Emmet's Laying Hand

"So you... healed this guy to death? Maybe you should've named this abomination of a spell 'Flaying Hand', perhaps? You know, just a suggestion, is all."---Rowan Stillheart, speaking to the spell's inventor

You hold out your hand to touch a creature within range. For the duration of the spell, you gain access to 10 Lay Points, and you may repeatedly use this spell's spell action until you expend all of your Lay Points. Once you empty your pool of Lay Points, the spell ends prematurely.

Lay Points

When you cast this spell and whenever you use its spell action on the following turns, you can expend as many Lay Points as you wish to either heal a creature or damage it.

• If you wish to damage the creature, you make a melee spell attack against it. On hit, you may deal as much damage to it as you are willing to expend Lay Points (for a maximum of 10 and a minimum of 1). Damage dealt this way has the radiant damage type.
• If you wish to restore a creature's hit points, you simply touch it and heal it for an amount of hit points equal to the amount of Lay Points you're willing to expend (for a maximum of 10 and a minimum of 1).