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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Dallman" data-source="post: 7796112" data-attributes="member: 6999616">I think it's because they're (mis-)perceived as uninteresting to play. If you start playing in a small group, nobody wants to play a cleric, and there's an NPC that does nothing except heal, it's easy to get the idea that this is all that clerics do. Which is quite wrong, but could be a hard stereotype to shift. Some of my favourite D&D characters have been clerics who mostly do healing, or healers of other kinds. Those have been Rory McLean <a href="http://www.romsys.demon.co.uk/frpg/dnd/healer/index.htm" target="_blank">character classes</a>, which sprang from the ancient "Cure-All" class that I think was in The Strategic Review in the 1970s. A healer's role gets exciting when a fight is on the verge of being lost. Being close behind the front rank, patching them up mid-fight while staying out of combat yourself is a tricky tactical exercise, and really teaches you about the combat system.</blockquote>