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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(Psi)SeveredHead" data-source="post: 6130631" data-attributes="member: 1165">-I think there's two separate issues there. I don't have a problem with divine being the primary source of healing. The gods control life and death.It doesn't make much sense that a god of death might promote healing though. (A god of war promoting healing does make sense though. Why wouldn't they want a warrior to get back into the fight?)But this is where I must strongly disagree with you. For game balance reasons, I think there should be a common cleric spell list and include healing (maybe as abilities, so you don't have to spend spells on it).This isn't to say that all priests need to heal, but if they're a priest and not a cleric (which I would call a part of the "elite" tier of priests) they're not worthy of being a PC. I don't think it's good for the game for someone to say they want to play a priest, and then when noone else shows up with healing abilities it turns out the necro-priest can't heal either. That kind of thing cropped up in 2e, at least in FR games I was in, where spheres were incredibly restrictive.(There is such a class in 4e - the invoker. Even comes in controller and artillery flavors. However, the role system ensures that no one thinks an invoker is a leader. You could literally have a divine-only party with only one healer in 4e. Unfortunately, you can't be an invoker of a single god, which I find to be lame.)Unfortunately WotC doesn't seem willing to go this route. Especially at low levels, where your non-magical healing is anemic.</blockquote>

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