Spell Updates for Sympathy, Mana Disruption, and Pestilence

UPDATE: GM Tago announced you and your group’s AOE attacks will once again affect creatures under your Sympathy (1120) spell. Also, Mana Disruption (702) will no longer remove the damage-over-time effect from Pestilence (716). Additionally, the defensive version of Pestilence can now be removed by Dispel effects that target buffs. And finally, he says PEDAL messaging is fixed for a target in your inventory or hands.

Text of Discord Post follows:

GM Tago
Spell Updates
on 11 Sep 2025 3:51 PM
from the Official GemStoneIV Discord
on #gamemaster-endnotes channel

Your AoE attacks (and AoE attacks from characters in your group) should once again affect creatures under the effects of your cast of Sympathy (1120)

The dispel effect of Mana Disruption (702) no longer removes the damage-over-time effect from Pestilence (716). Additionally, the defensive version of Pestilence (that players cast on themselves) can now be removed by dispel effects that target buffs.
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