OK, Its nice that we got an extra l8 Spell than what was on the meager list....

ACcording tothe SRD, Holy AUra should act pretty much ike a more powerful Recitation... +4AC +4 Resist Plus SR25 and a Form of Protection from evil .. and the abiity to Blind mobs that attack us.....

WHen I cast this spel, it sure seems like its Self Only instead of AOE to my party mates.... I've cast it and examined party members and dont see Holy aura in their window at all. No One notices anything more in their buffs or stats....

So is it supposed to be Self Only???

Holy Aura
Abjuration [Good]

Level: Clr 8, Good 8

Components: V, S, F

Casting Time: 1 standard action

Range: 20 ft.

Targets: One creature/level in a 20-ft.-radius burst centered on you

Duration: 1 round/level (D)

Saving Throw: See text

Spell Resistance: Yes (harmless)
A brilliant divine radiance surrounds the subjects, protecting them from attacks, granting them resistance to spells cast by evil creatures, and causing evil creatures to become blinded when they strike the subjects. This abjuration has four effects.

First, each warded creature gains a +4 deflection bonus to AC and a +4 resistance bonus on saves. Unlike protection from evil, this benefit applies against all attacks, not just against attacks by evil creatures.

Second, each warded creature gains spell resistance 25 against evil spells and spells cast by evil creatures.

Third, the abjuration blocks possession and mental influence, just as protection from evil does.

Finally, if an evil creature succeeds on a melee attack against a warded creature, the offending attacker is blinded (Fortitude save negates, as blindness/deafness, but against holy aura’s save DC).

Focus: A tiny reliquary containing some sacred relic. The reliquary costs at least 500 gp.