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<blockquote data-quote="Cadfan" data-source="post: 3760592" data-attributes="member: 40961">Speaking as someone who constantly plays a cleric, and who's favorite prc is the combat medic, yes, there are people who enjoy supporting others.The trick is to make supporting others dynamic.&nbsp; Make it action packed.This lack of dynamism is what makes the bard so lame.&nbsp; The bard sits there and declares, &quot;Ok, I cast haste.&quot;&nbsp; Then he says, &quot;Ok, everyone gets my song bonus.&quot;&nbsp; He doesn't DO anything.&nbsp; For those rounds, you could honestly just let his player go out for the nightly pizza, and operate his character for him.&nbsp; You all know what he's going to do, and it doesn't require any meaningful thought on his part.&nbsp; He could just make notecards and lay them on the table in order, and go call his girlfriend or something.What made the combat medic a fun class for me to play is that I was continually running from place to place, doling out healing to those I felt needed the most support, combining the healing with extra effects that I chose, and balancing all of that against my ability to lay down long term damage with Spiritual Weapon (a shockingly good spell if you cast it early).&nbsp; The tactical decisions of our party basically lay in my hands.&nbsp; Not only could I decide which enemies we should focus upon (by boosting the allies fighting those particular enemies), but I decided overall tactics.&nbsp; You can bet that if I told the rogue to move and attack a particular target, she did.&nbsp; Otherwise she was out of range of my 40' move next round, and who knows if she'd be around the round after that.See, THAT was fun.&nbsp; Even though the only attack rolls I ever made were with Spiritual Weapon.Support can be fun.&nbsp; It just has to be ACTIVE support.&nbsp; Passive support is about the lamest thing ever.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cadfan, post: 3760592, member: 40961"] Speaking as someone who constantly plays a cleric, and who's favorite prc is the combat medic, yes, there are people who enjoy supporting others. The trick is to make supporting others [I]dynamic.[/I] Make it action packed. This lack of dynamism is what makes the bard so lame. The bard sits there and declares, "Ok, I cast haste." Then he says, "Ok, everyone gets my song bonus." He doesn't DO anything. For those rounds, you could honestly just let his player go out for the nightly pizza, and operate his character for him. You all know what he's going to do, and it doesn't require any meaningful thought on his part. He could just make notecards and lay them on the table in order, and go call his girlfriend or something. What made the combat medic a fun class for me to play is that I was continually running from place to place, doling out healing to those I felt needed the most support, combining the healing with extra effects that I chose, and balancing all of that against my ability to lay down long term damage with Spiritual Weapon (a shockingly good spell if you cast it early). The tactical decisions of our party basically lay in my hands. Not only could I decide which enemies we should focus upon (by boosting the allies fighting those particular enemies), but I decided overall tactics. You can bet that if I told the rogue to move and attack a particular target, she did. Otherwise she was out of range of my 40' move next round, and who knows if she'd be around the round after that. See, THAT was fun. Even though the only attack rolls I ever made were with Spiritual Weapon. Support can be fun. It just has to be ACTIVE support. Passive support is about the lamest thing ever. [/QUOTE]

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