Mass Harm?

[HomerJS]

no mass heal range is 25feet +5 feet every 2 levels.

 

[Anthron]

no mass heal range is 25feet +5 feet every 2 levels.

Only when healing, if you read the description Caliban posted you would see it states:

If used against undead creatures (requires a successful touch attack), mass heal reduces them to 1d4 hp.

 

[AuraSeer]

A spell that requires touch is not necessarily limited to one target. Look at chill touch or water breathing, both of which are multiple-target touch spells.

Also, note that a "touch attack" does not imply that physical contact is necessary. (If that were the case, the spell would have a range of Touch.) A ranged spell that uses a touch attack simply makes a ranged touch attack-- like a ray or an acid arrow.

 

[Anthron]

A spell that requires touch is not necessarily limited to one target. Look at chill touch or water breathing, both of which are multiple-target touch spells.

Also, note that a "touch attack" does not imply that physical contact is necessary. (If that were the case, the spell would have a range of Touch.) A ranged spell that uses a touch attack simply makes a ranged touch attack-- like a ray or an acid arrow.

Correct me if I am wrong but a ranged touch attack is different then a touch attack? When something says it requires a touch attack the person cannot substitute that for a ranged touch attack right?

From the SRD
Touch Attack
Touch attacks come in two types: melee touch attacks and ranged touch attacks. A character can score critical hits with either type of attack. A character's opponent's AC against a touch attack does not include any armor bonus, shield bonus, or natural armor bonus. The target's size modifier, Dexterity modifier, and deflection bonus (if any) all apply normally.

That would imply that there is a difference between a Ranged Touch Attack and a standard Touch Attack . I would think that not all the undead in the affected area of a Mass Heal would be subject to a touch attack from the casting cleric for the round that it was cast.

From the SRD
Touch Attack
Touch Spells and Holding the Charge: If the character doesn't discharge a touch spell on the round the character casts the spell, the character can hold the discharge of the spell (hold the charge) indefinitely.

The character can make touch attacks round after round. The character can touch one friend (or the character can touch his or her self) as a standard action or up to six friends as a full-round action. If the character touches anything with the character's hand while holding a charge, the spell discharges. If the character casts another spell, the touch spell dissipates.

Would the cleric get a free Touch Attack against all undead in the area when touching 6 willing subjects takes a full round? If the cleric can hold the charge how many undead can he touch and in how many rounds?

 

[Belbarrus]

"One of the PC' got rather miffed at the thought of it, because I couldn't recall if it was in a WotC book or not. "

The only thing that I can think of that comes close is Mass C-harm

 

[AshSomething]

Details of Harm, Greater and harm, Mass are located on page 30 of the 3.5 book Heroes of Horror:

HARM, GREATER
Level: Cleric 7, dread necromancer 7
Range: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Target: One creature

As harm (see page 239 of the Player’s Handbook), except as noted above and in that this spell deals 1d12 points of damage per caster level, to a maximum of 20d12 at 20th level.

HARM, MASS
Level: Dread necromancer 9
Range: 20 ft.
Area: 20-ft.-radius burst centered on caster
Targets: All creatures except the caster in the area

As greater harm, except as noted above.