Okay a slight nerf to healing for a short rest... yeah I'll take that deal.

This is a great addition for the paladin! 

I might be really dumb for asking this, but I would assume we don't get to expend hit dice when using this spell? Or can we choose to do so alongside the normal benefits of a short rest?

Yeah, a Short Rest is a big deal for some classes. 

My understanding is you get all the benefits that only require a Short Rest and no other condition, so you could expend Hit Dice, etc. 

If a feature said "after 30 minutes, such as during a Short Rest...", then that feature would not work if the party takes only 10 minutes as per the spell.  But the 10 minutes here is a real Short Rest as such. 

So basically you get to expend Hit Dice, heal for 2d8 and get your stuff back? Thank [insert any god] none of my players are Clerics atm.

Once a day mind you. 

Also, in practice, often an imaginary 1 hour rest or an imaginary 10 minutes of rest feels the same for the players and in the story. :P  Except if time is a factor considered in a particular mission or situation. 

Fair points, but once you get Divine Intervention you can take a short rest as an action mid-combat. So that'd be 2d8 + whatever hit dice you expend in healing, + any class/racial features that recharge on short rests like Second Wind or Channel Divinity, + Pact Magic spell slots, etc.

I'm looking at playing a Forge cleric / Rune Knight fighter, so that'd mean I'd get a Channel Divinity charge, Second Wind charge, Action Surge and RK Rune charges back as an action, not to mention what the rest of the group might get back.

Doing that mid-boss fight feels like it could be VERY strong, though too be fair it's also sort of part of the fantasy I suppose. I'm gonna call it Divine Second Wind.

Public Service Announcement: The new Divine Intervention lets you cast this as an action in combat and it's not limited but subclass or domain, any cleric can do it from level 10.

School is wrong, should be Abjuration.

lame.

I rather liked old healing prayer simply being a efficient out of combat healing option. Perhaps with the buffs to cure wounds healing twice as much as before this is no longer needed but I won't say this won't be missed.

As neat as hastening a short rest is, do I really want to prepare a spell that can only be cast once per day? That's... weird.

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I rather liked old healing prayer simply being a efficient out of combat healing option. Perhaps with the buffs to cure wounds healing twice as much as before this is no longer needed but I won't say this won't be missed.

As neat as hastening a short rest is, do I really want to prepare a spell that can only be cast once per day? That's... weird.

 It says a creature can be affected once per day, not that it can be cast once per day. You can cast it more than once per day, you just need different targets

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Okay a slight nerf to healing for a short rest... yeah I'll take that deal.

 Yeah, cause taking a short rest heals you somewhat

This is a great spell.  Allows you to take a short rest even if you don't have time (in a the middle of a dangerous dungeon where you can't let your guard down).  

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This is a great spell.  Allows you to take a short rest even if you don't have time (in a the middle of a dangerous dungeon where you can't let your guard down).  

Don't miss the fact that Clerics of level 10 or higher can use Divine Intervention to cast this as an action instead of it taking 10 minutes, allowing you to effectively take a short rest in the middle of a fight once a day.

Can we apply "Disciple of Life" to this spell?

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Can we apply "Disciple of Life" to this spell?

Yes, as long as you're casting it with a spell slot.

This is great with Warlocks because a Cleric can fully heal their spell slots for the cost of a level 2 spell slot. 

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This is great with Warlocks because a Cleric can fully heal their spell slots for the cost of a level 2 spell slot. 

I suspect this is largely why it has the clause about only being able to use it on someone once per long rest. Warlocks could get really dangerous if Clerics could do this to them several times a day in addition to any normal short rests they're taking.