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No Self-Buffs

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No Self-Buffs	comment	Strangely often, the magician, witch, wizard, cleric, Evil Sorcerer, Mad Scientist, support class, etc. have the ability to bestow strange and amazing transformations, alterations, powers and enhancements on other people, for whichever reason, but are unable to use this ability to directly benefit themselves. This is a plot device and a video game balancing mechanic: it means the enchanter, caster, Defender or whatever requires other people to move things along, and prevents him from making everything trivial with his own power. Exceptions can result in a very powerful character. The person receiving these buffs is the Sword in Sword and Sorcerer. Compare The Cobbler's Children Have No Shoes.
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No Self-Buffs / int_1d45e6aa	comment	In zOMG!, the strongest and most stamina-effective heal is Wish... which can't be used on the user. Previously, this was also the case with Rock Armor, which has since been changed.
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No Self-Buffs / int_1f62f79f	comment	Inverted in Monster Legends with self-sustaining monsters such as Alex Bone and Faugnar. These two examples in particular, for example, have several ways to apply Evasion (which makes the monster immune to all damage) to themselves, but can't do a thing for their allies.
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No Self-Buffs / int_2192aeb3	comment	Fire Emblem: As a general rule, staves can't heal the user. Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade and Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, for example, contain staves that heal everyone else on the battlefield except the user. There are a few exceptions though. Rally skills, which give a bonus to one or multiple stats for a single turn, cannot be used on the user. This is a Necessary Drawback in Fire Emblem Gaiden and the remake Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, because healing magic in those games is Cast from Hit Points instead of consumable staves. A healer who could heal themselves would basically have unlimited magic. That said, it's common to have two healers "scratch each other's backs" to the same effect, especially once they learn healing spells that affect more than one unit like Fortify. They also get the Nosferatu spell, which lets them refuel on enemy HP instead. In Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, Staves are automatically equipped after use, and each one bestows an effect on the user. Some of them heal, and equipping a Restore staff will cure the user of status between turns. (Very useful when dealing with Silence) The Balmwood Staff from Fire Emblem: Awakening, which has to be used as an item to do so. Fates averts staffs not healing the user with a skill from the Butler/Maid called "Live To Serve" which restores the healer's HP based on the amount of HP restored to the recipient. And with reclassing, healers that can get the class can regain lost HP. This is also the extent of Kaden's personal skill which recover half HP to the healer. Mercedes in Fire Emblem: Three Houses has "Live to Serve" as her personal skill, and it works the same way, giving her even more reason to use her specialty in Faith magic. In Fire Emblem Engage, a unit in the High Priest class can learn a skill called Self-Healing, which allows them to use healing staves on themselves.
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No Self-Buffs / int_2723c601	comment	Dangerverse: If an Heir of Ravenclaw tries to use their wandless healing powers on themselves it sets up a feedback loop that will burn out the power so completely that they can't even pass it down to their descendants.
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No Self-Buffs / int_29efc2f3	comment	In Sleeping Beauty, the fairies Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather have incredibly powerful magic that "can only do good...to bring joy and happiness." Merryweather gripes that turning Maleficent into a "fat, old hop toad" would bring happiness to herself, but Flora reminds her that such a spell is against the rules, suggesting that the fairies can't use their abilities for their own gain. In the climax, though, they use some Loophole Abuse to use their powers to rescue and protect Philip, as they're making him (and, as a consequence, Aurora) happy by doing so.
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No Self-Buffs / int_2a8943c0	comment	Miraculous Ladybug: The Butterfly Miraculous has the power to grant people superpowers, but it can't be used on the Miraculous's own holder. However, there are certain loopholes that Hawk Moth has been able to exploit to circumvent this restriction. The first time, he akumatizes himself by temporarily renouncing the Miraculous before having a previously created akuma merge with him, fooling even Master Fu, who is aware of the Butterfly's limitations. The second, he empowers a willing accomplice with the ability to amplify the powers of others, who in turn uses that power on him, allowing him to make as many akumas as he wants at a time. Averted with the Peacock Miraculous, whose wielder can use its power of amokization on themselves and create a sentimonster from their own emotions.
