I recently got my hands on the Crooked Moon Source Books and it got me wondering if the Mending spell could be used as a healing spell on the construct races in it.
(And yes, I'm aware the post title is messed up. Stupid autocorrect.)
As a baseline rule, no. There was a ambiguous loop hole in previous versions that if you metagamed hard enough, you could use it on Warforged. But the underlying issue it raises is its infinite out of combat healing with a negligible time cost. Most players and DMs take for granted, and wotc has side lined it with every new update, but DnD was built around resource management as a core game mechanic. But because how players think now days, they have tendency to just unload every encounter, and then try to long rest if they can. Hardly anyone makes use of short rests.
If we're blowing off the risk factors anyway, you could ask the DM to allow it.
There was a ambiguous loop hole in previous versions that if you metagamed hard enough, you could use it on Warforged
If you're referring to the 2014 version, there was no such loophole. There was no such loophole in 3.5 because the spell explicitly said "The spell cannot mend broken magic rods, staffs, or wands, nor does it affect creatures (including constructs). In 4th edition it specified objects and warforged being creatures meant they weren't a valid target due to having no explicit exception.
I recently got my hands on the Crooked Moon Source Books and it got me wondering if the Mending spell could be used as a healing spell on the construct races in it.
(And yes, I'm aware the post title is messed up. Stupid autocorrect.)
No, unless the species in the book have a trait saying otherwise.
Mending can only affect objects, not creatures. Constructs are a creature type.
Some creatures have traits that explicitly say they can regain hit points through the casting of Mending, but that's an explicit exception.
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I remember that, for example, the Nimblewright, from Waterdeep: Dragon Heist, has the trait Davyd mentioned.
EDIT: Warmagus1983, you can still update the title.
EDIT2: some slightly related threads:
- How can a Threadborn heal?
- New Healing Spells (Works on anything?)
- Does healing magic/potions harm undead creatures?
As a baseline rule, no. There was a ambiguous loop hole in previous versions that if you metagamed hard enough, you could use it on Warforged. But the underlying issue it raises is its infinite out of combat healing with a negligible time cost. Most players and DMs take for granted, and wotc has side lined it with every new update, but DnD was built around resource management as a core game mechanic. But because how players think now days, they have tendency to just unload every encounter, and then try to long rest if they can. Hardly anyone makes use of short rests.
If we're blowing off the risk factors anyway, you could ask the DM to allow it.
If you're referring to the 2014 version, there was no such loophole. There was no such loophole in 3.5 because the spell explicitly said "The spell cannot mend broken magic rods, staffs, or wands, nor does it affect creatures (including constructs). In 4th edition it specified objects and warforged being creatures meant they weren't a valid target due to having no explicit exception.
So basically no, this isn't true.
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