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Message: <blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 5932465" data-attributes="member: 92511">I cut my teeth on B/X and, then more throughly, on the Basic (BECM) red box. So the image of Aleena touching someone and the "warming glow" or however it was presented of actually closing wounds and restoring vigor is pretty much ingrained into my taste of how magical healing functions.Add to that Goldmoon and her Blue Crystal Staff from Dragonlance and Leetah's "healer" magic from Elfquest...Madeline Pryor had a brief stint as a healing superhero/demi-goddess as "Anodyne" in the X-Men.So, yeah, for me, there is no issue at all with a cleric's healing being a touch effect that really "fixes you up."Now, there are certain narrative considerations...if you have taken a severe amount of damage and can only get a Cure Light in the immediate future, then scarring may occur..or it may restore some hit points (get you away from death's door) but not restore consciousness right away. If you've only take a slight bit and a Cure Light or potion is getting you back up to full, I don't mind the idea that that is really just removing bruises and mostly restoring the vigor/spiritual side of things that makes you feel better...It really just all depends on the extent of the wounds, the level of the magic involved, and the narrative "common sense" at that point in the adventure/story.</blockquote>