Divine Transfer


Rules Questions


Divine Transfer:
School necromancy; Level paladin 3
Casting Time 1 standard action
Components V, S
Range touch
Target living creature touched
Duration instantaneous + 1 round/level (see text)
Saving Throw Fortitude negates (harmless); Spell Resistance yes (harmless)
With a single touch, you transfer some of your life essence to the subject, transferring your hit points and your resolve. When you touch the subject you can transfer up to a number of hit points equal to your Constitution score to the target. These hit points heal the subject, but cannot raise the subject's hit points higher than its normal hit point total. In addition, the subject gains DR/evil equal to your Charisma bonus (if any) for the duration of the spell.

It sounds like this spell was meant to be cast upon an ally, but unlike other spells the target doesn't specifically say "living creature other than the user." Can you cast this spell on yourself?

Edit: I was looking more into paladin spells. There are some such as Sanctify Armor, that's worded as a personal spell, but the target simply says armor touched, regardless of who's armor it is. There's a confusing difference on paladin spells that are RAW or RAI. I feel like I should take the spell description into consideration..but then I find myself second guessing me when I think about everything else in Pathfinder where you aren't necessarily suppose to take its description word for word.

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