Channeling Negative Energy interacting with the Healing Domain?

[Muzzy]

Can a cleric of Irori or Pharasma channel negative energy, but also cast cure spells if they pick the Healing Domain? I realize that their spontaneous casting will always be for inflict instead of cure, but does this extend to the domain spells as well?

[blahpers]

Any cleric can prepare and cast cure and inflict spells. They simply can't cast both spontaneously. You can prepare and cast either spell (though preparing inflict would be silly in your case), and you can cast any domain spells granted by your domain.

[Lifat]

Okay... Quadruple post... Wauw. Never seen that before.
I really don't understand the question.

If you are a neutral cleric with a neutral god, then you get to choose between channeling negative and positive energy. This choice is made upon entering the class and cannot be changed. This also affects your convert prepared spells power. If you channel negative energy then you can spontaneously convert spells into inflict spells and if you channel positive energy you can convert spells into healing spells.
Keep in mind that if you choose to channel negative energy then you will need to prepare healing spells if you want to be able to cast them. (barring use of magic items and feat shenanigans)

Healing domain does nothing to change the above rules.
Theoretically you can choose the healing domain, but the lvl 6 domain power has diminished usefulness because you cannot convert spells into healing, limiting the amount of healing spells you'll be casting to the amount you prepare.

[Muzzy]

No idea how the post got copied three times. I certainly didn't intend to do that.

My confusion stems from the apparently incorrect understanding that if you channeled negative energy, you couldn't case cure spells. If that's wrong, then yes... the question is moot.

[Lifat]

Then the question is moot.

[LazarX]

Muzzy wrote:

No idea how the post got copied three times. I certainly didn't intend to do that.

My confusion stems from the apparently incorrect understanding that if you channeled negative energy, you couldn't case cure spells. If that's wrong, then yes... the question is moot.

You don't get to cast them SPONTANEOUSLY. In that that's the usual way PC clerics cast their cure spells, you are correct. You can only cast cure spells that are specifically prepared if you're a negative channeler.