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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Spatzimaus" data-source="post: 3425503" data-attributes="member: 3051">In our homebrew, we use a different spellcasting system.  One of the upshots of this is that a mid-level caster can cast low-level stuff for "free".  Effectively, a level 3-7 caster can cast cantrips freely, 8-11 can cast 1st level spells, 12-15 can cast 2nd, etc.  (It's not quite so explicitly stated, it's just how the math works out.)  Since there are cure spells at all levels, this means that there's never any real lack of healing during downtime.  Sure, it might take a few minutes to cure light wounds fifty times, but as long as you have those minutes, you're set for the next fight.The effect is similar to fast healing; it's not enough to really impact the combats themselves, but between combats you'll always fully heal.  It makes for a very different game, and it's not something you should do lightly, but it doesn't ruin the game.  In a lot of ways it's more fun; as long as your party isn't caster-heavy, you can pretty much plow through an area in one day of massive fighting.  Of course, if you're the DM, you need to account for this.</blockquote>