Lay on Hands Class Stacking


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If I have 4 Levels in one class with Lay on Hands and 3 Levels in another class with Lay on Hands, how do they stack?

Do I have 3+1/2 Cha mod uses that heal 2d6 from the first class and 3+1/2 Cha mod uses that heal 1d6 from the other class, or do I have 3+1/2 Cha mod uses total, but that heal 3d6?


It depends on the classes and how they are worded.

If there is no language in one of the classes that stats that it stacks, then it does not stack and you will have two separate pools of the Lay on Hands ability, functioning at their respective class levels.

Shadow Lodge

Pathfinder Adventure Path, Lost Omens Subscriber

Which two classes are you thinking about here? Rules questions are easier to answer when we can see the rules in question.


4 levels of Paladin and 3 levels of Oracle, with a 3rd party curse called Merciful that gives you Lay on Hands with a level equivalent to your Curse level.

I did just realize that the "curse" level actually goes up with other levels (at half speed of course). So that would play a part.

But neither of them mention stacking or other levels in other classes. They just both count as paladin levels.

So the question I guess is, are there 2 different pools of uses with less healing, or one smaller pool, but with greater healing?


RaizielDragon wrote:

4 levels of Paladin and 3 levels of Oracle, with a 3rd party curse called Merciful that gives you Lay on Hands with a level equivalent to your Curse level.

I did just realize that the "curse" level actually goes up with other levels (at half speed of course). So that would play a part.

But neither of them mention stacking or other levels in other classes. They just both count as paladin levels.

So the question I guess is, are there 2 different pools of uses with less healing, or one smaller pool, but with greater healing?

Two separate pools, functioning at their respective levels.

EDIT: Since 3PP material is in question, DM adjudication may interpret them differently, combining them into one big pool functioning at character level (which would be easier).


Thanks all. That's what I was thinking, but just needed to make sure. Oradins VMC Cavaliers prestiging into Holy Vindicators are complex...


RaizielDragon wrote:
Thanks all. That's what I was thinking, but just needed to make sure. Oradins VMC Cavaliers prestiging into Holy Vindicators are complex...

But probably effective.

Shadow Lodge

Pathfinder Adventure Path, Lost Omens Subscriber

Third party questions are better served by being placed in the third party section of the forums, for future reference.


The only thing third party about it was the curse selected. The actual question was about how the same class feature works when multiclassing, which is a core Pathfinder question. It's why I didn't mention the original classes in my original post. You asked for the specifics, so I provided them.

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