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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Herobizkit" data-source="post: 6214342" data-attributes="member: 36150">I'd just like to chime in my vote for either:a) get the players to make a character that can heal (via class or UMD);  orb) have the players live on the edge and take their licks.Now, on the DM side:Unless you're only using low-level undead (skeletons and zombies), you're potentially setting players up to fail by inflicting statuses to which they have no remedy.  Multi-turn paralysis, temporary strength drain, and debilitating curses are just some of the ways you can semi- to permanently cripple characters who choose to face off unprepared against undead.Regarding your NPC cleric, the easiest solution is to have said NPC set up a church/temple/shrine to his patron deity and start acting like an NPC cleric.  Offer some blessings and (perhaps) light cures free of charge, but start getting characters to pay for the higher-level stuff.  You could even RP it as "you kicked me out of the PC 'club', I don't have to like you guys any more".If players protest, well... you can either choose to keep throwing them to the undead and hope they still want to play, or vary your encounters by throwing in the occasional undead (or undeads?) to increase tension.</blockquote>