[RPG] Can Goodberries heal a Life cleric when consumed by another

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Are Goodberries affected by the Life domain class features? asked whether or not the Life domain cleric's Disciple of Life feature improved the healing of each berry.

My question is: does the Life cleric's 6th-level feature, Blessed Healer, heal the cleric every time anyone else eats a goodberry?

Beginning at 6th level, the healing spells you cast on others heal you as well. When you cast a spell of 1st level or higher that restores hit points to a creature other than you, you regain hit points equal to 2 + the spell’s level.

I'm leaning towards no, because unlike the Disciple of Life feature, Blessed Healer specifically says that you regain hit points when you cast a spell that restores hit points. Since the healing from goodberry takes place after you cast the spell, it makes sense that it doesn't trigger Blessed Healer.

Best Answer

No.

As others have noted, if Blessed Healer were triggered by Goodberry, it would happen when you cast the spell and not when one of the berries is consumed.

However, casting Goodberry does not satisfy the trigger for Blessed Healer: "When you cast a spell...that restores hit points to a creature other than you". This is because, at the time that you cast the spell, it is possible that you yourself could eat all of the berries, or that no one eats them before they lose their potency.

Strictly speaking, when you cast Goodberry, it has yet to be seen whether it will restore hit points to a creature other than you. But Blessed Healer either triggers at that moment or not at all.

At the gaming table it might look like this:

Player: "I cast Goodberry. Does that trigger my Blessed Healer?"

DM: "When you cast it, did it restore hit points to a creature other than you?"

Player: "No..."

DM: "Then there's your answer."