Effect: 2d8 + spell modifier per target, up to 6 targets within 30ft
Level 3 version: 3d8 + spell modifier per target
Level 3 spell: Mass Healing word
Effect: 1d4 + spell modifier per target, up to 6 targets within 60ft
Surely even the level 2 version of prayer of healing is better than Level 3 mass healing word? Even 30ft radius is huge, that's 60ft diameter, would the 120ft diameter of mass healing word ever be useful? PoH works out 3 times stronger in terms of healing power, and 1d4+spell mod is completely pointless for a level 3 healing spell.
The main difference other than hit points healed is that prayer of healing has a 10 minute casting time while mass healing word has a bonus action casting time. While out of combat, prayer of healing is the superior choice, it is difficult to get a ten minute break during combat.
i'm very confused here. I'm reading the spell for PoH and it says Instantaneous... i do see it has a cast time of 10 mins., but where does it say you can't use it in combat? Is it because combat doesn't normally last 10 mins.? is that how you know?
i'm very confused here. I'm reading the spell for PoH and it says Instantaneous... i do see it has a cast time of 10 mins., but where does it say you can't use it in combat? Is it because combat doesn't normally last 10 mins.? is that how you know?
Instantaneous is the Duration, or how long the spell lasts, while 10 minutes is the Casting Time, or how long it takes before you can make the spell happen. Prayer of Healing takes too long (100 turns of combat) to be realistically useful in a combat. It's not forbidden to be cast in combat or anything, it's just not feasible.
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Level 2 spell: Prayer of healing
Effect: 2d8 + spell modifier per target, up to 6 targets within 30ft
Level 3 version: 3d8 + spell modifier per target
Level 3 spell: Mass Healing word
Effect: 1d4 + spell modifier per target, up to 6 targets within 60ft
Surely even the level 2 version of prayer of healing is better than Level 3 mass healing word? Even 30ft radius is huge, that's 60ft diameter, would the 120ft diameter of mass healing word ever be useful? PoH works out 3 times stronger in terms of healing power, and 1d4+spell mod is completely pointless for a level 3 healing spell.
You can't use Prayer of Healing in combat, while Mass Healing Word can prevent a total party kill if multiple party members hit 0 HP.
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The main difference other than hit points healed is that prayer of healing has a 10 minute casting time while mass healing word has a bonus action casting time. While out of combat, prayer of healing is the superior choice, it is difficult to get a ten minute break during combat.
Dunno how I missed that! Thanks guys
i'm very confused here. I'm reading the spell for PoH and it says Instantaneous... i do see it has a cast time of 10 mins., but where does it say you can't use it in combat? Is it because combat doesn't normally last 10 mins.? is that how you know?
Instantaneous is the Duration, or how long the spell lasts, while 10 minutes is the Casting Time, or how long it takes before you can make the spell happen. Prayer of Healing takes too long (100 turns of combat) to be realistically useful in a combat. It's not forbidden to be cast in combat or anything, it's just not feasible.
Canto alla vita
alla sua bellezza
ad ogni sua ferita
ogni sua carezza!
I sing to life and to its tragic beauty
To pain and to strife, but all that dances through me
The rise and the fall, I've lived through it all!