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So at level 5 if people burn 4 limited use spells in 9 rounds or less this focus ability might be worth casting. "Its excellent out of combat" Is an odd statement because its non combat usage is absolutely nothing after 10 minutes refocusing you can grant another boost that does nothing without someone actually using a spell that can benefit from the +5.
Heal 2 action at level 5 is what 3d8+24 or 37 average HP so 13% increase at the cost of a focus point. (not sure why anyone would 1 action it the second action is 24 health compared to this 5) If a d12 class has +3 con they would have a total of 75 HP at that level so little reason to cast 4 heals on them.
With the Champion the "efficiency" goes up as +5 to 18 is 27%
Now lets look at the Focus spell that isn't crap out of the gate if it were just class ability mod per heighten and a cleric had +4 wisdom Level 1 it adds 4 more healing or 33% boost. At level 3 its +8 healing or 32%, and as they grow in level it starts to lose efficiency. Starts out strong works its way down sounds good for a lvl 1 ability if they can raise their ability mod it keeps up. Thematically someone who focuses on the Heal Domain may want to aim for more than 13% better than anyone with a useful domain who casts the same spell.
A level 5 Caster using this with a low level wand does make that wand more efficient but seeming as how wands are 1/day or 2 if your willing to flip a coin and risk the wand its again hardly worth it. Additionally if it were ability mod it would be much better for Wands too. Making this spell not suck at level 1 benefits everyone.
No one is disputing 1 or 3 or 5 hp on a heal spell is still more healing and no doubt if you have 4 vancian spell slots to burn it may end up not being a waste of a focus point but compared to the potency of just about all the other focus spells this is quite bad. It should not take 4x limited resources or heighten x5 and a severely under leveled wand for a focus spell to seem worth the time/effort. Lets put the Heal back in the Healing Domain.
