Brief discussion from forums on how affliction "pools" interact with cures (and why your autocuring affliction priorities are only part of the picture) (http://forums.imperian.com/discussion/comment/30347/#Comment_30347):
Asker: "Why is laurel curing hellsight first when madness is priority 1 for me"?
Wysrias: "Your priorities don't determine what affliction is actually cured. Laurel can cure both madness and hellsight, and hellsight is not a madness affliction, so both can be cured by that action".
Asker: "So basically it was a 50/50 shot at hellsight/madness"?
Wysrias: "Yep, and that's the case for nearly all afflictions that share the same curing pool. Priorities are important for selecting the right cure, not necessarily curing the right affliction. You don't want to waste your herb balance curing something mediocre like, say, agoraphobia, when that orphine you just chugged would have been much more useful as maidenhair to cure off that paralysis.
Curing pools are the fundamental concept behind things like herb affliction stacking - you have an affliction that you want 'buried' (let's say, asthma or hemotoxin), and then you stack additional afflictions (clumsiness, weariness, butisol for the kelp pool) to lower their chances of curing the affliction you want to stick around.
As a side note, this is one of the major sources of complexity in affliction tracking - you have to make a lot of 'educated guesses' about what afflictions are actually being cured off of your target, and rely on a combination of context clues (they ate kelp and immediately smoked a pipe - bet they cured asthma) and sheer luck to be as accurate as possible".
Cure Table
| Affliction
|
Herb Cure
|
Smoke Cure
|
Salve Cure
|
Focus?
|
Purge?
|
Other Cure
|
| ablaze
|
--
|
--
|
mending
|
|
|
quench skin
|
| actinium
|
--
|
--
|
mending
|
|
v
|
tree
|
| addiction
|
nightshade
|
--
|
--
|
|
|
|
| aeon
|
--
|
laurel
|
--
|
|
|
|
| agoraphobia
|
orphine
|
--
|
--
|
v
|
|
|
| amnesia
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
|
|
| anorexia
|
--
|
--
|
epidermal
|
v
|
v
|
|
| asthma
|
kelp
|
--
|
--
|
|
v
|
|
| blackout
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
|
|
| bloodtears
|
--
|
--
|
mending
|
|
|
|
| butisol
|
kelp
|
--
|
--
|
|
v
|
|
| calotropis
|
--
|
--
|
epidermal
|
|
v
|
|
| carve
|
--
|
--
|
restoration
|
|
|
|
| claustrophobia
|
orphine
|
--
|
--
|
v
|
|
|
| clumsiness
|
kelp
|
--
|
--
|
|
v
|
tree
|
| confusion
|
wormwood
|
--
|
--
|
v
|
|
|
| cyanide
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
|
drink immunity
|
| deadening
|
mandrake
|
--
|
--
|
v
|
|
|
| dementia
|
wormwood
|
--
|
--
|
v
|
|
|
| disfigurement
|
--
|
--
|
epidermal
|
|
|
|
| disloyalty
|
--
|
lovage
|
--
|
v
|
v
|
|
| disruption
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
|
concentrate
|
| dissonance
|
mandrake
|
--
|
--
|
|
|
|
| dizziness
|
mandrake
|
--
|
--
|
v
|
v
|
|
| dryblood
|
nightshade
|
--
|
--
|
|
|
tree
|
| entropy
|
wormwood
|
--
|
--
|
|
|
|
| epilepsy
|
--
|
laurel
|
--
|
v
|
|
|
| fear
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
|
compose
|
| frozen
|
--
|
--
|
caloric
|
|
|
heat blood
|
| generosity
|
galingale
|
--
|
--
|
v
|
|
|
| gutwyrm
|
galingale/ginger
|
--
|
--
|
|
|
|
| haemophilia
|
nightshade
|
--
|
--
|
|
|
|
| hallucinations
|
wormwood
|
--
|
--
|
v
|
|
|
| healthleech
|
kelp
|
--
|
--
|
|
|
|
| hellsight
|
--
|
laurel
|
--
|
|
|
|
| hemotoxin
|
kelp
|
--
|
--
|
|
|
|
| heroism
|
mandrake
|
--
|
--
|
v
|
|
|
| hypersomnia
|
wormwood
|
--
|
--
|
v
|
|
|
| hypochondria
|
kelp
|
--
|
--
|
|
|
|
| impatience
|
mandrake
|
--
|
--
|
|
|
tree
|
| justice
|
galingale
|
--
|
--
|
|
|
|
| lethargy
|
nightshade
|
--
|
--
|
|
|
tree
|
| loneliness
|
orphine
|
--
|
--
|
v
|
|
|
| lovers
|
galingale
|
--
|
--
|
|
|
|
| madness
|
--
|
laurel
|
--
|
|
|
|
| manaleech
|
--
|
lovage
|
--
|
|
|
|
| masochism
|
orphine
|
--
|
--
|
v
|
|
|
| metrazol
|
maidenhair
|
--
|
--
|
|
v
|
|
| nausea
|
nightshade
|
--
|
--
|
|
v
|
tree
|
| numbness
|
maidenhair
|
--
|
--
|
|
v
|
|
| paralysis
|
maidenhair
|
--
|
--
|
|
v
|
|
| paranoia
|
wormwood
|
--
|
--
|
v
|
|
|
| peace
|
galingale
|
--
|
--
|
|
|
|
