Healing Spells

[Li Shenron]

Healing spells should be ILLUSIONS! Come on, you know you're going to lose those hp again sooner or later...

No really, I think healing spells should be a school of their own.

 

[Merlion]

Well, this is a perspective thing, really. IMC, if you don't have a patron deity, you don't cast divine spells. Period. And, IMC, if you are an atheist you are also a fool, because evidence of the existence of gods is all around you.

I dont think your understanding exactly what I'm saying. Your saying you feel all healing magic involves directly channeling the power of a god.

But bards are Arcane spellcasters who can cast Cure spells. There magic has no connection to the Divine, and per the core rules they can be aetheist and if they were, still cast cure spells.

Again, depends on how you view your god of death. If the god is evil, IMC, she wouldn't grant healing spells. Problem solved.

I dont see healing as related to good or evil. Healing isnt automatically a good act. It is linked to life and death however. So to me a god of Death regardless of alignment would possibly be incapable of granting healing. just as a god of Life wouldnt grant Inflict spells or Harm.

From a polytheistic (or monotheistic) sense, associating gods with the power of life and death over human beings has been pretty universal.

From a monotheistic/supreme creator god standpoint yes. Polytheism..no. Polytheism wouldnt associate healing with gods in general . Only with gods related to life, druidy nature gods, or gods of healing and the like.

Of course, in Christian mythology, healing is specifically associated with true followers of God and His Son. From a Medieval standpoint, healing spells would be the province of clerics only.

Yes and for some odd reason the Cleric was loosely based on early Catholic (not Christian different things) militant priests. Which is part of why it grates so badly against the rest of DnD since the rest of DnD is more modern fantasy/polytheistic etc.

The Cleric does things, and associates in game with people who do things that an actuall Catholic priest would be liable to be excomunicated for.

 

[The Great Bear King]

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