"Well, the mage spell "self immolate" and "explode" both deal fire damage to the caster."
argument is irrelevant.
How is it irrelevant? It was in reply to
Friendly fire aside, I think most (if not all?) spells are designed to benefit the caster without costing him health in the process. As spell balance can be achieved through action point cost and refresh times, I'm not sure why people are assuming Phoenix Dive is meant to harm the caster
