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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 7037263" data-attributes="member: 20564"><p>You had specifically called out lore bard so I hadn't factored life cleric into it. Thanks for the update.</p><p></p><p>Okay, it'll take an action to cast and then a bonus action each round (including the first) to use. Assuming 5 rounds of actions after someone gets hurt, that's (7+6)*5=65 points of healing. Really good for a 3rd level slot. </p><p></p><p>A life cleric with a 3rd level slot doing Mass Healing Word gets a little less than half that (31.25), though with a much better action economy of no actions and only a single bonus action. </p><p></p><p>So comparing to two of those Aura of Vitality has double the slot economy but loses on action economy, taking an action and taking 3 more bonus actions. But as I put out, I am looking over a whole day (of 4 hard combats plus a short rest), and that slot economy heavily trumps since it will allow this to be up for most/all of the combats in a day.</p><p></p><p>Okay, you convinced me. I'd be even happier if you could upcast it and it would scale, but it's really efficient at healing a reasonable chunk for that level.</p><p></p><p>(And since we're talking lore bard, using up bonus action doesn't kill your ability to use Inspiration since Cutting Words is a reaction. Though wish it wasn't concentration so I could also bless or something.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blue, post: 7037263, member: 20564"] You had specifically called out lore bard so I hadn't factored life cleric into it. Thanks for the update. Okay, it'll take an action to cast and then a bonus action each round (including the first) to use. Assuming 5 rounds of actions after someone gets hurt, that's (7+6)*5=65 points of healing. Really good for a 3rd level slot. A life cleric with a 3rd level slot doing Mass Healing Word gets a little less than half that (31.25), though with a much better action economy of no actions and only a single bonus action. So comparing to two of those Aura of Vitality has double the slot economy but loses on action economy, taking an action and taking 3 more bonus actions. But as I put out, I am looking over a whole day (of 4 hard combats plus a short rest), and that slot economy heavily trumps since it will allow this to be up for most/all of the combats in a day. Okay, you convinced me. I'd be even happier if you could upcast it and it would scale, but it's really efficient at healing a reasonable chunk for that level. (And since we're talking lore bard, using up bonus action doesn't kill your ability to use Inspiration since Cutting Words is a reaction. Though wish it wasn't concentration so I could also bless or something.) [/QUOTE]
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