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3 years ago ::
Oct 18, 2010 - 8:03PM
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Can a hero use Healing Strike to heal damage on himself? Thank you.
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3 years ago ::
Oct 18, 2010 - 8:20PM
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Edit: Never mind, assumed this was in the regular D&D rules QA and not Ravenloft. I need to be more careful when I go to threads off that sidebar thing.
Another day, another three or four entries to my Ignore List.
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3 years ago ::
Oct 19, 2010 - 10:44AM
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Oh I see how it is... I don't have the fancy red dragon under my name so I get ignored. =P No one has an opinion on this? I say you can but person I played with didn't think so. I'm depending on you guys to make me look good!
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3 years ago ::
Oct 19, 2010 - 12:01PM
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Date Joined:
Jan 25, 2004
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Absolutely. The Cleric is indeed a Hero, and is always within one tile of himself, and so can choose himself as the "one Hero" to receive that 1 HP of healing from Healing Strike.
For extra backing, point out to the other person that the game supports single-player scenarios. Is the game really not going to let the cleric not heal himself when he's the only one playing?
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3 years ago ::
Oct 19, 2010 - 1:20PM
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Thank you my dear Geer. Appreciate the response.
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3 years ago ::
Oct 25, 2010 - 2:31PM
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Date Joined:
Mar 14, 2009
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Is the game really not going to let the cleric not heal himself when he's the only one playing?
I wouldn't use that as evidence; it doesn't seem to me that the cleric can use his special ability "Aid" on himself since it says "other" hero. I do agree, though, that he can use healing strike to heal himself.
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2 years ago ::
Dec 22, 2010 - 4:18PM
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Date Joined:
Dec 21, 2010
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I would love to agree but I have noticed that some of the Clerics cards say something like 'heal a hero within one tile' or 'heal all heros on a tile' (I'm not quoting word for word). As you say I thought that this would include the Cleric himself as a solo game would be useless with this character.
However, if you read the small italic script at the top of the cards (underneath the card name) it contadicts what you have assumed. For instance, under the word 'healing strike' it says in small italic script something like '... heal a companion' and the main text says other hero. However, under Shield of Faith it says in the same italic script '...protects you and a companion'.
From this wording I think that healing strike cannot be used on himself. It sucks but thats the way it's written and make Solo play with these cards useless. Have a look at these italic scripts and let me know what you think.
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2 years ago ::
Jan 04, 2011 - 6:50AM
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From this wording I think that healing strike cannot be used on himself. It sucks but thats the way it's written and make Solo play with these cards useless. Have a look at these italic scripts and let me know what you think.
I agree that the italic text is kind of confusing when read with the power description and the overall utility of a Cleric in D&D.
But why in Scenario 1 would they recommend Healing Strike as a power when playing the Cleric?!?!
I'd assume he can heal himself just with that recommandation.
And as another poster said in another post, D&D rules and especially CR rules are ment to be bent a bit when there's contradictions or something not quite clear about them, just like some of the Cleric's powers.
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2 years ago ::
Jan 12, 2011 - 1:19PM
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Date Joined:
Apr 27, 2005
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Please note that the text in italics at the top of the card is flavor text and has not bearing on the rules.
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2 years ago ::
Jan 30, 2011 - 10:19PM
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Date Joined:
Jan 30, 2011
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The Cleric cannot heal himself with the Healing Strike.
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