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I'm looking at starting a new PFS OP character with the BBB racial boon- I'm posting here because I'm looking for actual rules advice.
I thought a dhampir paladin might be fun (despite the risk of being referred to as 'sparkly'). I've been wanting to start a paladin anyway, and what the heck, they get a bonus to +CHA so why not.
All was well until I saw
Negative Energy Affinity (Ex) The creature alive, but reacts to positive and negative energy as if it were undead—positive energy harms it, negative energy heals it.
Ouch. I can live not casting Cure Wounds on myself, but having to have my own potions/scrolls/wands of CAUSE wounds for use on myself could be a bit of a bother, but them's the breaks you pay for playing something weird. (here, use this to keep me alive.. but, uh, don't mix it up with the other wand and use it on someone else! O.o)
I looked at the wording of lay on hands next.
Lay On Hands (Su): Beginning at 2nd level, a paladin can heal wounds (her own or those of others) by touch. Each day she can use this ability a number of times equal to 1/2 her paladin level plus her Charisma modifier. With one use of this ability, a paladin can heal 1d6 hit points of damage for every two paladin levels she possesses. Using this ability is a standard action, unless the paladin targets herself, in which case it is a swift action. Despite the name of this ability, a paladin only needs one free hand to use this ability.
Now it's plain as day that LoH is intended to be positive energy, since it works exactly like it. However it never says it is. RAW, a character/creature with Negative Energy Affinity can use Lay on Hands to heal himself?
Assuming that train of thought is shenanigans or debatable at best, is there a feat out there to 'reverse polarity' on divine energy? ( doubt it, or else there'd be paladins using 'Harm Touch' offensive attacks or such)
I'm not looking for a power-build, just looking to see if there are ways to build a viable dhampir paladin :) Sadly I'm not seeing much that won't provoke arguments or accusations of rules-lawyering, am I missing something more elegant?
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I'm looking at starting a new PFS OP character with the BBB racial boon- I'm posting here because I'm looking for actual rules advice.
I thought a dhampir paladin might be fun (despite the risk of being referred to as 'sparkly'). I've been wanting to start a paladin anyway, and what the heck, they get a bonus to +CHA so why not.
All was well until I saw ** spoiler omitted **
Ouch. I can live not casting Cure Wounds on myself, but having to have my own potions/scrolls/wands of CAUSE wounds for use on myself could be a bit of a bother, but them's the breaks you pay for playing something weird. (here, use this to keep me alive.. but, uh, don't mix it up with the other wand and use it on someone else! O.o)
I looked at the wording of lay on hands next.
** spoiler omitted **
Now it's plain as day that LoH is intended to be positive energy, since it works exactly like it. However it never says it is. RAW, a character/creature with Negative Energy Affinity can use Lay on Hands to heal himself?
Assuming that train of thought is shenanigans or debatable at best, is there a feat out there to 'reverse polarity' on divine energy? ( doubt it, or else there'd be paladins using 'Harm Touch' offensive attacks or such)
I'm not looking for a power-build, just looking...
does it say its positive energy? no ? then you're golden. your gm may have issue but the rules say you can heal yourself, doesnt say positive energy heal.
Apparently the things that be that make paladin's are a bit smarter than the average idiot cleric.