Band-Aids for Dummies

[Endarire]

A Jade Phoenix Mage can benefit much from playing defensively.  Use healing maneuvers and "damage shields" to punish those that try to hurt you.  Rar.

[Gavinfoxx]

What about a Wand of Faith Healing?

How about buying, instead of the wand of cure light wounds or lesser vigor, a scepter of cure light wounds AND lesser vigor? Twice as versatile!

What about that 3e ALCHEMICAL item, the healing salve, in Tome and Blood, and Lords of Darkness?  How about fabricating this en masse?

[Shadowhunter]

Any halfling Artificer going for the "Minor Schema of Unfettered Heroism + Metamagic Infusion (Persistent Spell) along with Wand Surge"-trick should also pick up one dragonmark of healing or two and Unlock Dragonmark.

It says:

You can spend 1 action point to use any
spell-like ability granted by your dragonmark or its lesser
versions as a standard action, even if you do not normally
have access to those abilities.

There are a lot of silly things you can do with 1 action point per round, every round for the entire day.

Don't get me started on Unlocking Heal, SNA VI, Fabricate/Major Creation or, for that matter, Control Weather/Winds.



...then again, I'm pretty sure this falls under the "infinite free healing-clause", so just to include something a bit more useful, I'll mention the weapon augmentation crystal "Life Drinking".

At the levels they're supposed to be accessible (going of item level), the amount of healing is good.
I know I wouldn't mind 10 more HP on my level 2 tank, that's for sure.

[snakeman830]

Problem with Sacred Healing: it requires the ability to Turn Undead (Rebuking doesn't qualify).  Dread Necros can't use it.

[PhaedrusXY]

What about a Wand of Faith Healing?

This is a fantastic item if your party all worships the same deity or pantheon. It isn't as efficient for out of combat healing as the wand of lesser vigor, but it is actually somewhat usable in combat, especially at the low levels.

[Sobolev]

What about a Wand of Faith Healing?

This is a fantastic item if your party all worships the same deity or pantheon. It isn't as efficient for out of combat healing as the wand of lesser vigor, but it is actually somewhat usable in combat, especially at the low levels.

Wand of Lesser Vigor also takes much longer to use, and efficiency should include time.

[McPoyo]

What about a Wand of Faith Healing?

This is a fantastic item if your party all worships the same deity or pantheon. It isn't as efficient for out of combat healing as the wand of lesser vigor, but it is actually somewhat usable in combat, especially at the low levels.

Wand of Lesser Vigor also takes much longer to use, and efficiency should include time.

Time is mostly irrelevant for OOC healing, since you should almost always have at least a couple minutes in between combats.

[Sobolev]

What about a Wand of Faith Healing?

This is a fantastic item if your party all worships the same deity or pantheon. It isn't as efficient for out of combat healing as the wand of lesser vigor, but it is actually somewhat usable in combat, especially at the low levels.

Wand of Lesser Vigor also takes much longer to use, and efficiency should include time.

Time is mostly irrelevant for OOC healing, since you should almost always have at least a couple minutes in between combats.

This could just be my experience but I've played a lot of games recently with non-persisted buffs.

[McPoyo]

What about a Wand of Faith Healing?

This is a fantastic item if your party all worships the same deity or pantheon. It isn't as efficient for out of combat healing as the wand of lesser vigor, but it is actually somewhat usable in combat, especially at the low levels.

Wand of Lesser Vigor also takes much longer to use, and efficiency should include time.

Time is mostly irrelevant for OOC healing, since you should almost always have at least a couple minutes in between combats.

This could just be my experience but I've played a lot of games recently with non-persisted buffs.

True, but having fast heal 1 for 10+cl rounds isn't bad for in-between fights. At 11hp/15 gp at base cost, it's not bad at all, and is a better hp/gp ratio than a lot of things you'll get access to. As long as you have 11 rounds for the healing to have full effect, it's really good. Faith healing is better in combat if everyone worships the same person, because it's a dump heal all at once, but if you've got the time, Vigor, lesser is better between fights for cost.

[Sinfire Titan]

This could just be my experience but I've played a lot of games recently with non-persisted buffs.

Real men use Quicken.

