The Resurrection will require an eighth-level Cleric

[captain_slinky]

While I was sitting with my Dad in the Hospital on Monday morning (he had the Flu and then his blood pressure was a bit high so they kept him for observation), some wandering Catholics came in to the room and asked my Dad if he'd like to receive Communion. He said that he couldn't because he has been divorced in the past. They then did some crazy other prayer for him instead. They were nice people, but I could tell that my Dad was just humoring them so that they would leave sooner. The Catholics (a minister and a nun, I think?) then moved on to the next room, which contained an elderly Jewish lady who refused the Communion but was glad to have the companionship for a little while.

The offering of Communion did no more good than it did harm. Easy to offer, easy to decline, and genuine human compassion offered for free :)

What I'm wondering, though, is if I could dress up in my LARPing costume and wander the halls of the hospital offering "Hello I'm Ebonious Grimm, a seventh-level Cleric from the Temple of Yondalla located in Ebberon, would you like me to cast a Cure Light Wounds spell for you?"

Couldn't be any worse than offering Communion, right?

Comments

[sasjhwa.livejournal.com]

Do it at ECCC or PAX. I hear the crud that goes around those places is nasty. Offer to heal anyone and everyone. Donations accepted.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Ooooooooh....

[khristle.livejournal.com]

That is an amazing idea.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Need to rig up a flashlight to a holy symbol so when we place it on somebody it can light up :)

[aurora77]

You. I like you.

[aurora77]

You can find some of those little round clicky LED lights that you just press and they turn on. Some flash and some are solid. You can press it to someone's forehead and press to turn it on, then press again to turn it off, perhaps?

As far as in the hospital, I think anybody who gets it would love it. Anybody who doesn't might still find it amusing. Just so long as the nurses know what you're up to so they don't think you wandered out of the mental ward... ;)

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Need a pouch of "spell components" with band-aids and Tylenol in it... "As is written in The Book of Yondallah, 'Thou Shalt Take These With Water. Thou shalt take them every 4 to 6 hours. Thou shalt NOT take more than 8 in a 24-hour Period'. So it is written, so shall it be done. Yondallah be praised!"

[aurora77]

Maybe a little first aid ointment, a forehead thermometer strip, and some ibuprofen, too. Maybe some small cheap chocolates to give out with blessings.

[sasjhwa.livejournal.com]

In our house:

Bandaids cure all wounds. Cartoon characters speed recovery.
Ice Packs cure all wounds including hurt feelings.
Vaseline cures all wounds. Even headaches. A little dab'll do you.
Chocolate cures all wounds.

[dagna76.livejournal.com]

Lets find out. ;0)