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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Clay_More" data-source="post: 1260577" data-attributes="member: 9813">I agree with Sagittaire (erm, gamecat) that it could easily be a normal magical item. After all, there's an Epic item that grants immunity to all elements. It would threaten the Cleric though. Suddenly, you wouldn't require a Cleric since the Wizard could take over the healing duty in the group by using Fireballs and Meteor Storms. Unlike the Cleric, he could heal from a mile away.I think that simple Cold Vulnerability would offset the item insufficiently (you would just remove it when Cold monsters approached, since it is rare for monsters to have both Cold & Fire attacks anyways). That could be used to model it after. You might want to notice that it is a Cleric spell. I presume that WoTC wants to keep anything with healing power out of Arcane Hands (with the odd exception of the Bard). The damage absorbed is very low for a 5 th. level spell, so the item you are talking about would be pretty expensive if you use the spell to extrapolate from. A last note (and a contradiction of my previous argument), it wouldn't hurt a groups class-balance more than a Wand of Cure Serious Wounds. It is possible to have healing in a group without resorting to Clerics, just remember to make it expensive and cumbersome compared to having a Cleric.</blockquote>