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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Carpe DM" data-source="post: 3943876" data-attributes="member: 677">I'm afraid I'm slightly behind the times, since I'm not really up on Mystic.  Radiant Servant has been the healer stock-in-trade since the game came out.  With the PHB domain spontaneity variant from PHB2, you can channel your heals into domain spells, and benefit from the free empower.  It's worth 5 levels at least.I've been playing a healer for a while now.  My observations:1. Divine Ward is less good than it looks.  A turn to set the ward, and a turn to use the ward means that no other divine metamagic feat can be used to enhance a distance-cast heal.2. Imbued Healing is better than it looks.  It scales with your target's level, temporary hitpoints are just as good as real hitpoints.  And, because it is a metamagic feat, it sets you up for that healer's dream, Twin Spell / Divine Metamagic.3. Initiate of Ilmater is really solid.  It solves the overhealing problem: the extra hitpoints just go into temporary.4. Twinned, Imbued Close Wounds make your DM *very* frustrated.  And by the time that per-round damage can out-pace your healing, you get Deny Death.  Very smooth.5. Healing reserve feats suck.  By the time they work (i.e. your target is at half hitpoints) you need a clutch heal, not a 15 point heal from holding a level 5 spell in reserve.  Wands of Lesser Vigor for touch up between fights, and use your spells for clutch healing.I know I'm going to jinx it by saying this, but I haven't lost a PC yet.  We're 8th level, and routinely end up dealing with encounters 3-4 above our standard rating.</blockquote>

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