Fast Healing is it magical


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Liberty's Edge

I'm not sure if this question has been asked before, but if it has it's certainly been drowned out. Regardless, for the purpose of the Fast Healer feat does getting fast healing as a class feature (Spelleater archetype of the Bloodrager being the class that gets it while raging) count as magical healing?

Thanks for the advice in advance.

The Exchange

Yes, it is magical healing.

Fast Healer wrote:
Benefit: When you regain hit points by resting or through magical healing, you recover additional hit points equal to half your Constitution modifier (minimum +1).
Spelleater wrote:
Blood of Life (Su): A spelleater’s blood empowers him to slowly recover from his wounds. At 2nd level, while bloodraging a spelleater gains fast healing 1 (Bestiary 300). At 7th level and every 3 levels thereafter, this increases by 1 (to a maximum of fast healing 6 at 19th level).
CRB page 554 wrote:
Supernatural Abilities (Su): Supernatural abilities are magical but not spell-like.

The Blood of Life ability is supernatural, which means it is magical.


As a general rule if something is a SU it is magical, it is EX it is not.


While I would argue that the spelleater's fast healing is actually Ex because fast healing itself (when it's active) is always exceptional, its the Supernatural bloodraging that turns it on; meaning thus the healing isn't magical but it can be countered by anything that would counter magic.

In either case, this is moot, as fast healing (Ex) *is also* natural healing which also falls under the preview of the Fast Healer feat.

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