== A Proposal to Change the Magic Bandage Spell ==
	by Angela Pellegrino

The Current Text:

"This spell causes a specified piece of cloth to become a magic bandage. A 
magic bandage, while placed on a wounded limb, will in effect "heal" that 
limb, stopping its bleeding and allowing it to be used normally. However, 
the limb is not actually healed, and removing the bandage will cause any 
bleeding, unconsciousness, and/or loss of function to resume. This spell 
effect wears off in 48 hours or when directly dispelled.

If a bandaged limb is wounded again, the magic bandage must be removed and 
reapplied to have any effect. Although a magic bandage may be used on 
different wounded limbs, it will only affect the one limb it is presently 
wrapped around.

(Material component: a strip of white cloth)"


The Problem:

This is a Seventh Level spell that causes a *temporary* effect identical to 
the *permanent* effect caused by Heal Limb, a Second Level spell.  Why would 
any cleric ever use this?


The Solution:

Make this worth using, by both lowering the level and increasing its 
effectiveness.  My suggestion is to lower this spell to Second Level, and 
have it affect "any one wound" on a limb or torso.  Then lower the 
effectiveness to five minutes, so that it's still less powerful than Knit 
Torso (at Third Level).  The basic idea is that this spell can keep your 
fighters going when most of the healers on hand are low on spell points, but 
it's not a permanent solution.  This also addresses the problem that Second 
Level Cleric pretty much sucks right now, in that you spend three spell 
points to get three useful but boring spells.


The Proposal:

Change the above spell to this:

Magic Bandage (2nd, TN)
"This spell causes a specified piece of cloth to become a magic bandage. A 
magic bandage, when placed on any one wound anywhere on the body, will in 
effect "heal" that wound, stopping its bleeding and allowing normal use. 
However, the wound is not actually healed, and removing the bandage will 
cause any bleeding, unconsciousness, and/or loss of function to resume. This 
spell effect wears off in five minutes or when directly dispelled.  The 
bandage will not affect any wounds incurred after its application.

(Material component: a strip of white cloth)"