I suppose however long they're willing to wait for constructive posts to re-emerge, or if the OP's question is answered.
If you are making that observation, it means you know you are spamming.

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It's a bit tricky, what's IC and what isn't. It would be IC for my characters, because they would assume it's normal and the only realistic choice they have, to suffer whatever wounds they've received. On the other hand, it's OOC because my main agenda is building a story and a memorable character. I don't believe in complete autonomy of RP. It's also semi-OOC, because I choose to assume the spells available to the playerbase simply cannot fix some problems. As per WYSIWYG, Greater Restoration restores HP and removes harmful status effects. It doesn't restore arms that have been LETOed off, it doesn't give heads to people who were previously headless (to those without the Amia headpack), neither does it change the peg-leg apperance of your armor. Therefore, I think it's perfectly IC to say it doesn't restore lost limbs, grow back functional eyes or heal scars.

There can be some issue with inconsistency, that's for sure. However, I personally think it's a small price to play for getting more creative freedom over the story. I can very well see the opposite point too.

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Very Carefully.

Really, I always found it more of a problem concerning the OOC around it than the benefit gained in RP.

I guess just make sure you have OOC agreement before hand before you start cutting hands.

There are people who want their characters perfect and won't allow anything to happen to them.
There are people who want their character imperfect and refuse to let healing spells work.
Most people are in between - just ask before yo do anything and everyone'll be happy.

Note: this post isn't targeted at anyone in particular.

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