Lay on Hands - Action cost

[Clectabled]

So a Paladin can use Lay on hands on himself as a swift action, but does he have to?

Can the Paladin choose to use Lay on Hands on himself as a Standard action?

Here is the situation I see happening. I am playing a Pally in a WOTR, a mythic campaign and I can see a situation where I have used my Immediate or Swift action, but still need healing. Could he use a mythic power to gain a standard action and then use LOH on himself.

Since the action can cost either a standard or a swift, I would think so, but wanted to get feedback from some of you fine folk... and some of you others as well. :-)

Thanks

[Democratus]

By a technical reading of the rules, no. You can't make a Swift Action into a Standard Action and you can't take more than one Swift Action in a round.

Action Types

As a DM, I would probably allow it.

[Justin Sane]

RAW, no, but it's a reasonable house-rule. Might want to limit it to one Lay on Hands per round, if you're worried about sheer healing output.

[master_marshmallow]

You can also channel energy in the same round, and Quick channel also.

It's expensive, but lets you heal three times in the same round.

[TyrKnight]

I don't see it as broken to allow a paladin to use it twice on himself in the same round. I probably wouldn't let him use it as a move action -- but swift and standard is okay by me.