The fix to Warded Touch is clumsy

[Colette Brunel]

The fix to Warded Touch is clumsy. It means that every paladin who actually wants to use lay on hands, as opposed to ignoring it in favor of other champion powers, like weapon surge at low levels, or out-of-combat heal with Channel Life at 4th.

A better fix would be to replace Warded Touch with a different class feat altogether, and to integrate Warded Touch's functionality into lay on hands. That way, paladins could actually use lay on hands out of the box, no fuss needed.

It is not as if lay on hands is an incredibly strong power. As it currently stands, lay on hands is nigh-unusable out of the box.

[Nonalyth]

Eh. Lay on Hands is still good for out of combat healing, and warded touch makes it useable in combat. It does seem like a feat tax though, since everyone and his dog will take it.

[Dragonborn3]

There was a fix?

[sunderedhero]

Dragonborn3 wrote:

There was a fix?

The first errata is up, check the blog post

[N N 959]

Colette Brunel wrote:

It is not as if lay on hands is an incredibly strong power. As it currently stands, lay on hands is nigh-unusable out of the box.

That's overstating things a bit. LOH is usable, it just forces you to burn three actions: Sheath weapon, LOH: Draw Weapon. Alternatively, you Raise Shield and draw the weapon next round.

LOH may not be that strong, but it's a lot stronger than what the Fighter and Ranger get for healing. Not sure if the Rogue can pick up some sort of healing or the Monk.