One of my students came in and apologized to me in advance for what a wreck they're going to be for the next few weeks because their uncle took his own life the day after Christmas.
My heart aches for that kid. I wish I could do something to make the pain go away. And I can't, not a damned thing.
Tom Wilkinson dies aged 75. He was the lawyer killed in Michael Clayton and the bad guy in Rush Hour. He was also the crime boss in Batman Begins
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65823240
Okay, it took a while to get to (this time of the year the bulk of my sparse "free time" is spent riding around and finding places where people are out and about with small children and letting them 'catch' Santa Claus running errands, shopping, etc.
Santa season is over (so the beard will get trimmed back to pre-November appearance st some point this week), so I spent some time reading the thread.
I want to preface this with an acknowledgement: as you pointed out, I don't believe anyone looking for advice on this question is still following along as we have gone into and well-being page three at this point.
I would also like to acknowledge that I have nothing fresh to add, as others have already suggested the methods I would use.
In my own opinion, this is not something that should be built onto the healing power. Much like vampires and hallowed ground, this is a campaign-specific Disadplication that is mandatory for the undead.
The healer is not doing anything at or to the undead. The undead are suffering the effects of being too near this particular type of magic.
This is right up there with monsters taking double damage from Luchadores, I think.
To really stretch an example, if we revisit the 'create a large amount of water' discussion of a few days ago:
If I can fill a large arena with water, people could drown. Is it because I bought a second power: Induce Drowning, or is it because some of those people have the Disadplication: 'Can't Swim'?
Absolutely no one else in the campaign world is affected this way; only the undead. They aren't affected this way by anything else; only healing magic (and possibly only Holy healing magic; I don't recall right now). Everything about this screams Unique Custom Disadplication specifically for the undead.
Someone above posted that this should cost a player a large amount of points because of how useful it is, but I found nothing from the OP that suggested it was a particularly high-utility spell: how common are the undead as opposed to other threats? Can the spell be used specifically to take advantage of its effects on the undead? Does it have this effect if absolutely no healing takes place? That is to say: can I cast it on a healthy, full-strength character and the undead still fall? If I am doing healing by individual wound, and I have succeeded my casting roll but have not rolled high enough to do additional healing, does it affect the undead? Can it affect the undead more than once per encounter?
There is _nothing_ in this thread _from the original poster_ that gives any hint at how much utility there is to this interesting side-effect has, though there is a _lot_ of interesting conjecture from other folks that _does_ make for interesting reading.
Of course, those stipulating that the utility of this side effect means that the price of the spell should be high are looking at only the obverse side of the coin. The reverse side suggests that a truly crippling Disadplication should reward the undead monster with a lot of points.
From only the information given by the OP, though, I find this to be both the most representative of the in-game effect, and the cleanest, simplest, 2e-way of handling it.
Still, if the goal is complication for it's own sake, suggesting AoE on a Throw maneuver should liven the conversation right up.
Back when major news sites still had comment sections, any article about atheism almost always had at least one person asking "If you don't believe in God, what's stopping you from robbing, raping, and killing all the time?"
Just because you're apparently a potential serial killer only kept in check by your fear of divine punishment, that doesn't mean everyone else also lacks the ability to form an internal moral code, even though believing that might make you feel better about yourself.