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No Self-Buffs / int_2b12151	comment	In The Candy Shop War, magicians can't usually use their magic on themselves for a number of reasons. The most prominent is that magic works better on the young, and by the time you're old enough to understand magic, you're not a kid anymore. The villain of the first book's plan is to gain access to water from the Fountain of Youth, allowing her to combine that youthful power with her knowledge of magic to become perhaps the most powerful magician ever.
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No Self-Buffs / int_3651bc0c	comment	The Princess and the Frog: The witch doctor Facilier, AKA the Shadow Man, mentions this as a reason he has to work his schemes through others. Despite being able to turn a man into a frog, summon shadowy demons to do his bidding, and contact his Friends on the Other Side, the Shadow Man can't use any of it on himself. While his Living Shadow can manipulate objects for him, and he can cast illusions that affect other people to further his own goals, this only works so long as it's what they think they want. To demonstrate, the Shadow Man puts on a magic talisman that caused Lawrence to look like Prince Naveen when it was worn by Lawrence. But around the Shadow Man's neck, the amulet does nothing at all, which he explicitly points out with a shrug.
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No Self-Buffs / int_3823caa4	comment	Trapped on Draconica: Erowin can't use her healing power on herself. Mordack takes note.
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No Self-Buffs / int_4522fd1	comment	Whateley Universe: As said in The Curse of the Dragon Queen, there's the Law of Balance that makes it so helping yourself leads to hurt yourself later, or something:
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No Self-Buffs / int_468bebb0	comment	In the Discworld novel Sourcery, it was mentioned that the only thing the wizards couldn't magically improve- even after they started receiving power from the Sourcerer- was themselves (or at least, not for more than a few seconds).
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No Self-Buffs / int_49a88442	comment	In Final Fantasy XIV most buffs are usable on any party member (and some even on people outside the party), but there are a few exceptions. The Arcanist skill Eye for an Eye for example can only be cast on another, although Scholars can subvert this by spreading the buff to everyone in range with Deployment Tactics. Similarly, the Astrologian ability Time Dilation, which increases the duration of Astrologian-cast buffs, cannot be cast on the user.
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No Self-Buffs / int_49ad83ee	comment	Mostly averted in World of Warcraft, any spell which can buff a target can buff the caster (indeed some default to buffing the caster if there is no target). A few exceptions exist where the caster can only cast a buff on someone else, but the effects of the buff also benefit the caster. One example would be Focus Magic, which increases the target's Critical Hit chance by 3%, and when they score one increases your own. A fairly common variant is a spell cast on the casters minion by default that directly or indirectly benefits the caster as well. And then there's the Paladin's Hand of Sacrifice, which transfers damage from someone else to the Paladin. Even when Glyphed to remove the "To the paladin" part or when used by Retribution Paladins for it's second effect of dispelling debuffs, it can't be cast on the Paladin themselves. With the introduction of Deathknights, Death Coil returns as a spell that can be used to damage enemies or heal friendly undead, most commonly the Deathknights Ghoul minion. However, they can temporarily become undead themselves and use this spell to heal themselves.
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No Self-Buffs / int_4a6623ae	comment	13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim: Yuki doesn't get her WT halved by her Active Cooling Device, no matter how much it's upgraded.
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No Self-Buffs / int_5a0d652b	comment	WarCraft III: Holy Light and Death Coil are very powerful healing spells which can only be used on other units. (Though to compensate, the Paladin can become invulnerable and the Death Knight can absorb the health of a nearby friendly unit.) Some spells also don't work on the caster (but do if from another caster) like Invisibility and Anti-Magic Shell. Lightning Shield is an Orbiting Particle Shield that doesn't increase the target's armor but does cause damage to nearby units (allied or enemy) and can be cast on allies or enemies. However, it can't be cast on the caster by the caster. The Shadow Hunter's Big Bad Voodoo makes all nearby allied units invulnerable... except, of course, himself.
