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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Derren" data-source="post: 4151090" data-attributes="member: 2518">I just noticed (after a discussion about the power of the healing gods on the WotC boards) that the cleric, who imo should be the best at healing others has hardly any ability to heal NPCs at level 1.Thats because NPCs do not have Healing Surges and the clerics Healing Word uses the targets surges. That means the only thing the cleric can do is to temporary heal a NPC by smiting someone with holy fire (not very appropriate when you for example want to heal someones broken leg outside of combat).Maybe the cleric gets abilities which let him use his own surges like the paladins Lay on Hands later but I still think its strange that clerics can't heal most people at level 1. It also makes a good "destiny detector" When someone can be healed by Healing Word he is special (has Healing Surges) and the chance of raising him successfully is rather high.I know that I can houserule it by giving NPCs Healing Surges or simply rule that the cleric can heal NPCs completely but I still think its funny.</blockquote>