D&D 5E Cure Wounds: does it heal amputees?

[Wolfskin]

Honest question: a Cleric finds a traveler down the road who has just escaped from a goblin cave, where he's been kept alive while the monsters slowly ate small pieces of him. Can the Cleric just cast Cure Wounds and make his fingers and/or hand magically reappear?

I'm leaning towards "no", but I don't know if this was addressed somewhere in old editions.

 

[Barantor]

Doesn't the regenerate spell have a specific entry on amputated parts? If it does then I would go with no as well.

 

[dd.stevenson]

In the old editions (1-3, IIRC) there were different spells that regenerated missing limbs.

 

[KarinsDad]

No. The Regenerate spell does this.

 

[AverageCitizen]

Yeah, it was. I'm sure someone will have more info than me, but cure spells didn't restore lost limbs, just closed the wound. A higher level spell did, I don't remember if it was heal or restoration.

 

[edhel]

Traditionally RAW no, and not in my campaigns either. There's the regenerate spell for that.

The target’s severed body members (fingers, legs, tails, and so on), if any, are restored after 2 minutes. If you have the severed part and hold it to the stump, the spell instantaneously causes the limb to knit to the stump.

The spell's description implies that it specifically regrows missing bits.

 

[transtemporal]

Honest question: a Cleric finds a traveler down the road who has just escaped from a goblin cave, where he's been kept alive while the monsters slowly ate small pieces of him. Can the Cleric just cast Cure Wounds and make his fingers and/or hand magically reappear?

I'm leaning towards "no", but I don't know if this was addressed somewhere in old editions.

No, cure spells didn't regenerate limbs in the old editions. There was a separate spell "Regenerate". Not sure if 5e has regenerate.

 

[Wolfskin]

Thanks, folks! Looks like I was on the right track.

For 5e PHB Owners: is there a Regenerate spell on the book?

 

[Grazzt]

Thanks, folks! Looks like I was on the right track.

For 5e PHB Owners: is there a Regenerate spell on the book?

Yes. Page 271. Regrows severed body parts and heals 4d8 + 15 damage.

 

[Wolfskin]

Yes. Page 271. Regrows severed body parts and heals 4d8 + 15 damage.

Cool, thanks!