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No Self-Buffs / int_5a1506e6	comment	In Eternal Sonata, Claves' only healing move, Unicorn Horn, cannot target herself. (By contrast, Polka starts with a move that can target herself if there's no party member in the vicinity who needs it more. She later learns Earth Heal, which cannot target her, but it only takes a Light Special Move slot if you choose to put it there. Most other healing move don't have this limitation... particularly the ones that heal all.)
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No Self-Buffs / int_615c5032	comment	Maleficent, in contrast to her animated counterpart, can shapeshift other creatures but not herself.
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No Self-Buffs / int_62570927	comment	The deformed mutant Masque, from the Marvel Universe, has the power to alter anyone's facial features, save for his own. This served to the irony that he couldn't fix his own deformed appearance, leading to bitterly and sadistically deforming other Morlocks to enforce loyalty. Later appearances avert this into full on Voluntary Shapeshifting territory.
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No Self-Buffs / int_640d9be1	comment	As a general rule, staves can't heal the user. Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade and Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, for example, contain staves that heal everyone else on the battlefield except the user. There are a few exceptions though.
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No Self-Buffs / int_67ce5a04	comment	Fates averts staffs not healing the user with a skill from the Butler/Maid called "Live To Serve" which restores the healer's HP based on the amount of HP restored to the recipient. And with reclassing, healers that can get the class can regain lost HP. This is also the extent of Kaden's personal skill which recover half HP to the healer.
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No Self-Buffs / int_68b8bdfe	comment	The Medkit of X-COM: UFO Defense is a remarkable device. It allows a medical novice to diagnose and treat any injury. Oddly, though it isn't possible to point this medical marvel at your own leg, only at other people.
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No Self-Buffs / int_6ac55ec7	comment	Dungeons & Dragons: In early editions some monsters (archdevils, efreeti and noble djinn) could grant another character's wishes, but not wish for things themselves. On the other hand, most "actual buffs" can be applied to anyone, including the caster. Many are even caster-only! This is part of why a well-built spellcaster can take the place of a full party. A few bardic music abilities can only be used on other members of the party but not on the Bard himself, mostly because he's busy singing/playing/reciting to activate them and can't act otherwise at the same time. Other have lingering effects, however, and a Bard can thus use them on himself. Spells and abilities which impose disadvantage on a creature's attack rolls against the whole party don't usually extend that to attacks against the player that used the spell or ability. In many cases, however, this is because it is flavoured as Drawing Aggro (in a system which doesn't have a direct mechanic with which to do so).
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No Self-Buffs / int_6d2aec8f	comment	Stone Ocean: Gwess has the power to shrink others, but not herself, unlike Formaggio from Golden Wind.
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No Self-Buffs / int_78974fd8	comment	Psychonauts 2: The Enablers are unable to render themselves invulnerable.
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No Self-Buffs / int_79311c99	comment	A similar instance in Iron Brigade, where the Jacobs Tubes can shield all nearby grounded Tubes around it to make them Nigh-Invulnerable, but thankfully can't shield themselves or other Jacobs.
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No Self-Buffs / int_7a489a43	comment	In Paladins, Support Champions whose main Healing ability is their alt-fire (right click) tend to fall into this trope. Those who heal with their Ability 2 (Q) avoid this trope, but have a longer cooldown to prevent them from constantly healing themselves and becoming almost invincible. Those who fall under this trope usually have Cards they can equip to grant them a bit of healing when they heal an ally, but they still can't target themselves directly with their ability.
