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empath x-ferance

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Brett posed this question.

It says the empath can x-fer to ANOTHER target. was that deliberate or an overlook?

Another means the empath can not heal themselves. I suspect this to be on purpose, but want to check.
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It is on purpose.
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The way I read it, a target is anybody including themsleves. I have played it that way for years. I have put people to sleep and drained their life with that skill to heal myself.

It really does not matter becasue you can only drain life from an unconious person or a willing person.
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Well, Nelkie you were wrong! For Shame! :)

I read it as they couldn't heal themselves. They are only a conduit like a jumper cable. Nothing really leaves a battery until you hook to something else.
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it says ANOTHER. not any.
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Shame on me, well, I gues I need to kill off my empath, ohh, wait, he already dead :D
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And good riddence. :P
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Post by General Maximus »

Here is the rule:
Empaths can drain 2 life from a target, even themselves, and give another target one life point in return, up to the character’s maximum life total. This ability takes a 20 count to activate and the Empath must be touching both targets.

I viewed it as target could be self, and that you did not need to be touching 2 targets becasue you can drain from yourself so you would only need yourself and another target. And it never dawned on me that you could not heal your self with the skill's wording, and trust me, I rarely used the skill to heal my self. It is hard to find unconious bodies to drain life from.
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That's what magic sleep is for. heheheh
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Post by General Maximus »

Easier said than done. The 30sec and not moving is hard to do in battle. I tried man times to do that, but with out a good shield wall, it is almost impossible.
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Post by cole45 »

you underestimate the sneaky.

But I do see your point.
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