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Message: <blockquote data-quote="youspoonybard" data-source="post: 1567350" data-attributes="member: 12242">Cure X Wounds have another advantage:By good/neutral clerics, they don't have to be prepared.That's IMO the biggest advantage of them.  Remember that all these casters have to actively prepare these spells.Also, only Clerics and Druids get access to these spells, so wands of them aren't necessarily as valuable to the party (Whereas Wands of CLW can be used by Clerics, Druids, Paladins, Rangers, and Bards).  For example, I DM a 3 person party, none of which have a level in Cleric/Druid (Ranger/Wizard/Eldrich Knight and Bard/Swashbuckler/Dervish).Damage over time has always been much higher than instantaneous damage.  Look at Call Lightning for example, max of 30d10 damage for a 3rd level spell?  I'm kinda glad that healing spells have an equivalent.*EDIT* But I've never had a problem with after-battle healing.  From my experience, parties always buy enough CLW Wands (or Clerics in a Stick) to heal themselves to full.  I've always assumed that party resources were expended in the using of the spells, not in the actual HP loss.  I'm the guy that didn't have a problem with Shifters shifting every turn to heal up.  At 15th level, if you can't find some way to heal yourself out fo battle, you've got bigger problems to deal with.</blockquote>