Life Oracle - Energy body (healing Aspect)

[Aaron Doles]

It reads, "Once per round, if you pass through a living allied creature’s square or the ally passes through your square, it heals 1d6 hit points + 1 per oracle level. You may use this ability to heal yourself as a move action. You choose whether or not to heal a creature when it passes through your space."

The question that I have is weather or not the ability can heal multiple allies or if it limited to just a single living allied creature. If you break up the first sentence to read as such:

Once per round, if you pass through a living allied creature’s square, it heals 1d6 hit points + 1 per oracle level. Once per round, if the ally passes through your square, it heals 1d6 hit points + 1 per oracle level.

Breaking the ability down this why, in my opinion, helps to clarify that this allows you to heal multiple allies a turn, but no ally can be healed more than once per turn.

FAQ answers posted an answer http://paizo.com/paizo/faq/v5748nruor1fn#v5748eaic9qll
however, I still feel that question wasn't answered well. So again I ask, can you heal multiple allies each round (where the healing can only happen once per ally) or is it strictly only one living ally character per turn

[Cavall]

If you break it down...

The word once is a clue.

But let's look for more clues.

"A" living "creature"

"The ally"

"It heals"

In fact I can't see a plural of anything. So... no. Once I'm guessing is all ya get. If not, you could heal yourself twice a round.

[Cavall]

I'd love to hear your argument on how that FAQ is unclear though

[Aaron Doles]

Cavall wrote:

I'd love to hear your argument on how that FAQ is unclear though

"How many times per round can I use this ability to heal someone?"

To me, I am understanding this question as how many times a round can I heal a single ally. So if we break this down a little further someone means some person. The some person would be a "chosen ally." So how many time can I heal "chosen ally" per turn? Or to put it into their words, How many times per round can I use this ability to heal "chosen ally?"

""once per round." Regardless of whether you are passing through an ally's square or an ally is passing through your square, the healing can only occur once per round."

So you tell me, and be honest and not a troll, based on how the text of Energy body read and the wording of the FAQ, does it truly seem a little confusing as to if you can heal multiple allies or a single ally.

[bbangerter]

FAQ contains it all. Let's remove the confusing parts of the FAQ and strip it down to its bare bones.

Quote:

The text says "once per round." ... the healing can only occur once per round.

Not once per round per creature. Or once per creature. It is once per round period.

"Someone" is this context simply refers to a plurality of who it could be used to heal - that is you get to choose who benefits from the healing, even if several people pass through your square. But you can only heal "someone" once per round.

[Aaron Doles]

bbangerter wrote:

FAQ contains it all. Let's remove the confusing parts of the FAQ and strip it down to its bare bones.

Quote:

The text says "once per round." ... the healing can only occur once per round.

Not once per round per creature. Or once per creature. It is once per round period.

"Someone" is this context simply refers to a plurality of who it could be used to heal - that is you get to choose who benefits from the healing, even if several people pass through your square. But you can only heal "someone" once per round.

You may be right, the context of the word someone could be plurality but I think I used a poor example for replacing someone. Lets replace someone with a synonym that better suits the question and furthers my confusion.

How many times per round can I use this ability to heal a individual?

Now we have removed someone as being a plurality does my question not become more valid? I don't care if I am wrong, I just want real clarification as to if it has the ability to cure multiple allies a turn. If only a real DEV member from Pazio would chim in.

[Cavall]

A real dev did, Aaron. They said, in no uncertain terms, once per round.

I then indicated to you how plurality never came up in the ability. It was always treated as singular. An ally. A creature. Not allies, or creatures.

It's once.

[Teatime42]

The original ability reads:

"Once per round, if you pass through a living allied creature’s square or the ally passes through your square, it heals 1d6 hit points + 1 per oracle level"

The key to the ability is the first part, this is a "Once a round" ability. Just as we have once a day abilities, once a rage, etc. It triggers once and only once a round.

The Faq reads:

"Oracle of Life, Energy Body: How many times per round can I use this ability to heal someone?
The text says "once per round." Regardless of whether you are passing through an ally's square or an ally is passing through your square, the healing can only occur once per round."

This instance of healing occurs once a round only.

Happy healing. :)