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No Self-Buffs / int_8468078e	comment	It's mentioned in the setting guide for RainbowDoubleDash's Lunaverse that voodoo practictioners can never be affected by their own powers, for good or ill. They can, however, work magic on each other. This is hinted to be because voodoo runs heavily on Clap Your Hands If You Believe (it's more effective on those who believe in it, for one thing), and obviously you can't truly fool yourself.
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No Self-Buffs / int_86814e56	comment	In Final Fantasy VI, Sabin can use his "Mantra" and "Spiraler" Blitzes to heal his teammates, but not himself (using Spiraler actually kills him).
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No Self-Buffs / int_90f42a9b	comment	Zig-zagged in The Wheel of Time. Although channelers can use some weaves of the One Power on themselves, it's impossible for them to target themselves with Healing Hands, and some other weaves are difficult for them to use on themselves because they can't get a clear view of how they're applying their power.
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No Self-Buffs / int_90f94684	comment	In Fire Emblem Engage, a unit in the High Priest class can learn a skill called Self-Healing, which allows them to use healing staves on themselves.
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No Self-Buffs / int_91684031	comment	PokÃ©mon Black and White introduces Heal Pulse, which heals a target other than the user. It's made for double battles. Which does nothing to abate the guilt when a wild Audino spams it on you while you're beating the crap out of the poor thing for precious EXP.
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No Self-Buffs / int_9ba3174f	comment	This is the last obstacle to becoming an orah in The Quest of the Unaligned. You can never take light magic for yourself, only give it to someone else.
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No Self-Buffs / int_9cc9639	comment	Disgaea: Hour of Darkness: Flonne has a skill named "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, including damaging spells and debuffs. You and your allies are most definitely NOT Friendly Fireproof.
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No Self-Buffs / int_a77715a8	comment	Overwatch has Mercy, a Swiss medic with an angel motif and a staff that can either heal her teammates or give them a damage buff, but not herself. Her suit can heal her, but it only activates after she hasnâ€™t been hit for a couple seconds. Something that is slightly difficult when youâ€™re a Support character
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No Self-Buffs / int_a81325d3	comment	Final Fantasy: In Final Fantasy VI, Sabin can use his "Mantra" and "Spiraler" Blitzes to heal his teammates, but not himself (using Spiraler actually kills him). In Final Fantasy XIV most buffs are usable on any party member (and some even on people outside the party), but there are a few exceptions. The Arcanist skill Eye for an Eye for example can only be cast on another, although Scholars can subvert this by spreading the buff to everyone in range with Deployment Tactics. Similarly, the Astrologian ability Time Dilation, which increases the duration of Astrologian-cast buffs, cannot be cast on the user. Two of Final Fantasy Tactics A2's Blue Magic spells are this. The first is White Wind, an area-of-effect spell that heals all other targets equal to the caster's current HP. The second is Angel Whisper, an Auto-Revive spell. In both cases, it's a nerf meant to keep them from being as overpowered as they are in Final Fantasy Tactics Advance.
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No Self-Buffs / int_a825da3e	comment	In Magic: The Gathering, the creatures nicknamed "lords" by the players buff all other creatures of a certain species/class but don't buff themselves. This was actually averted in the early days of Magic, but players kept forgetting that it applied to the lord, leading Wizards to change the design.
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No Self-Buffs / int_ad34ca69	comment	Two of Final Fantasy Tactics A2's Blue Magic spells are this. The first is White Wind, an area-of-effect spell that heals all other targets equal to the caster's current HP. The second is Angel Whisper, an Auto-Revive spell. In both cases, it's a nerf meant to keep them from being as overpowered as they are in Final Fantasy Tactics Advance.
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No Self-Buffs / int_ad6a095e	comment	Princess: The Hopeful: Inverted with the Princesses of Mirrors, who can apply their Invocation for free to any Charm they cast that targets themselves (which will, for obvious reasons, usually be buff spells). Similarly, several Bless Charms have an upgrade for each Court that grants a more powerful blessing, but restricts it to a specific subset of rolls where the base version can be used to boost anything. In every case, the Specchio version of these Charms grants the enhanced bonus to every roll, but can only be cast on the Princess herself.
