necessary to restore him or her to his or her previous level.
Restoration cures all temporary ability damage, and it restores all points permanently drained from a single ability score (your choice if more than one is drained). It also eliminates any fatigue or exhaustion suffered by the target.
Restoration does not restore levels or Constitution points lost due to death.
Interpretation 1 (PC) - It will restore all levels
Interpretation 2 (DM) - It will only restore one level per casting
The hang up was the following sentence: "except that it also dispels negative levels and restores one experience level to a creature who has had a level drained."
Who was right & who was wrong?
