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How about:
CLW: Heals 1d8 to a person, once that person has 20 hp the spell no longer adds hp, since you are in effect already more healthy than the average individual. You can't get higher than 20 hp using CLW.
CMW: Works until someone is topped out at 40 hp
CSW: 60 hp
etc.

In our old AD&D campaigns we did not have an abundance of CLW wands. After a fight you had to decide if it was time to camp and rest for 8 hours, getting spells back, or just head back to town to recuperate. Keep on the Borderlands assumes you are frequently going back to the keep. A quest could just be to find a safe place to rest so you could concentrate or sleep without being interrupted and having to start all over again.

Old Gold box games were like that, you had a 'fix' option to rest up until fully healed (could take several days even if you were really banged up), all the time hoping no creatures interrupted you.

A side affect of that was that clerics were mostly for healing, and it was risky to take other spells which became boring for the person playing the PC. The current cleric has so many more options now.

I think the +3/+5 bonus on the cloak is too low. If I have 11 Dex that just makes me as stealthy as the guy with 16 Dex. I should be WAY more stealthy than that - it's a fricken magic item!!!

I also think it's quite a stretch to assume that is the GM did it the 'right' way no one would have died. From the description it seemed bad dice rolling and deadly drowning rules were the biggest part of the problem. I cringe every time there is a battle and my PC is standing in more than knee deep water.

I remember "The Golemworks Incident" to be really creepy, along with "Day of the Demon".

Raising first level PCs? Another mistake. Just create another -0x and use the same stats if you like. It was poor form to accept your money instead of starting over.

Our first D&D set did not contain dice. It contained chits. We were SOOOO disappointed!!! But dutifully went out and bought our Dixie cups.