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No Self-Buffs / int_b0028436	comment	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable: Josuke has the power to restore anything and everything to a previous state... except himself, fitting his selfless nature. It will work on matter separated from his body (like blood), so long as he doesn't make it part of his body again. Yoshikage Kira gains a power called Bites the Dust, which will automatically kill anyone who uncovers his real name. Since he's trying to hide from the heroes, it's extremely useful. However, the power must be "set" on someone, and since it requires removing Killer Queen from himself to set it, Kira can't make himself the focal point. Stone Ocean: Gwess has the power to shrink others, but not herself, unlike Formaggio from Golden Wind. The JoJoLands: Usagi's Stand can transform into anything; this includes very complex objects, like a working security camera that can play slightly changed live footage. The weakness of this power is that he can't get his Stand to transform into anything he wants. To get his Stand to trigger its ability, he has to rely on someone else by asking them what they want (or by telling them to ask for something specific), and only then will Matte Kudasai change into whatever they asked for.
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No Self-Buffs / int_b2b8158	comment	Diamond is Unbreakable: Josuke has the power to restore anything and everything to a previous state... except himself, fitting his selfless nature. It will work on matter separated from his body (like blood), so long as he doesn't make it part of his body again. Yoshikage Kira gains a power called Bites the Dust, which will automatically kill anyone who uncovers his real name. Since he's trying to hide from the heroes, it's extremely useful. However, the power must be "set" on someone, and since it requires removing Killer Queen from himself to set it, Kira can't make himself the focal point.
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No Self-Buffs / int_b4da204b	comment	In Mini Robot Wars, the Fixer Bot can heal all minirobot units around her, but not herself.
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No Self-Buffs / int_b962c879	comment	Fairy Tail: Wendy's Sky Dragon Slayer Magic includes Healing Hands as part of the package, but she can't heal herself directly. Particularly noticeable since she can use her own Enchantments on herself. Her God Slayer counterpart, Chellia, has no such restriction, putting her at an advantage over Wendy.
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No Self-Buffs / int_b97f910f	comment	In Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time, the Glitter Zombie's rainbow trails will affect all zombies that aren't herself or other Glitter Zombies. A damn good thing too, as said rainbow trails make all zombies within completely damn invulnerable to damage and slowing/stunning effects.
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No Self-Buffs / int_bd41836e	comment	StarCraft: the Arbiter passively cloaks nearby friendly units, but remains visible itself, even two Arbiters won't work.
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No Self-Buffs / int_c00c0023	comment	Empire Earth: Both types of hero unit have an ability that only works on other units and not themselves: the Warrior hero causes friendly units to take half damage, while the Strategist heals them. However, they are immune to their and each other's effects, though they have very high health, regeneration and can still be healed at a hospital to make up for it.
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No Self-Buffs / int_c0d295c4	comment	The Medic from Team Fortress 2 can't heal or buff himself with his Medigun (barring the Kritzkrieg's taunt, which is deliberately too slow for practical use), but has slowly Regenerating Health to make up for it. Most of his possible Ubers make both him and his Uber target invulnerable or at least much more durable, but the Kritzkrieg's Uber crit-boosting is completely unusable by the Medic (as it only takes effect when the Kritzkrieg, which can't attack, is deployed).
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No Self-Buffs / int_c1b1b573	comment	Undead Unluck: One standard rule for Negators is that a power can either negate things happening to the user themselves or to outside targets, but never both. Andy's Undead (which negates his own death) is in the former category while Fuuko's Unluck (which negates the luck of other people) falls into the latter category, for example.
