They may be proactive (buffs, debuffs) or reactive (mitigation, heals) during Combat. Simply put, a Support character in D&D is any character that has spells or class features that can help empower and enhance the capabilities of the party, heightening the party’s chance of success in an adventure. Let’s talk a bit about what defines the role of Support.
Many such players also have a habit of gravitating toward Life Clerics and Lore Bards, but more on that later. I’ve noticed that very often, newer players are locked into playing Support either because they’ve been gaslit by their friends into healing, because they think it’s less stressful, or because other players at the table don’t care enough about the new player experience to tell them otherwise. Playing Support might look easy, but playing it well is hard. Characters are assumed to be built in compliance with AL character creation rules. XGE presents players with the most options, and should be the splat of choice for optimizers.
We’re going to do one better, while keeping it #ALLegal too.įor the purpose of this article, we will be focusing on material from the Player’s Handbook (PHB) and Xanathar’s Guide to Everything (XGE), though we may mention other books on occasion. It’d be terrible to crush their frail egos, and wholly against the spirit of good sportsmanship that AL represents. Yes, this article was prompted by more than a few grating experiences with such PUGs and idiots in D&D groups on the Internet, but we’re not here to viciously mock them. These very same players tend to gravitate toward archers (especially hexbows) or sorcadins (built using the first guide they Google online), and for some reason or other, love standing in fire and whining when they’re not the center of attention. I‘ve discovered that this malady often manifests in a certain subset of players who claim they play MMOs or MOBAs (I blame League mostly).
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