Just drawing the attention of the community to my question.

39 thoughts on “Just drawing the attention of the community to my question.”

1. As written, no. You cannot trigger the effects of laying on hands on yourself.

2. Thank you so much.

3. I mean, maybe through metacognitive self / not-self dualistic separating one could achieve a state where they themselves are “other” to their own existence but that, you know, is probably pretty rare.

4. Hmm… I’have always considered myself a philosophic paladin or something akin!

5. Yeah, I thought a Paladin could heal himself because of the OD&D fiction.

6. A paladin with Alien Hand Syndrome! “I have given my hand to my goddess: it’s HER healing me, not me!”

7. Yes, but he will go blind.

8. Iacopo Benigni the Paladin is generally supposed to be a beacon of light – an example of charity.  They’ve already got a boatload of defensive ability, Lay on Hands is for others.  The Paladin is merely the channel, the doorway of holy power.  Big, flashy martyr magic to impress folks and heal their ills.

9. Seems legit!

10. You’re not fooling us, Adam. This is about “game balance” and “legacy” and “old school” and something.

11. Lay on Hands is for the people.  Wu Tang is for the children.

12. Cam Banks you’ve actually discovered the pin that holds DW together.  Change this move and the game goes up in flames.

13. RIGHTEOUS FIRE LEAPS ANEW

14. The keystone of dungeon world is OBVIOUSLY the 3-18 range of attributes instead of just using the modifier directly. I mean, what other justification for it could there be?

15. HPs and the -Cha cost of some items… XD

16. Lay on Hands for oneself is for the as-yet-unreleased Spiral Paladin, who self-heals because they believe in the ones who believe in them. (I doubt that very many people will catch the reference…)

17. Are Spiral Paladins something like Black Spiral Dancers, only in the Dungeon World universe?

18. Daniele Di Rubbo: Nah, I was actually thinking something outside of RPGs.

19. Whoops!

20. Isn’t there some anime that’s all about Spiral Power?

21. Ben Wray: On the head. ( Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann ) But that’s obscure enough for this post that I probably ought not to derail things…

22. I was thinking it was an Uzumaki reference, but that would have been messier.

23. Lay on Hands is pretty clear.  You know what’s less clear (intentionally)?  Cure Light Wounds.

24. What does it mean to be an “ally”?

25. Are you telling me the cleric can’t heal people who aren’t champions of minority rights but not members of those minorities themselves?

26. Ben Wray damn right.  *laugh* Those people deserve healing.

27. Iacopo Benigni: I see a “lawyer” playbook in the making.

28. No, for God’s sake! We are in Italy! Lawyers are just Evil (maybe they can be a new type of threat). Martino Gasparella

29. The really interesting thing is whether a Cleric considers himself an ally.  Also, casting the spell on a stranger – are you declaring them to be an ally?

30. Front: Rules Lawyers

31. It’s mostly just about the GM being aware of the wording of the spell and asking appropriate questions.  “Are you sure you want to heal him?  Wasn’t he just saying he’d leave you for dead?”  “Wait, would your God approve of this?”

32. Danger: Invoke Obscure Rules

33. Hey, you have D&D Next for that!

34. In AW, my players are entitled to the full power granted by their moves. Of course if the paladin _ asks me_ if they can lay hands on themselves that is a golden opportunity to make a MC move and I’m not going to pass it up!

    “Sure you can lay hands on yourself, but that is totally taboo”

35. Ross Cowman totally.  Turning a power that GOD THEMSELF decreed was only for use on others on yourself?  You selfish prick?  

    Well, fuck, I don’t know, let’s find out.

36. There is no wrong answer to this question.

37. A Paladin proverb: Charity begins at home !

38. …and off I go thinking of the Dresden Files…

39. Ah, I wish I’d seen this before the con game (not mine) where the paladin self-healed throughout the whole session…. “Oh, I rolled a 7, no problem….”

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