How does holy magic work?

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Spells like smite and heal, how do you dictate that the holy energy will heal or harm the character?

Does the holy magic just becomes less concentrated and soothe the target rather than harm them?

Fire makes sense as it’s energy burns whatever it comes into contact with.

Same deal with mind blast and void mend, how do you have shadow magic that heals?

Edit: I’ve completely given up on exhilaration. The power to heal yourself through adrenaline just baffles me

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I treat it like radiant energy in DnD. Like a celestial warlock. You can use radiant light to heal or radiant fire themed spells to do damage

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Back in beta, at one point, paladins had an advantage again the forsaken race due to holy vs. undead.

But that was changed for the sake of balancing.

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Then did he raise on high the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch, saying, “Bless this, O Lord, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy.”

And the people did rejoice and did feast upon the lambs and toads and tree-sloths and fruit-bats and orangutans and breakfast cereals … Now did the Lord say, "First thou pullest the Holy Pin. Then thou must count to three. Three shall be the number of the counting and the number of the counting shall be three.

Four shalt thou not count, neither shalt thou count two, excepting that thou then proceedeth to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the number of the counting, be reached, then lobbest thou the Holy Hand Grenade in the direction of thine foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it."

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It takes a lot of praying.

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press the key bound to Smite to cast Smite.
press the key bound to Flash Heal to cast Flash Heal.

tip: to defeat the Cyberdemon, shoot it until it dies.

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“Good grief, yes. Why didn’t I think of that?” said Vimes sourly. “And that’s why I don’t like magic, Captain. 'cos it’s magic. You can’t ask questions, it’s magic. It doesn’t explain anything, it’s magic. You don’t know where it comes from, it’s magic! That’s what I don’t like about magic, it does everything by magic!”
“That’s the significant factor, sir, there’s no doubt about it,” said Carrot.

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