healing a dhampir

[Mhart7707]

I understand that positive energy hurts a dhampir but do spells and potions Luke cure light wounds hurt or heal a dhampir?

[Scythia]

Cure light wounds, and cure potions hurt dhampir.

Inflict spells, and inflict potions heal them.

[Mhart7707]

OK ty

[My Self]

Cleanse, Raise Dead, Resurrection, and True Resurrection still work, but Breath of Life cannot bring you back to life. Remember that you're treated as undead for the purposes of positive energy, and Breath of Life specifically says that it hurts undead.

[KainPen]

I think there is also a feat, or alternate race trait that lets you count as both living and dead.

edit: it is a feat called Life-Dominat Soul

[skoormit]

If you don't mind the [Evil] descriptor of the spell, or detecting as evil for the duration of the spell (1 minute), a wand or potion of Infernal Healing should serve all your dhampir-healing needs.

edit: At least, all of your between-encounter dhampir-healing needs.

[Blue Moose]

the Anatomy Doll does 1 negative energy damage (and sickened) each round it's used. So, if you don't mind a more masochist route, it works for out-of-combat healing for a dhampir.

[KainPen]

Blue Moose wrote:

the Anatomy Doll does 1 negative energy damage (and sickened) each round it's used. So, if you don't mind a more masochist route, it works for out-of-combat healing for a dhampir.

lol I think I see an unchained rouge or slayer in my future.

[Berinor]

Unless a negative energy attack says it works differently on undead, it doesn't. That item no more heals undead than disrupt undead heals living targets for 1d6.

[Mark Stratton]

Berinor wrote:

Unless a negative energy attack says it works differently on undead, it doesn't. That item no more heals undead than disrupt undead heals living targets for 1d6.

Negative energy, indeed, heals undead.

See this entry in the PRD (or the Bestiary):

"Cannot heal damage on its own if it has no Intelligence score, although it can be healed. Negative energy (such as an inflict spell) can heal undead creatures. The fast healing special quality works regardless of the creature's Intelligence score."

[David knott 242]

The question is whether it works like Cure or Inflict spells or like Channel Energy. Cure and Inflict spells work in reverse on undead, but Channel Energy must be specified to heal the living or harm undead if it is positive energy or to heal undead or harm the living if it is negative energy. So a Cure spell cast on a Dhampir for the purpose of curing him would backfire in a nasty way, while a positive energy Channel meant to heal allies would have no effect on a Dhampir.

In the case of the Anatomy Doll, the real question is whether a Dhampir even qualifies as a living creature that this item can be attuned to. If he does, then the relevant spell to reference would be Bleed. Does anyone actually play that the Bleed orison causes a Dhampir to regenerate one hit point per round?

[Entryhazard]

Repair Undead from the ACG also works

[My Self]

Entryhazard wrote:

Repair Undead from the ACG also works

Repair Undead seems like a poor man's inflict wounds. Still, it means lich sorcerers don't have to worry about finding a cleric to patch them up.

[Blue Moose]

David knott 242 wrote:

In the case of the Anatomy Doll, the real question is whether a Dhampir even qualifies as a living creature that this item can be attuned to.

According to the dhampir race trait, yes they count as a living creature.

Pathfinder SRD wrote:

Negative Energy Affinity: Though a living creature, a dhampir reacts to positive and negative energy as if it were undead—positive energy harms it, while negative energy heals it.

David knott 242 wrote:

If he does, then the relevant spell to reference would be Bleed. Does anyone actually play that the Bleed orison causes a Dhampir to regenerate one hit point per round?

Well, Bleed does untyped damage, not negative energy. So, no, Bleed won't heal a dhampir, but your example doesn't work.

Bleed text wrote:

You cause a living creature that is below 0 hit points but stabilized to resume dying. Upon casting this spell, you target a living creature that has -1 or fewer hit points. That creature begins dying, taking 1 point of damage per round. The creature can be stabilized later normally. This spell causes a creature that is dying to take 1 point of damage.

[Hazrond]

the chaokineticist has the Void Healer wild talent which is just BEGGING to be put on a dhampir, the normal healing wild talent also works on technicality im pretty sure