| recklessness
|
mandrake
|
--
|
--
|
v
|
v
|
tree
|
| ridigity
|
kelp
|
--
|
--
|
|
|
|
| scars
|
--
|
--
|
mending
|
|
|
|
| sensitivity
|
maidenhair
|
--
|
--
|
|
v
|
|
| shivering
|
--
|
--
|
caloric
|
|
|
heat blood
|
| shyness
|
mandrake
|
--
|
--
|
v
|
|
|
| slickness
|
maidenhair
|
lovage
|
--
|
|
v
|
|
| slow balance
|
--
|
lovage
|
--
|
|
v
|
|
| slow elixir
|
--
|
--
|
epidermal
|
|
v
|
|
| slow equilibrium
|
--
|
laurel
|
--
|
|
v
|
|
| slow herb
|
--
|
--
|
epidermal
|
|
v
|
|
| stupidity
|
orphine
|
--
|
--
|
v
|
v
|
|
| stuttering
|
--
|
--
|
epidermal
|
v
|
|
|
| sulfonal
|
nightshade
|
--
|
--
|
|
v
|
|
| sunallergy
|
nightshade
|
--
|
--
|
|
v
|
|
| vertigo
|
orphine
|
--
|
--
|
v
|
|
|
| weariness
|
kelp
|
--
|
--
|
|
v
|
|
| withered throat
|
--
|
--
|
epidermal
|
|
v
|
|
| yoth
|
--
|
--
|
--
|
|
|
|
A
Ablaze
| Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
Message
|
| Diagnose
|
ablaze.
|
| Cure
|
The raging fire about your skin is put out.
|
| The cool waters quench the flames about your body.
|
| Give
|
A fiery efreeti spins into you, causing you to burst into flame.
|
| A roaring inferno of fire engulfs you as the red ink bleeds out of SKETCH.
|
| Extreme heat roars through your body at the touch of WEAPON.
|
| Flames erupt all over your body and begin to consume your flesh.
|
| Flames lick around you - you are on fire!
|
| You are scorched by the firewall as you pass through.
|
| Your flesh is set alight by the Ouroboros.
|
| A demonic lamia gazes at you and your body suddenly erupts into flames.
|
| The plant burns you.
|
| Tongues of flame lash out at you from a vortex of colors swirling around NAME, burning you horribly.
|
Actinium
| Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
Message
|
| Diagnose
|
losing the bond with the animal spirits.
|
| Cure
|
You feel the barrier that separated you from your animal consciousness has dissipated.
|
| Give
|
You shudder and grimace, straining to maintain your bonding.
|
Addiction
| Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
Message
|
| Diagnose
|
addicted to elixirs.
|
| Cure
|
Your terrible addiction to lovely elixirs seems to wane.
|
| Give
|
You feel a terrible thirst for elixirs grow within you.
|
Aeon
| Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
Message
|
| Diagnose
|
afflicted with the curse of the Aeon.
|
| Cure
|
The curse of the Aeon wears off and you return to the normal timestream.
|
| Give
|
NAME stands a tarot on h{is|er} open palm, and blows it lightly at you.
|
| NAME draws back with a knowing smirk and utters some alien word that vibrates deep within your bones.
|
| NAME mixes some purple and blue bone dust and throws it at you, slowing down your movement in the time stream.
|
Agoraphobia
| Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
Message
|
| Diagnose
|
agoraphobic.
|
| Cure
|
You can handle the idea of open spaces again.
|
| Give
|
Terror descends upon you and your head swims - you must find shelter!
|
Amnesia
| Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
Message
|
| Give
|
Your mind feels vacant as a translucent phantom levels his gaze on you.
|
Anorexia
| Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
Message
|
| Diagnose
|
anorexic.
|
| Cure
|
Food is no longer repulsive to you.
|
| Give
|
You feel suddenly as if food is the most repulsive thing you can imagine.
|
| The bleeding loshre rune on your chest burns with intense pain.
|
| You lose all desire to eat upon gazing at a loshre rune.
|
| The idea of eating or drinking is repulsive to you.
|
| The thought of eating sickens you.
|
| The thought of food revolts you all of a sudden.
|
Asthma
| Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
Message
|
| Diagnose
|
afflicted by horrible asthma.
|
| Cure
|
Your lungs relax and you can breathe easy once again.
|
| You purge yourself of the affliction of constriction. (fitness)
|
| Give
|
Your lungs tighten and it becomes hard to breathe.
|
| Your heavy lungs are much too constricted to smoke.
|
B
Description: If not cured with tree, it will go in its own after 10 seconds. While you are in this state, you will receive only masked affliction and curing messages.
