Charlaquin
Goblin Queen (She/Her/Hers)
Now instead of good in combat and OP out of combat it’s fair out of combat and crap in combat...
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Oh damn, it actually is April fools here in NZ. The days have been blurring together for the last week and a half since I've been working from home.
Strongly disagree. I like that Healing Spirit can heal as many members of your party as need to be healed in a round instead of having to wait for it. That keeps at least some of its combat utility.Not a good fix, IMO, makes it unnecessarily complex. I really don't know why people complained about it. Is it good, certainly, but prayer of healing is better AFAIAC.
Why not just make the errata: "The spirit can heal only one creature each round. If multiple creatures would be affected, you choose which one is healed in each round."
Since most of the complaints are about out of combat, prayer of healing can heal an average of up to 54 points, not even adding in the modifier. Healing spirit averages only 35 if you allow it to only heal one target per round (which would have been a much better fix IMO and easier to implement).
Not a good fix, IMO, makes it unnecessarily complex. I really don't know why people complained about it. Is it good, certainly, but prayer of healing is better AFAIAC.
Why not just make the errata: "The spirit can heal only one creature each round. If multiple creatures would be affected, you choose which one is healed in each round."
Since most of the complaints are about out of combat, prayer of healing can heal an average of up to 54 points, not even adding in the modifier. Healing spirit averages only 35 if you allow it to only heal one target per round (which would have been a much better fix IMO and easier to implement).
It's actually still decent in combat. Multiple party members can heal all at once. If your spellcasting stat is 16 or higher (so, all Druids are fine ... ok, Rangers are screwed) this will still put out a lot more healing than a same-slot Healing Word does, and spread out to whoever needs it.Now instead of good in combat and OP out of combat it’s fair out of combat and crap in combat...
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It is apparently an official change, there is another post on these forums about. Crawford posted about new printings of XGtE including errata and an errata document will be release soon.Honestly, this seems to me more likely to be Photoshop or some similar chicanery.