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clerics were great in 1e. Especially with a decent wisdom and the bonus spell slots you got from that. And not just healbot. Spells...

This is awkward. Raises hand.... (Well, technically Combat lifesaver (combat medic lite), but was a UH-60 crewchief on plenty of...

Ok. In real life medics have to go to the wounded person, at risk to their own health, to help them during combat. I see no reason D&D...

This was what the Sanctuary spell in 1e was for.

Clerics can and should heal people, just not in the moment after the PC dropped so the player still gets to take their turn without...

I'm actually not a huge fan of in-combat healing anyway. I really don't care for the "whack-a-mole" effect it often engenders.

Or, just make on-the-fly in-combat healing not a thing; or something done only at very great risk to both the caster and the recipient...

To me the purpose of rules is to represent fiction. If any rule can represent any fiction, then there is really no reason to have...

To be fair, I believe @Lanefan is running (roughly) weekly games that go for real-life decades, with many hundreds of sessions; I don't...

Indeed. My game is the one that uses free-floating slots a la 3e Sorcerers (which is where I stole the idea from), largely because I...

There's a difference between cheerleaders who can't otherwise do anything and supporters who can (try to) do things just not as...

Some adventures are just better suited to some characters. I'm fine with that, as long as the DM tries to mix it up a bit e.g. if the...

I've definitely seen players suggest house rules in bad faith (or at least munchkin oriented towards their character), or groups get an...

I don't see why a clear houserule wouldn't be a cleaner solution to the problem.

My experience here has been mixed. I remember back in the 80s sitting around on numerous occasions with our DM and a few other players...