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  • I'd possibly go for it as well, Except there would be a downside to this approach.

    They could grab magic initiate, or multiclass, to pick up cure wounds to heal more and it would actually work without having to ignore a part of the spell, or the RAI

  • The mere act of including "from others" is all the proof required.

    If Self was valid for the Siphon effect they wouldn't have had to mention it at all, since Self is automatically included as a valid target unless otherwise stated.

  • It specifically makes a point of saying "can siphon life from others to heal your wounds".

    So, Self is a valid target for the damage. However, the heal doesn't occur because the target is not someone else.

    If self was valid for the siphon there would be no reason to include the "from others" rider

  • The fact that it mentions others to begin with can't be ignored though.

    Essentially by including that gate in the spell we understand that Self is a valid target, but if target is self then heal does not occur.

    There's no need for the rest of the text to explain what has already been explained, it would be redundant.