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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dragonblade" data-source="post: 5980723" data-attributes="member: 2804">Perhaps, you are thinking of my rule? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I use the house rule that you can recover any expended encounter power (whether combat or utility) by spending a standard action.There are two exceptions, however:You cannot use this to recover an encounter power that grants additional actions (to avoid infinite action chaining combos)And you cannot use this to recover an encounter power that already specifies a different recovery method or has a hard limit on uses per encounter.Healing Word could not be recovered by this rule, because it is specifically limited to being usable twice per encounter. Likewise, the Avenger's core class power could not be used with this rule because it already has a special recovery method described in the power itself.I haven't had any issues like the OP describes, because most clerical healing falls under Healing Word, or Dailies, and my rule doesn't apply to either.Also, if you are allowing your players to effectively have "flex" power slots that they can fill with any appropriate power on the fly in the middle of battle, then I can see why you have issues. That kind of versatility is extremely powerful in 4e. I'm pretty flexible on letting my players swap out powers for others, but only during an extended rest. Never in battle.</blockquote>

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