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No Self-Buffs / int_c4771251	comment	Inverted with Feruchemists from Mistborn. Their Equivalent Exchange-based powers only work on themselves - Feruchemy can't be used directly to alter someone else's abilities. Feruchemy's sister magic system Allomancy is similar, though it has some "external" powers that work on others, while the third system in the triad, Hemalurgy can power up anyone so long as the person actually performing it is willing to pay the price.
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No Self-Buffs / int_c90e194f	comment	The Fairy Godmother in The Slipper and the Rose can't use her magic to do things for herself.
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No Self-Buffs / int_d11c45fe	comment	In Jasper in Deadland, because Jasper entered Deadland while still being alive, his presence inadvertently causes the dead citizens to begin remembering their time in the Living World. This doesn't affect him though, as he slowly loses his memories the same way that everyone else does, even triggering a Third-Person Flashback shortly after forgetting all of his memories.
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No Self-Buffs / int_d1bf110e	comment	At one point in Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle, the princess tries casting a high-level sleep spell on herself. It knocks out everyone in the castle except her.
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No Self-Buffs / int_d4f9ccf	comment	In Aladdin and its sequels/spin-off TV series, the Genie's power is much greater when granting wishes for others than when doing things for himself. The former lets him wield "phenomenal cosmic power", while the latter only lets him use "semi-phenomenal nearly-cosmic power." One really powerful individual with chaos powers was described as a "genie who could grant his own wishes.", which scares the hell out of Genie. Since Genie is a free genie after the first movie, technically everything he does is for himself rather than granting the wishes of others, which explains why he is weaker.
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No Self-Buffs / int_d5bdc32e	comment	In Gold Digger, Djinn cannot use their powers for their own benefit. For example, a Djinn could make themselves physically stronger, but only to defend someone else. Most were content with granting each other's wishes, but the ambitions of Madrid to try and bypass this limitation was a major focus of an earlier story arc.
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No Self-Buffs / int_defedb34	comment	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.
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No Self-Buffs / int_e04f934e	comment	Mercedes in Fire Emblem: Three Houses has "Live to Serve" as her personal skill, and it works the same way, giving her even more reason to use her specialty in Faith magic.
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No Self-Buffs / int_e293455a	comment	In Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Vengeance Demons can't grant wishes on their own behalf, so when Anya wants vengeance on Xander for leaving her at the altar, she has to go to everyone she knows and try to get them to wish vengeance on him.
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No Self-Buffs / int_e7a27429	comment	In The Bridge, the Kaiju in Equestria need benign magic in order to charge up and temporarily return to their original forms. But this magic has to be external, like from one of the Mane Six; even the Kaiju whose new bodies can use magic can't charge themselves for some reason.
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No Self-Buffs / int_e9e265b6	comment	The Balmwood Staff from Fire Emblem: Awakening, which has to be used as an item to do so.
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No Self-Buffs / int_ebffc81f	comment	Inverted in Mage: The Awakening: casting a spell on oneself is always easier than casting it one someone else. For example casting a protective Mage Armor spell requires two points in any of the Arcana, but casting the same spell on someone else requires three points. This is done away with in 2e: Mages no longer require having a higher level arcanum to target others with their spells. Princess: The Hopeful: Inverted with the Princesses of Mirrors, who can apply their Invocation for free to any Charm they cast that targets themselves (which will, for obvious reasons, usually be buff spells). Similarly, several Bless Charms have an upgrade for each Court that grants a more powerful blessing, but restricts it to a specific subset of rolls where the base version can be used to boost anything. In every case, the Specchio version of these Charms grants the enhanced bonus to every roll, but can only be cast on the Princess herself.
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No Self-Buffs / int_ef0dea89	comment	Shimmer and Shine: Wish magic is the most powerful magic a genie can use but no one can use it to grant one's own wishes.
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No Self-Buffs / int_ef215943	comment	In PAYDAY: The Heist, players can equip "crew bonuses" to, well, provide bonuses to their crew — things like increased health, damage, ammo capacity, et cetera. Since these bonuses only apply to the player's crewmates and not the player himself, the meta is for a full four-man crew to have two players equip one bonus and the other two equip another, so the full crew can benefit from both bonuses.
