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Romancing healers

messymessy Member Posts: 41
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Someone pointed out that all the romanceable npcs in the basic game are healers (clerics and a druid). Gasp! I never noticed that.

Is there a reason for this? Or is it a coincidence?

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  • IseweinIsewein Member Posts: 578
    You're bound to have at least one of them in your team - and thus less likely to miss out in all of this content.
  • jmerryjmerry Member Posts: 3,911
    Though the race and gender restrictions limit that. Play a dwarf? No romance for you. Play a woman, and pick a priest that isn't Anomen? Nope.

    At least until the EE, which adds four more romanceable NPCs. And they aren't healers.
  • atcDaveatcDave Member Posts: 2,423
    Yeah I’m sure the original idea was that it made having one of them in your party more likely. And it still figures into the calculus of choosing a party. Often I’ll run a female main character just to be free of those considerations.
  • The_Baffled_KingThe_Baffled_King Member Posts: 147
    Well, the Cure Light Wounds family of spells, like many Priest spells, do have a range of touch...
  • ber5nie5ber5nie5 Member Posts: 429
    Wow! I never even thought about that lol.
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