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Message: <blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 9750966" data-attributes="member: 6877472">I'm saying that putting yourself in extreme danger to save others without any protection is something people would maybe not be inclined to play in a fantasy game.  Micah said he wanted touch only healing, I pointed out the problems that brings with it in D&D combat, he disagreed that it was needed, as real-life medics don't have these benefits.Especially in 1e where having to touch a guy to heal him means your spell is very likely to be disrupted in addition to you becoming a primary target.And there's not even a token version of the Geneva Conventions and international humanitarian law in D&D land to prevent healers from being targeted!**To whatever degree these things protect real-life field medics, if at all.</blockquote>