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No Self-Buffs / int_f10a65b	comment	Legends of Tomorrow: Fairy Godmothers have incredible power, but are cursed to only be able to act on the direct orders of who they are bonded to (or to defend them from immediate danger). Tabitha, the primary fairy godmother in the show, convinces Nora Darhk to take her curse by leading her to believe it will help her heal a friend. Without the curse, Tabitha is significantly weaker, but still a powerful witch, and now free to do as she pleases.
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No Self-Buffs / int_f2041376	comment	In Charmed, witches cannot use magic for personal gain. If they try, the world will twist it against them, or outright delete the results. This only applies to good-aligned witches, enforced by The Powers That Be. In the Post-Script Season comic series, an incident renders humans magical and witches powerless and the empowered humans can freely use magic for any whim. Evil witches can do pretty much whatever they want, something the protagonists regularly lament, but they usually have to steal the power to do so from forces of good.
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No Self-Buffs / int_f2eaba83	comment	The JoJoLands: Usagi's Stand can transform into anything; this includes very complex objects, like a working security camera that can play slightly changed live footage. The weakness of this power is that he can't get his Stand to transform into anything he wants. To get his Stand to trigger its ability, he has to rely on someone else by asking them what they want (or by telling them to ask for something specific), and only then will Matte Kudasai change into whatever they asked for.
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No Self-Buffs / int_f9b9dfe4	comment	In Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, Staves are automatically equipped after use, and each one bestows an effect on the user. Some of them heal, and equipping a Restore staff will cure the user of status between turns. (Very useful when dealing with Silence)
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No Self-Buffs / int_fa5e90fd	comment	City of Heroes naturally has the support powersets mainly only able to buff others, though some can also buff themselves; sometimes while debuffing or damaging enemies in the process, sometimes in a power that affects all of their teammates, including themselves. The reasons for this are obvious; even two buffers looking after each other can be a very effective team.
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Gold Digger (Comic Book) / int_1bf022ce	type	No Self-Buffs
The Princess and the Frog / Disney / int_1bf022ce	type	No Self-Buffs
A Change of Pace (Fanfic) / int_1bf022ce	type	No Self-Buffs
Dangerverse (Fanfic) / int_1bf022ce	type	No Self-Buffs
Jackie Chan Adventures: Olympian Journey (Fanfic) / int_1bf022ce	type	No Self-Buffs
The Bridge (MLP) (Fanfic) / int_1bf022ce	type	No Self-Buffs
The Belles / int_1bf022ce	type	No Self-Buffs
Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle (Manga) / int_1bf022ce	type	No Self-Buffs
Fabula Ultima (Tabletop Game) / int_1bf022ce	type	No Self-Buffs
Jasper in Deadland (Theatre) / int_1bf022ce	type	No Self-Buffs
Blue Archive (Video Game) / int_1bf022ce	type	No Self-Buffs
Darkest Dungeon (Video Game) / int_1bf022ce	type	No Self-Buffs
Fire Emblem Gaiden (Video Game) / int_1bf022ce	type	No Self-Buffs
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Mini Robot Wars (Video Game) / int_1bf022ce	type	No Self-Buffs
Nintendo Wars (Video Game) / int_1bf022ce	type	No Self-Buffs
Plants vs. Zombies: Heroes (Video Game) / int_1bf022ce	type	No Self-Buffs
Red Resurrection (Video Game) / int_1bf022ce	type	No Self-Buffs
Chaos;Head (Visual Novel) / int_1bf022ce	type	No Self-Buffs
Grrl Power (Webcomic) / int_1bf022ce	type	No Self-Buffs
The Princess and the Frog / int_1bf022ce	type	No Self-Buffs
Gaia Online (Website) / int_1bf022ce	type	No Self-Buffs

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