This may already be clear to other people from the text, so sorry if it's a misguided line of questioning.
The text of Reclaim Power states
You Consume a Thrall, increasing the range to 30 feet, and regain 10 Hit Points. You can destroy up to four more of your thralls in range to increase the healing by 10 per thrall. If you destroy five thralls total, you can also decrease your clumsy, enfeebled, frightened, sickened, or stupefied condition by 1.
Given that this feat requires the Consume Thrall class feature, does this mean that the Reclaim Power activity incorporates the base Consume Thrall action benefits (regaining a Focus Point) while modifying the usage range from 15 feet to 30 feet and adding the healing rider? Or is the "consume a thrall" phrasing a description of the destruction of the thrall being used exclusively for healing?
If it is the case that the base action is incorporated, does that mean that you cannot use Reclaim Power if Consume Thrall has been used within the last 10 minutes?
My assumption from reading is that Reclaim Power does incorporate the Focus Point benefit and that it can still be used even if Consume Thrall has been used because it is a separate activity with a separate frequency. That would mean that the Necromancer has two abilities to restore FP in each encounter which is more than other classes, but I could see it as a deliberate design choice to offset the high amount of Focus Spells the class has.
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A good question! I read Reclaim Power to incorporate the base effect of Consume Thrall, given the capitalization in the feat, plus the additional effects you mentioned.
I would love if it gave you a second way to regain a focus point, but I’m not sure that is intended or not. I suspect it isn’t because I think that would make it extremely strong, especially at level 6. I think it’s more likely that it either modifies and replaces the Consume Thrall base class feature, or that it doesn’t restore a focus point at all and instead just heals/cleanses you. In any case, the feat could use some clarification to make it more obvious what it actually does.
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I do think the default assumption should be adding onto the existing effects of Consume Thrall.
I do not think it makes sense to 0 out and nullify all the effects of the base ability without instruction to do so.
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Reclaim Power does indeed seem to grant the benefits of Consume Thrall, as it's language modifies the benefits of Consume Thrall.
I believe it is Paizo's intention here to grant a more powerful version of Consume Thrall, but not a 2nd source of focus point regain in an encounter.