Er...different kinetic blasts do different amounts damage. Does it heal an amount equal to your physical blast? Energy blast? Composite blast? Does it include modifiers for high Constitution or for elemental overflow?
How much damage, specifically, is this ability supposed to heal???
The way I read it is that you treat it as a blast for damage, and roll as if you hit the target but it heals instead of doing damage. So, out of combat your best bet would be to gather power for composite blasts that way you get the most heal per 1 burn taken.
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It heals for however much your simple blast would deal, with no modifications (like metakinesis, infusions, or composite) but including damage bonuses like high Con and elemental overflow. Since it's not an attack, though, you wouldn't be able to use options like Power Attack or Deadly Aim. I would recommend always choosing a physical simple blast, personally; it's not as good of a deal for someone whose only water or aether blast is cold.
So if I didn't have a physical blast, I couldn't heal physical blast damage?
What's the in-game rational for that?
So if I didn't have a physical blast, I couldn't heal physical blast damage?
What's the in-game rational for that?
Simply that cold is not as good at healing as aether or water.
Kinetic Healer should probably state it only works with simple blast damage.
Kinetic Healer should probably state it only works with simple blast damage.
Simple physical blast damage. I really don't feel there is enough solid justification for it being a variable amount.
Mark only suggested using physical. It would still work with a cold blast, only healing less. There's no reason to make Kinetic Healer physical only. It's bad enough already because burn is bad.
Kinetic Healer should probably state it only works with simple blast damage.Simple physical blast damage. I really don't feel there is enough solid justification for it being a variable amount.
It's also convenient bookkeeping- you have your blast damage already on hand, and that's how much healing you do.
Mark only suggested using physical. It would still work with a cold blast, only healing less. There's no reason to make Kinetic Healer physical only. It's bad enough already because burn is bad.
I'm saying it should heal an amount equal to physical blast damage, whether or not you actually have a physical blast.