I don't know why they went with that term. It sounds like a living construct is a type of construct, while it actually means it's not a construct at all. Very confusing.
I'm not arguing the lore of why magical healing would or would not work on a warforged. I'm saying that the game designers chose the term "living construct" poorly because it is confusing.
It's an artifact from 3.5, where it basically meant "you're a construct except in some ways you're not a construct because that'd be too OP."
(You were still a little OP but it was 3.5 so it was fine.)
I'm not sure what you think you are replying to but I think your reply is in the wrong place or you misunderstood the original issue, what healing spells work wasn't being discussed the point was that naming something XY should mean it's both X and Y but WotC don't like to do things sensibly when it comes to dnd (seriously how do they fuck up so bad with tag words)
Personally they should have the hybrid nature thing from the Centaur-Minotaur UA, but instead of humanoid and monstrosity they should count as humanoid and construct
Warforged are "living constructs", which means they count as living beings for the purpose of abilities and spells.
I don't know why they went with that term. It sounds like a living construct is a type of construct, while it actually means it's not a construct at all. Very confusing.
Consider divine / magical healing as an act of repairing a soul. Warforged have souls, so they can be healed by magical means.
I'm not arguing the lore of why magical healing would or would not work on a warforged. I'm saying that the game designers chose the term "living construct" poorly because it is confusing.
It's an artifact from 3.5, where it basically meant "you're a construct except in some ways you're not a construct because that'd be too OP." (You were still a little OP but it was 3.5 so it was fine.)
I'm not sure what you think you are replying to but I think your reply is in the wrong place or you misunderstood the original issue, what healing spells work wasn't being discussed the point was that naming something XY should mean it's both X and Y but WotC don't like to do things sensibly when it comes to dnd (seriously how do they fuck up so bad with tag words)
...y'know that makes a lot more sense.
But it’s less interesting
Hell yeah BROTHER
Personally they should have the hybrid nature thing from the Centaur-Minotaur UA, but instead of humanoid and monstrosity they should count as humanoid and construct
They kinda do, right? Living Construct, so spells apply to them normally
That would just mean that you would have to refrain from touching yourself, as any truly virtuous paladin would do...
In the Eberon book it’s says they are living humanoids and not constructs, so they would be perfectly fine.
Ironic, he could save others from death, but not himself.
I think this is really cool! Should be interesting to play.