Type: Exalted
Source: Book of Exalted Deeds
You bear the marks of wounds on your body, as sort of a living martyrdom.
Prerequisite: Nimbus of Light
Benefit: You can heal the wounds and ailments of others using your own life energy When you activate this ability, as a free action, you immediately take at least 2 points of temporary Constitution damage. You can take as many points of constitution damage as you wish, as long as you remain alive and conscious.
Once you have activated your stigmata, you can touch your allies to heal them of 1 point of damage per level they possess for every 2 points of Constitution damage you take. In addition any character you touch who is suffering from a disease can immediately make a new saving throw against that disease with a sacred bonus equal to the number of points of Constitution damage you took. If the character succeeds on that saving throw, she is freed from the disease.
You can use this touch on one ally per point of Constitution damage you take. As with delivering a touch spell, you can touch up to six allies as a full-round action. A single person cast only benefit once from each activation of your stigmata, but each activation lasts for 1 hour.
For example, if you sacrifice 4 points of Constitution, you can grant four allies a number of hit points of healing equal to twice their level. Each ally who was suffering from a disease would make a new saving throw with a +4 sacred bonus. If only two of your allies were wounded at the time you activated the stigmata, you could "save" the other two uses for up to 1 hour, in case other characters become wounded within that time. Even if the characters you originally healed were injured again, however, they could not benefit from the same activation of your stigmata.
When you use this ability the wounds on your body bleed it proportion to the Constitution damage you take. The bleeding persists for 1 hour, and the Constitution damage cannot be restored by any means until the bleeding has stopped. Once the bleeding has stopped, you can freely activate the stigmata again whether or not you have recovered your lost Constitution, as long as you have enough Constitution left to use the ability and survive.