[Amechra]

This could just be my experience but I've played a lot of games recently with non-persisted buffs.

Real men use Quicken.

Real men use a Warmage with Versatile Spellcaster, Sanctum Spell, and Arcane Disciple (Healing).

Ever want access to Heal at 8th level?

[The_Mad_Linguist]

I'm sorry, I was too busy copying heal off the adept spell list.

What were you saying?

[Amechra]

I still get it a level earlier than you do, so there.

[The_Mad_Linguist]

I've always disliked trickery with sanctum spell because it triggers "if cast in your sanctum" or "if not cast in the sanctum".  Since you haven't actually cast it yet, it seems like it remains at its normal level until you actually cast it.  This is to be distinguished from heighten spell, which doesn't require casting to trigger.

[bananaphone]

In the very early levels, Lesser Vigor +Therapeutic Mantle (Essentially Fast healing 2+2*essentia invested, for 10 rounds + CL max 15 rounds) can make you tough to take down.  Especially if you couple it with DR.


You've also already mentioned the other combinations with Therapeutic Mantle, some of which can add up to very significant healing with multiple attacks and invested essentia.

Martial Spirit + Therapeutic Mantle (2 + 1 + 2*essentia invested hp per hit.  Assuming your DM rules Martial Spirit stance counts as a 1st level effect, otherwise this will only work with invested essentia)
Vampiric weapon + Therapeutic Mantle (1d6 + 3 + 2*essentia invested hp per hit. Vampiric weapon uses the 3rd level spell, Vampiric Touch, in it's construction, so the Mantle gives 3 hp.)
Martial Spirit + Vampiric weapon + Therapeutic Weapon (2 + 1d6 + 1 + 3 + 2*essentia invested hp per hit.)

[snakeman830]

Vampiric weapon + Therapeutic Mantle (1d6 + 3 + 2*essentia invested hp per hit. Vampiric weapon uses the 3rd level spell, Vampiric Touch, in it's construction, so the Mantle gives 3 hp.)

Incorrect.  It uses the spell in its construction, but it doesn't cast the spell on a hit (as evidenced by the fact it heals you instead of providing temporary hp).

[Optimator]

I always liked Vital Recovery on Warforged and Necropolitan initiators.  Anyway, great guide.

[bananaphone]

Vampiric weapon + Therapeutic Mantle (1d6 + 3 + 2*essentia invested hp per hit. Vampiric weapon uses the 3rd level spell, Vampiric Touch, in it's construction, so the Mantle gives 3 hp.)

Incorrect.  It uses the spell in its construction, but it doesn't cast the spell on a hit (as evidenced by the fact it heals you instead of providing temporary hp).

Oh, I was being generous I suppose.  How do you think it would interact with the Mantle then? 
If I were DMing, I would probably think +3hp is too much since it is not casting the actual spell.  I would have it grant at least +1hp though since it is a +2 enchantment.

[SorO_Lost]

Lifedrinker Crystals (MiC) 400/1,500/6,000gp.
Heal 1/3/5 per attack, works for ten attacks.

Second on Waithful Healing, it isn't crit based.

[borg286]

An artificer using Armor Enhancement at the cost of 50 gp, can make +3 healing armor, which does 2x 3d8+15 as a swift action. As per action economy, it automatically heals you when you drop.  This is all on top of the reduction in damage taken due to the +3 armor.
As a 2nd level infusion a 3rd level artificer can do this is pretty amazing.
The equivalent cost is 1.14 HP/gp
A wand of lesser vigor has a market price of 750 gp.  Even if you could pull all the 15 HP out of it as a swift action instead of the 15 rounds it only gives you 1 HP/gp. 
If you had the choice and an artificer I'd do both.  The healing armor infusion for in combat, and a crafted((extraordinary artisan) 281gp) wand of lesser vigor(2.666 HP/gp).

These are quite different from methods of healing that take spell slots or charges / day.  There is no acceptable conversion from HP/day to HP/gp unless you can find a conversion from days to gp allowance.   
Healing belt has a market price of 750 gp and has 5 charges and can be most efficiently used for 27 HP/day.
An eternal wand of Lesser Vigor can heal 30 HP/day at the market price of 840

Do you have a reference for the 'Solar' you're summoning with the candle?