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Once I started MC'ing and ECL'ing my casters, I've never gone back to vanilla mages and clerics, except for drow sorcerers (nothing to safely MC them to). Some ECL races, such as the duergar, don't have much of a benefit. However, aasimars, drow, and deep gnomes are amazing.
I enjoy the challenge in the early game of being a bit behind, and in the endgame I'm always an unstoppable force.
Timmy, I have only ever used the deep gnome monk/cleric as a secondary healer, but it could be made to be the primary healer. Take only one level of monk, and be sure to maximize DEX and WIS. You'll be about four levels behind, but if you can handle babysitting your priest for a bit in the beginning, then you will be rewarded with a very high AC mini-tank healer later on.
Consider having other healers in the party, such as a druid or even a bard.
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