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Yeah, but you're not that at level 2.
Well, not fireball; but being a Warforged isn't level dependent, it's a race, and Touch of Death is a level 2 spell for a Death Domain cleric.
Wasn't familiar with "Touch of Death"; I don't play clerics often. But it's just a smite.
Assuming average HP on level up and +3 CON mod: Barb: 25; Fighter: 22; Cleric: 19.
And Touch of Death does +9 damage at level 2.
I'm only breaking out numbers to get a better idea of what the users of the ability would be seeing, and what level of lethality they would come to expect from repeated usage. And that's not killing anyone with a touch except commoners, and level 1 wizards and sorcerers.
My only point is: people who have had to risk their life to even get to level 2 (unless they're reckless or an idiot) probably wouldn't have an overly big head over middling magical abilities. They might be feeling themselves and think they can fight a group of thugs at 4 to 1 odds but it's bonkers to pretend a normal adventurer would need some ex machina explanation to warn them off fighting something like a giant or a dragon at level 2.