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Nevertheless, this is almost a necessity for both a plot device and a video game balancing mechanic, and for the same reason: It means the enchanter/caster/[[City of Heroes|Defender]]/whatever requires other people to move things along, and prevents him from [[Game Breaker|making everything trivial with his own power]].
Exceptions can result in a very powerful character; see [[
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* In the ''[[Discworld]]'' novel ''[[Discworld/Sourcery|Sourcery]]'', it was mentioned that the only thing the wizards couldn't magically improve- even after they started recieving power from [[Reality Warper|the Sourcerer]]- was themselves (or at least, not for more than a few seconds).
* In the ''Spellsong Cycle'', magicians cannot cast magic on themselves. They can, however, cast magic on ''each other''.
* In [[Patricia C. Wrede]]'s [[Enchanted Forest Chronicles]], Herbert can spin straw into gold for other people, not himself.
* In ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'' series the Aes Sedai can not use their powers (mostly Healing) on themselves. This is explained by the magic needing to "weaved" and "applied" to someone. In this way its impossible to to lay a weave upon yourself as you would be unable to properly see it. It's a pity they couldn't use mirrors or bend light or something to get around that ... other than that, it's a pretty consistent rule: there's an anecdote about an Aes Sedai whose mental block (Wilders often acquire these when learning to keep a lid on their powers on their own) was that she couldn't touch the Source with her eyes open. Naturally, this made her rather ineffective.
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* In ''[[Shadow Hearts]] Covenant'', Lucia's oils will affect the three other party members but not her. In Shadow Hearts: From The New World, Ricardo's songs work the same way.
* In ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'', Sabin can use his "Mantra" and "Spiraler" Blitzes to heal his teammates, but not himself (using Spiraler actually kills him).
* [[Disgaea: Hour of Darkness|Flonne]] has a skill named "[[Love Freak|Power of Love]]", which recovers the HP of her allies, but not her own.
** Other spells in the game can be cast on anyone of the player's choosing.
* ''[[Pokémon Black and White]]'' introduces Heal Pulse, which heals a target other than the user. It's made for double battles.
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