Breath of Life

[Jokem]

Does Breath of Life count as Cure spell for purposes of Empowering it via the Healing Domain?

[voideternal]

I don't think so. I think cure spells are limited to the cure xxx wounds and mass cure xxx wounds.
It's kind of confusing, but if the domain ability was applicable to breath of life, I think it would say it affects all spells with the healing subtype.

[Kalindlara]

voideternal wrote:

I don't think so. I think cure spells are limited to the cure xxx wounds and mass cure xxx wounds.

It's kind of confusing, but if the domain ability was applicable to breath of life, I think it would say it affects all spells with the healing subtype.

This is correct. Only cure spells are cure spells. ^_^

That said, if you're feeling diplomatic, try convincing your GM to go with the James Jacobs houserule.

[Jokem]

Actually, since Breath of Life is the 5th level spell for the Healing Domain, that suggested it counted as a Cure spell.

The strict interpretation of the rule, though, is the spell must have the word 'Cure' in it to count. So Mass Cure Light Wounds would count.

[Havoq]

Like cure spells, breath of life deals damage to undead creatures rather than curing them, and cannot bring them back to life.

...so, I'm thinking from that description, no.

[Shar Tahl]

Technically no, but I houserule as a renamed spell "Cure Deadly Wounds". This is something I saw James Jacobs did in his home games that sounded like a good idea to me. This would allow it to be effected by the healing domain and allow it to be spontaneously cast

[Jokem]

Shar Tahl wrote:

Technically no, but I houserule as a renamed spell "Cure Deadly Wounds". This is something I saw James Jacobs did in his home games that sounded like a good idea to me. This would allow it to be effected by the healing domain and allow it to be spontaneously cast

I suppose you could also do this with the Heal Spell, although it has no variable components (dice)

[BigDTBone]

Don't forget about obscuring mist and obscure object!

[Jeff Merola]

Jokem wrote:

Actually, since Breath of Life is the 5th level spell for the Healing Domain, that suggested it counted as a Cure spell.

The strict interpretation of the rule, though, is the spell must have the word 'Cure' in it to count. So Mass Cure Light Wounds would count.

The Healing Domain has Regenerate as its 7th level spell, but I doubt you'd be arguing that it counts as a Cure spell.

[Cavall]

By definition, no its not. The boon from the healing domain isn't "works with healing domain list of spells" it's "cure spells." So anything past that will be a house rule, albeit not a horrid and broken one.

[Gauss]

Breath of Life was originally called (by James Jacobs in development) "Cure Deadly Wounds". Jason Bulmahn renamed it to Breath of Life. Link

Many people houserule it back to Cure Deadly Wounds.

[Chemlak]

BigDTBone wrote:

Don't forget about obscuring mist and obscure object!

And secure shelter!

[Jokem]

Jeff Merola wrote:

Jokem wrote:

Actually, since Breath of Life is the 5th level spell for the Healing Domain, that suggested it counted as a Cure spell.

The strict interpretation of the rule, though, is the spell must have the word 'Cure' in it to count. So Mass Cure Light Wounds would count.

The Healing Domain has Regenerate as its 7th level spell, but I doubt you'd be arguing that it counts as a Cure spell.

Since Regenerate does heal hit points, callign it a 'Cure' spell is arguable.

http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/spells/regenerate.html#regenerate

Regenerate also cures 4d8 points of damage + 1 point per caster level