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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 2726332" data-attributes="member: 151">Another issue to consider: most non-adventurers are MUCH cheaper to heal, and there are far more people to heal them.Example: "Brother Mun! Come quick!  Morgan has been trapped by a falling log and his legs are crushed!"  "Fear not, young one.  I have spent three summers in the tutelage of Pelor, and his divine touch is known through me."  One Cure Light spell later: healed peasant.Example 2: "Hail, Brother Mun!  We've just come from the Caves of Despair, and I bear horrible wounds, while my companion has nearly had his very life pulled from him by the foul undead who dwelt there.  Can you aid us?"  "Mayhaps I can, Sirrah, but your wounds are greivous.  It will take all my divine power to restore you...your companion must needs wait upon Abbot Feng...only he can cure such a malady, and then he shall be unable to lend aid to one of our flock, should they fall victim to such peril."  Three Cure Serious Wounds and one Restoration later, the PCs are healed.  Should the church's enemies attack, the abbot will be unprepared to defend the abbey, though.   No, you're just paying a different hidden cost.  If you don't use up your spells, that isn't a waste because they were available for use in case of an emergency.  If lightning struck a nearby farm in the middle of the night and the family was hurt when the ceiling collapsed, then it wouldn't be a waste that you had reserved spells for just such an emergency.  The cost is the peace-of-mind knowing that you're prepared for such an eventuality.  It may be a market inefficiency, but there you are.</blockquote>

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