[quote=EliteCommander]
Ah, so the other races can hurt themselves with it. In that case, would Ssarak be immune from harming himself reading minds? If so, I should make an edit to my last one getting rid of the headache.
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No, the way I read it was that the flood of thoughts/emotions are giving him the headache, not the magic itself. I looked at it as more of an after result/side effect then the magic hurting him. :p

-Add on- 

And yes, most unpracticed Novices can hurt themselves with their own magic if they aren't careful, Esyires aren't. This doesn't stop others from hurting them with the same blood however. XD