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<blockquote data-quote="Zinovia" data-source="post: 4882927" data-attributes="member: 57373">Given the name and flavor text of the power, I don't think disallowing its use on yourself is reading anything unintended into the power.&nbsp; Life Transference - means transferring from one person to another.&nbsp; I don't see how you can transfer wounds from yourself to yourself. Bruises and lacerations appear on your body as they vanish from your patient. - The intent of the flavor text seems pretty clear.&nbsp; This seems to be an empath-like transference of wounds from the target to the caster.&nbsp; I realize the flavor text is not the final arbiter of how a power works, but it's often a good means of interpreting the intent, as in this case.&nbsp; I would not allow this power to be used on the cleric casting it.&nbsp; It targets one ally.&nbsp; Certainly that's not how it's written, but in my opinion it better fits the designer's intent.&nbsp; As for the out of combat cheesiness, I'd say it works, but I don't like it.&nbsp; Time pressure is one way of handling it certainly.&nbsp; If I were going to house rule the combo to prevent such usage, I might add a rider to Life Transference to say: &quot;The transferred damage cannot be healed through the use of regenerative abilities.&quot;&nbsp; Transferring your buddy's wounds onto yourself does not invoke your bestial rage, and Melora tells you &quot;You did that to yourself, so you're on your own&quot;.&nbsp; It's not an elegant solution, but at least you'd have to spend surges to get those hit points back.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zinovia, post: 4882927, member: 57373"] Given the name and flavor text of the power, I don't think disallowing its use on yourself is reading anything unintended into the power. Life Transference - means transferring from one person to another. I don't see how you can transfer wounds from yourself to yourself. [i]Bruises and lacerations appear on your body as they vanish from your patient.[/i] - The intent of the flavor text seems pretty clear. This seems to be an empath-like transference of wounds from the target to the caster. I realize the flavor text is not the final arbiter of how a power works, but it's often a good means of interpreting the [i]intent[/i], as in this case. I would not allow this power to be used on the cleric casting it. It targets one ally. Certainly that's not how it's written, but in my opinion it better fits the designer's intent. As for the out of combat cheesiness, I'd say it works, but I don't like it. Time pressure is one way of handling it certainly. If I were going to house rule the combo to prevent such usage, I might add a rider to Life Transference to say: "The transferred damage cannot be healed through the use of regenerative abilities." Transferring your buddy's wounds onto yourself does not invoke your bestial rage, and Melora tells you "You did that to yourself, so you're on your own". It's not an elegant solution, but at least you'd have to spend surges to get those hit points back. [/QUOTE]

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