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Looking to add catharsis mage dedication at 2nd level to my investigator (does not already cast spells, but has the CHA prerequisite). As such, I would get to choose a cantrip from a spell list of my choice.
Trouble is in the wording of the Remorse Catharsis. Two problems, in fact:
This archetype dedication fits nicely for a roleplaying aspect of my character in the game its in, but it doesn't look like it provides any clear benefit. In addition, the language seems to be confusing. Any thoughts? Thanks for reading.
First question: Yes, you need to have a spell that restores hit points to benefit from that Emotional Fervor Effect. Cantrips won't do that.
Second Question: I think your confusion is coming from missing a key detail. The Emotional Fervor effect lasts 3 rounds, so you could easily be casting a healing spell on the triggering ally when emotional fervor is still active and they are above 0HP.
The benefit I'd get would be - Emotional Fervor: Any spell you cast that restores Hit Points to the triggering ally gets a status bonus to the Hit Points healed equal to the spell's level, or double the spell's level if the ally is at 0 Hit Points. There are no cantrips that restore HP, so this is useless to my character at this point - am I right?
Correct. You won't get much benefit from this particular aspect of the archetype until you get some spell slot (or focus) healing spells.
The second question is in the wording of the second half of that emotional fervour listing: Any spell you cast that restores Hit Points to the triggering ally gets a status bonus to the Hit Points healed equal to the spell's level, or double the spell's level if the ally is at 0 Hit Points. The trigger for this emotional fervour is when an ally within 30 feet (the triggering ally) drops to 0 hit points, so it doesn't seem the above statement makes sense at all. The triggering ally has dropped to 0 HP. Any spell I would use to restore HP should get double the spell level, right?
Yes, as Hammerjack says, the double spell level would be for the first time you cast a healing spell on them (or if they drop back to 0 HP). But you can continue casting healing spells on them for the duration of the catharsis effect when they aren't at 0 HP.