Blackout
| Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
Message
|
| Diagnose
|
devoid of senses.
|
| Cure
|
Your senses return to you as the blackout ends.
|
Bloodtears
| Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
Message
|
| Diagnose
|
shedding tears of blood.
|
| Cure
|
Your eyes have stopped shedding tears of blood.
|
Butisol
| Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
Message
|
| Diagnose
|
afflicted with poor salve absorption.
|
| Cure
|
Your sweating subsides and your skin temperature returns to normal.
|
| Give
|
You begin sweating heavily, your skin heating to unnatural temperatures.
|
C
Carved Rune
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
| As (Person) finishes carving the inguz rune into your flesh, the ink fuses with the blood, sealing the symbol onto your being.
|
Runeguard
|
Give
|
PVP
|
| The bleeding (Rune) rune on your chest burns with intense pain.
|
Runeguard
|
Secondary
|
PVP
|
| The gaping wound on your chest stops bleeding.
|
Runeguard
|
Cure
|
PVP
|
| The wound on your chest closes up, leaving only a scar.
|
Runeguard
|
Cure(phase 2)
|
PVP
|
Chills
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
| NAME opens h{is\|er} maw and exhales a blast of frigidly cold air on you.
|
Hunter\Druid
|
Give
|
Both
|
| NAME raises a hand towards you and blasts you with cold, frigid air.
|
Mage
|
Give
|
PVP
|
| NAME sends an icy blue tendril of light that lashes out at you and wraps around you, sending a strange chill deep into your bones.
|
Summoner
|
Give
|
PVP
|
| The bubonis entity sinks its teeth into you, and you begin shivering.
|
Summoner
|
Give
|
PVP
|
| At NAMES's order, a demonic lamia stares intently into your eyes, but only manages to cure your blindness.
|
Assassin
|
Give
|
PVP
|
| The plant chills your body.
|
Renegade\Assassin
|
Give
|
PVP
|
| Though still shivering, you are no longer gripped in icy paralysis.
|
|
Give
|
Both
|
| A demon of fire and ice reaches out and gently touches you on the shoulder. You feel a magical cold seeping into your very bones.
|
|
Give
|
PVE
|
| A fiendish spectre reaches out and chills you with its lifeless claws.
|
|
Give
|
PVE
|
| You feel the strength ebb from your body as the cold takes its toll.
|
|
Give
|
Both
|
| You suddenly have an extremely intense shiver.
|
|
Give
|
Both
|
| shivering.
|
|
Diagnose
|
|
| Your body warms up and you stop shivering.
|
|
Cure
|
|
Claustrophobia
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
| "Don't get trapped now...", the bubonis entity whispers to you.
|
Summoner
|
Give
|
PVP
|
| The walls close in to suffocate you - you must escape!
|
Diabolist\Assassin\Renegade\Wytch
|
Give
|
PVP
|
| claustrophobic.
|
|
Diagnose
|
|
| Small spaces no longer frighten you.
|
|
Cure
|
|
Clumsiness
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
| You stumble and it becomes very difficult to concentrate on your coordination.
|
Toxin/Mobs
|
Give
|
Both
|
| You lash out clumsily.
|
Mobs
|
Secondary
|
Both
|
| afflicted with clumsiness.
|
|
Diagnose
|
Both
|
| You feel coordinated once more.
|
|
Cure
|
Both
|
Confusion
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
| NAME mixes some yellow and red bone dust and throws it lightly at you.
|
Wytch
|
Give
|
PVP
|
| NAME spins about you, flashing h{is\|er} shield into your eyes confusing you.
|
Wardancer
|
Give
|
PVP
|
| The bubonis entity strokes your forehead and your thoughts are thrown into disarray.
|
Summoner
|
Give
|
PVP
|
| Your head spins as your mind is drowned in chaos and confusion.
|
Diabolist
|
Give
|
PVP
|
| Your mind feels suddenly confused and jumbled.
|
Assassin\Renegade\Wytch\Diabolist
|
Give
|
PVP
|
| confused.
|
|
Diagnose
|
PVP
|
| You are too confused to concentrate on anything.
|
|
Secondary
|
PVP
|
| You are too confused to concentrate properly.
