Lanefan
Victoria Rules
I don't see it as metagaming at all when - in a setting that is known to have adventuring Clerics who can among other things heal people up - 5 warrior types about to go out in the field realize in-character that they don't have a healer and go out and (try to) recruit or hire one.What, and 'metagame?' ;P
The all-warrior party has always had the biggest hill to climb at anything other than very low level (except maybe in 4e?). Even in 1e an all-Cleric party could rock hard, an all-Thief party could stealth their way through a lot of adversity, and an all-MU party could get it done as long as nothing got too close to them - and even if it did provided they had Monster Summoning or good illusions.Seriously, though, a party /could/ be comprised of common-origin-story types - not a lot of fighters in a party of Hogwarts alumni, for instance. I mean, could in genre/fiction/theory, in D&D, not until 3e at the earliest... And, really, in 5e it's only the 'martial' party that's non-viable. (Though, /really/, in 5e the DM has the latitude to tailor things to the party - any party, no matter how far ahead of or behind the expected curve).
Same goes for 3e, really, though an all-Wizard party would be comparitively better off than its 1e version I think.
Lan-"and any adventurers with any field experience at all are going to recognize that a well-rounded group probably has elements of stealth, arcane magic, divine magic, and brawn"-efan