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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Orlax" data-source="post: 6731215" data-attributes="member: 6801305">Okay quoting both at the same time so I can make expansions.First and foremost I'll address why it isn't using the ally's hit die.  The point of healing from a cleric (or bard, or ranger, or paladin) is to give a character more health than they would have in a day over and beyond their own hit points and hit dice.  So I definitely want whatever healing a warlord offers to be over and above a character's hit dice most definitely.  I felt having the warlord donate their hit dice to others was an interesting use of limitation on the healing.  I can heal someone a number of times per day equal to my character level essentially.  It also allows for interesting multi classing interaction where the character of the warlord changes it's healing capabilities.  I'm one that heals by personality. If I'm a big hearty barbarian when I tell my allies to walk it off they are more likely able to walk it off just to live up to the example I'm setting.  The reason I don't feel the healing ability is punishing to the warlord himself is because I've given him a hit die that is larger than he should have.  Almost everyone agrees the warlord should be a d8 hit die.  I've gone to d10 because he's going to spend a decent number of his own daily health towards his allies.</blockquote>