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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NewJeffCT" data-source="post: 2143389" data-attributes="member: 10784">The one problem I see with clerics here is that in reality, when a virus goes around your local school or office, everybody gets affected around the same time - basically, within a week or two of each other.  If, in 5 years, the population of this nation has grown from 100 to 150, what happens if suddenly 50 of them get sick with some strange new virus in the same week?  Would a cleric be of high enough level to cure all of them before at least some died?  I kind of doubt there are antibiotics around to keep a month old child alive long enough so the cleric can rest & then pray for his or her spells after just curing two other children earlier.  In my gaming worlds, I usually do not have more than 1 spellcasting cleric per 1,000 population, let alone per 100.  This also does not take into account the cleric being of high enough level to cast cure disease as well, which is not a first level spell if I recall.Also, is this a typical cross section of 100 people from Wales, or is it 50 fertile mating age females and 50 fertile mating age males?  A typical cross section of people will include children too young to have children yet, as well as at least a few women too old to bear children anymore, not to mention a few homosexuals and some women that can't have children and some men that can't father them.</blockquote>