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<blockquote data-quote="Celtavian" data-source="post: 6600523" data-attributes="member: 5834">This is what aid says.Your spell bolsters your allies with toughness andresolve. Choose up to three creatures within range.Each target’s hit point maximum and current hit pointsincrease by 5 for the duration.Nothing about stacking issues. You cast the spell and it replaces the hit points. If you're already at zero hit points and can't go negative (which you can't in this game), then aid restores five hit points. It will pop you back up and you're good to go for your attacks. A 1st level healing word does 1d4+5 for an average of 7 to 8 hit points (3 points more if a life cleric). The difference between 5 and 7 when you're using the spell to pop someone up from being down isn't substantial. In this game you can't healing word someone and cast anything else other than a cantrip. So I'm not sure why Karinsdad is arguing this is such a substantial benefit. At best the cleric can cast his sacred flame cantrip or hit with a weapon attack in any round he casts healing word. How often are you going to cast healing word that the loss of damage would in anyway seriously affect the outcome of a battle. Anytime you use a Bonus Action spell, you can only cast a cantrip in that round or make a weapon attack.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celtavian, post: 6600523, member: 5834"] This is what [I]aid[/I] says. Your spell bolsters your allies with toughness and resolve. Choose up to three creatures within range. Each target’s hit point maximum and current hit points increase by 5 for the duration. Nothing about stacking issues. You cast the spell and it replaces the hit points. If you're already at zero hit points and can't go negative (which you can't in this game), then [I]aid[/I] restores five hit points. It will pop you back up and you're good to go for your attacks. A 1st level [I]healing word[/I] does 1d4+5 for an average of 7 to 8 hit points (3 points more if a life cleric). The difference between 5 and 7 when you're using the spell to pop someone up from being down isn't substantial. In this game you can't [I]healing word[/I] someone and cast anything else other than a cantrip. So I'm not sure why Karinsdad is arguing this is such a substantial benefit. At best the cleric can cast his [I]sacred flame[/I] cantrip or hit with a weapon attack in any round he casts [I]healing word[/I]. How often are you going to cast [I]healing word[/I] that the loss of damage would in anyway seriously affect the outcome of a battle. Anytime you use a Bonus Action spell, you can only cast a cantrip in that round or make a weapon attack. [/QUOTE]

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