Does all heroes in range take into account the hero himself?

It seems weird if the healer can't heal himself, cause then the overlord wiill obviously focus on the squishy healer and effectively deny all healing capability just like that. What's the deal?

Unless it specifically excludes him, it does indeed include him.

Same goes for abilities like the Runemaster's Break the Rune (which makes it kinda bad)

Thanks for the quick reply. I need to convince the Overlord about this, so can you point me to a place where this is clarified?

Here's the unofficial FAQ (consists of answers by employees to rules questions asked).

http://boardgamegeek.com/wiki/page/Descent_Second_Edition_Unofficial_FAQ

It's in here.

In particular, it's the wording of the card (take it literally): It says all heroes within 3 spaces. The Bard is a hero, and is within 3 spaces of himself.

maybe I'm lazy-eyed or something, but I didn't find it disucssed in your link. I do however agree with you 100%.

It's sort of under the ruling for the runemaster ability Break the Rune.

I would say you can make the argument based on one of the Bard's other abilities which states something like "all other heroes gain 1 stamina" while the healing one says "all heroes". The specific wording, at least to me, indicates the difference between when the Bard is and isn't affected.

Would this apply to abilities saying "All adjacent heroes"? Is the hero using that ability adjacent to himself?

Would this apply to abilities saying "All adjacent heroes"? Is the hero using that ability adjacent to himself?

no. a space is not adjacent to itself. this exactly is the reason, why Serena cannot heal herself with Soothing spirit, unless she also posseses the Healing Aura skill card