[I wish my name was Baggins]

I have learned both through personal gameplay and from this forum that at low levels (which is what the XP CAP of BGI/TOSC forces upon you) that Clerics and Druids are not the most powerful of spell casters...ESPECIALLY on offense. The only two offensive spells I even bother to memorize is Call Lightning which as cool as it is is only available outdoors which greatly reduces its usefulness as you almost never fight outdoors after you are powerful enough to learn the spell. And the vine tangle spell you can memorize as soon as you are a player...the name escapes me. But either way unless you are playing a cleric or a druid I would just let it go and use your NPC's exclusively as healers. If you are playing as a cleric or a druid then I can say that hope is on the horizon because I have heard...no personal experience yet in BGII...that clerics as their levels grow can become pretty solid offensive characters...especially with your ability to turn undead which is all but useless in BGI.