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* James Heath of ''[[Fringe]]'' used the inversion - he staved off his cancer by transferring it to others. Later in the series, he was able to take the sickness of others into himself.
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* ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' has spells that cost the caster experience points or cause them to age rapidly for a limited time, depending on the edition. Sometimes the sacrifice can be transferred to or shared with others... voluntarily or not.
** AD&D 2nd edition psionic power Lend Health.
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* This is how the Healer character class works in ''[[Role Master]]''—the spells learned are a free-form Empathic Healing list and lots of spells for healing yourself. Notable in that while [[Heroic Sacrifice]] is possible, there's actually a spell that allows you to [[Back from the Dead|raise the dead]] by ''giving up your own soul'' during the transfer process and then (while soulless) casting the spell to reclaim it.
* The Share Vitality spell does this in ''[[GURPS|GURPS Magic]]''.
** In the ''[[Pokémon
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* Ramza's "Wish" ability from ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]''.
* Micaiah's "Sacrifice" ability in ''[[Fire Emblem]] Radiant Dawn''.
* ''[[City of Heroes]]'': the powers Absorb Pain (in, appropriately, the Empathy powerset) and Share Pain (in the villainous Pain Domination powerset) do this. The healer is prevented from being healed themselves for a time (fifteen seconds, which in ''CoH'' is a long time).
** Notably, Absorb Pain is considered an entirely dispensable power, especially considering that heals are inferior to [[Status Buff|buffs]] by ''far''.
* ''[[Pokémon]]'':
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▲** In the [[Pokémon (game)|card game]], the Base Set version of Alakazam allows you to move damage counters around between your active and reserve Pokemon, although it specifically keeps the player from knocking out their own monsters in this way.
** Certain moves such as Softboiled and Milk Drink work in this fashion when used outside of battle.* Alicia, the titular witch of ''[[Bullet Witch]]'', can heal injured civilians this way. Her impressive regenerative powers will quickly nullify any damage she acquires this way, however.
* In ''[[Tsukihime]]'', Akiha Tohno {{spoiler|gave half of her life force to Shiki after he was killed eight years ago, dooming herself to a "half life" (not to mention the complications with [[In the Blood|her blood]]). Shiki isn't much better off, either, but at least, he's alive and that's good enough for her}}.
* Tn the text-based MMORPG ''[[DragonRealms]]'', the healing class is called the [[Exactly What It Is Says On The Tin|Empath]]. An Empath could take damage from a particular limb, scaring, and even nervous system damage.
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