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Just double checking my math to make sure I am doing this right for my PFS character. Level 5 Paladin (Hospitaler & Oath of Charity) Using my Lay on Hands (2d6) on a fellow player at range I roll 2d6 times-50%+50% right? So lets say I roll a 2 and a 5. So 7-3=4, 4+2=6 (I healed for 6 points) or 7+3=10, 10-5=5 (I healed for 5 points). Or am I just making this to complicated on myself and should just have the -50% and the +50% cancel each other out?
Charitable Hands (Su): At 2nd level, a paladin with this oath heals 50% less when she uses lay on hands on herself, but 50% more than the normal amount when she uses it to heal others. Using lay on hands to harm undead deals the normal amount of damage. This ability otherwise works like and replaces lay on hands.
Word of Healing
Using the same divine energy as your lay on hands ability, you can heal others at a distance.
Prerequisite: Lay on hands class feature.
Benefit: You may use your lay on hands to heal another creature at a range of 30 feet as a standard action that does not provoke an attack of opportunity. You must be able to speak and have a free hand to use this ability. The target heals half the amount they would have healed if you had touched them, but gains the benefits of your mercies as normal.
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It actually doesn't matter based on straight mathematics because x*1.5*0.5 = x*0.5*1.5. But in terms of Pathfinder and rounding, you need to add the 50% before subtracting it. Word of Healing takes away 50% of what you would have gotten had you touched them. So in your example it would be 7+3.5=10.5=~10, 10-5=5.
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I would just say they canceled out to keep things simple. If you really want to use both mechanics though the general rule is to apply them in whatever order is best for the caster/user. The "whatever order is best" is a 3.5 thing, and I can't find the quote in pathfinder, and other than that there are no rules to govern the situation that I know of.