It has come to my attention that it is not only myself that need to see spare the dying's description for the "condensed" version adjusted as the wording is causing a lot of confusion. For example:
"You restore maximum HP (instead of rolling the dice) with healing spells to a creature with 0 HP. You learn the spare the dying cantrip, can cast it as a bonus action, and it has a range of 30 ft."
While the Full Version states:
"At 1st level, you gain the ability to manipulate the line between life and death. When you would normally roll one or more dice to restore hit points with a spell to a creature at 0 hit points, you instead use the highest number possible for each die.
In addition, you learn the spare the dying cantrip, which doesn’t count against the number of cleric cantrips you know. For you, it has a range of 30 feet, and you can cast it as a bonus action."
As shown in the bolded/underlined parts of both, the issue is the specific use of "You restore maximum HP (instead of rolling the dice) with healing spells to a creature with 0HP" As I myself have just had an argument with a friend who as well as myself have a grave cleric. It seems that their understanding because of the "condensed snippet" of the spells description brought them to believe that Any spell classified as a healing spell when used on someone with 0hp would instantly restore them to full hp. And I have seen some threads with DM's also having the same issue with players having the same idea on the matter.
I understand that when you click on the spell it brings up the full description but I feel that it would cause less issues if the condensed version was instead adjusted to:
You restore the maximum dice roll of healing spells to a creature with 0 HP instead of rolling. You learn the spare the dying cantrip, can cast it as a bonus action, and it has a range of 30 ft.
I have placed it in Bug and Support due to the nature that it is in a form a issue that does require support for an adjustment to the wording used. Again I write this in the hope that this could help future players who wish to play the grave cleric from coming to arguments with other grave cleric players and/or dm's.
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It has come to my attention that it is not only myself that need to see spare the dying's description for the "condensed" version adjusted as the wording is causing a lot of confusion.
For example:
"You restore maximum HP (instead of rolling the dice) with healing spells to a creature with 0 HP. You learn the spare the dying cantrip,
can cast it as a bonus action, and it has a range of 30 ft."
While the Full Version states:
"At 1st level, you gain the ability to manipulate the line between life and death. When you would normally roll one or more dice to restore hit points with a spell to a creature at 0 hit points, you instead use the highest number possible for each die.
In addition, you learn the spare the dying cantrip, which doesn’t count against the number of cleric cantrips you know. For you, it has a range of 30 feet, and you can cast it as a bonus action."
As shown in the bolded/underlined parts of both, the issue is the specific use of "You restore maximum HP (instead of rolling the dice) with healing spells to a creature with 0HP"
As I myself have just had an argument with a friend who as well as myself have a grave cleric. It seems that their understanding because of the "condensed snippet" of the spells description brought them to believe that Any spell classified as a healing spell when used on someone with 0hp would instantly restore them to full hp. And I have seen some threads with DM's also having the same issue with players having the same idea on the matter.
I understand that when you click on the spell it brings up the full description but I feel that it would cause less issues if the condensed version was instead adjusted to:
You restore the maximum dice roll of healing spells to a creature with 0 HP instead of rolling. You learn the spare the dying cantrip,
can cast it as a bonus action, and it has a range of 30 ft.
I have placed it in Bug and Support due to the nature that it is in a form a issue that does require support for an adjustment to the wording used.
Again I write this in the hope that this could help future players who wish to play the grave cleric from coming to arguments with other grave cleric players and/or dm's.