Me and my group are starting the Way of the Wicked AP soon and I chose Anti-Paladin, it seemed to fit the bill. We are allowing the house rule of can be of any evil as an anti-paladin. I was looking over the touch of corruption and nowhere does it say it uses "negative energy".
"An antipaladin surrounds his hand with a fiendish flame, causing terrible wounds to open on those he touches. Each day he can use this ability a number of times equal to 1/2 his antipaladin level + his Charisma modifier. As a touch attack, an antipaladin can cause 1d6 points of damage for every two antipaladin levels he possesses. Using this ability is a standard action that does not provoke attacks of opportunity.
Alternatively, an antipaladin can use this power to heal undead creatures, restoring 1d6 hit points for every two levels the antipaladin possesses. This ability is modified by any feat, spell, or effect that specifically works with the lay on hands paladin class feature. For example, the Extra Lay On Hands feat grants an antipaladin 2 additional uses of the touch of corruption class feature."
I see people saying that touch of corruption is the bread and butter of the anti-paldin, but how, what makes it good, is there a way to use it to heal yourself without taking a race like Dhampir, other than using it to harm others in combat and apply cruelties, or heal undead allies which I don't think there will be many of, I don't see how this really can make or break the anti-paldin. so what about touch of corruption makes it as good as I see people saying.