|
|
Secondary
|
PVP
|
| You raise your weapons to strike, but the purpose for it eludes you.
|
|
Secondary
|
PVP
|
| The confusion lifts from your mind and it is clear once again.
|
|
Cure
|
Both
|
Cyanide
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
| A viper-like sleizak rune suddenly extends from a totem to bite you painfully.
|
Runeguard/Wytch (totem)
|
Give
|
Both
|
| A viper-like sleizak rune suddenly extends from the ground to bite you painfully.
|
Runeguard/Wytch (ground/circle)
|
Give
|
PVP
|
| You begin feeling slightly flushed.
|
|
Give, second message
|
Both
|
| Blood begins to slowly drip from your nose.
|
|
Give, third message
|
Both
|
| You cough suddenly, expelling black fluid with bits of what looks to be tissue suspended in it.
|
|
Give, Fourth message
|
Both
|
| Your legs tremble slightly as a yellow jaundice begins to creep through your now-pale features.
|
|
Give, Fifth message
|
Both
|
| Your body begins to convulse, and as a scream that won't come claws frantically at your throat, your back snaps from the sheer force of the spasms, killing you instantly.
|
|
Death
|
Both
|
| You start to feel slightly unwell, and one of the bites the badger gave you suddenly seems to burn.
|
Khandavan Warrens Badger
|
Give
|
PVE
|
D
Deadening
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
| You feel a deadening pall overcome your mind, put there by (person).
|
|
Give
|
PVP
|
Dementia
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
| You look about yourself, frenzied and wild-eyed.
|
|
Give
|
Both
|
Dissonance
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
Disfigurement
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
| The bubonis entity strokes your forehead and your thoughts are thrown into disarray.
|
Summoner
|
Give
|
PVP
|
| (person) curses you with the visage of a rotting corpse.
|
|
Give
|
PvP
|
Disloyalty
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
| (person) feints towards your legs, then quickly brings the sharpened tip of (weapon) up to jab at your face.
|
|
Give
|
PvP
|
| Your spirit writhes in torment as it achieves new depths of dishonour.
|
|
Give
|
Both
|
| You feel ugliness radiating from you.
|
|
Give
|
Both
|
| Blood spews as (person) lacerates your face with (his her) knife, scarring it horribly.
|
Predator
|
Give
|
PvP
|
| You stand in such dishonour that not even your loyal friends will help you.
|
|
Give
|
Both
|
Dizziness
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
E
Equilibrium Loss
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
| Upon NAMES's command, a brown bear roars fiercely at you, disrupting your mental equilibrium.
|
Predator
|
Give
|
PVP
|
Elixir Slow
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
Epilepsy
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
F
Fear
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
Freezing
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
Focus Affliction
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
G
Generosity
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
H
Haemophilia
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
Hallucinations
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
Health Leech
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
Hellsight
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
Hemotoxin
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
Herbs Reject
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
Herb Slow
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
Heroism
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
| You stand upright and flex your muscles, a true hero!
|
Renegade/Assassin
|
Give
|
PVP
|
| You are a hero! You have no need of protection!
|
Renegade/Assassin
|
Give
|
PVP
|
| You realise that perhaps you are not a hero after all.
|
|
Cure
|
PVP
|
| feeling like a true hero.
|
|
Diag
|
PVP
|
Hypersomnia
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
Hypochondria
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
I
Immolate
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
Impatience
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
J
Justice
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
L
Lethargy
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
Limb Paralysis
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
Loneliness
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
Lovers
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
M
Madness
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
Mana-leech
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
Masochism
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
Mending
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
N
Nausea
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
| A blood-streaked demon kicks you in the gut with his metallic back hooves.
|
A blood-streaked demon.
|
Give
|
PVE
|
| You feel sick as the filthy lake water seeps into your pores.
|
Tainted Water
|
Give
|
PVE
|
P
Pacifism
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
Paralysis
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
Peace
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
R
Recklessness
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
| None may stand in your way! You are invincible!
|
|
Give
|
Both
|
| Pain leaves your body and you feel ready to take on the world.
|
|
Give
|
Both
|
| Pain is something only the weak feel!
|
|
Give
|
Both
|
| Prudence rules your psyche once again.
|
|
Cure
|
Both
|
| reckless.
|
|
Diagnose
|
|
S
Salve Slow
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
Slickness
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
Stupidity
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
Sunlight Allergy
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
Sensitivity
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
Slow Equilibrium
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
Slow Balance
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
Weakness
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
Shyness
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
Vetigo
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
Paranoia
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
Withered Throat
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
Stuttering
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
Scars
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|
Random Affliction
| Message
|
Class/Mob
|
Give/Cure/Diagnose?
|
PVP/PVE
|