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Another player who was at the table during the incident sent me this meme after the problem player in question (they had a history) left the group chat.

Felt like sharing it here because I'm sure more people should keep this kind of thing in mind.

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[โ€“] fushuan@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Pathfinder 1e / dnd 3.5 : https://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/removeBlindnessDeafness.htm

Remove blindness/deafness cures blindness or deafness (your choice), whether the effect is normal or magical in nature.

5e spell: https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/lesser-restoration

5e's spell might be interpreted as in, it removes the "blinded" condition, which might be different than being "blind". However I would guess that when they developed the spell they did not think about it, they just bundled a bunch of spells in 1.

[โ€“] frog@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I would agree that they probably didn't even think about it. I'd probably interpret the spell as removing the "blinded" condition, whether it's caused by magic or just someone throwing sand in the character's eyes or other "normal" causes of the blinded condition.

The Pathfinder version also specifies "The spell does not restore ears or eyes that have been lost, but it repairs them if they are damaged." Someone with congenital blindness or deafness may not have "damage" that can be repaired, and with the ears/eyes being naturally non-functional, the spell giving them a new ability (sight/hearing) that they previously didn't possess could be interpreted as being beyond the spell's scope.