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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 6668108" data-attributes="member: 996">That can really be minimized in 5e.  5e cribbed the Healing Word Leader-role-support 'spell' from 4e, which allows a Cleric (or any other caster with it on his list), to heal an ally, at a distance, while still attacking on his turn.  That undercuts the all-I-get-to-do-is-heal bandaid role, right there.  5e also brought in a bowdlerized from of 4e healing surges, and called them HD.  Along with retaining 4e overnight healing, those factors, while they don't make having some caster with magical healing unnecessary, do leave such characters plenty of room to do other things, both with their actions and their spell slots.  Because 5e  Cure Wounds and Healing Word (unlike the 4e version) do consume spell slots that could be used for other spells, some pressure to go the 'healbot' route is still there, but it's not as defining as it was in classic D&D.  One of the few cases in which 5e, wisely, eschewed 'classic feel' in favor of playability.One thing 5e could have done to further reduce the 'healbot' problem, would have been the 3.5 solution: the cheap & easy Wand of Cure Light Wounds or the like.  Actually, IIRC, 5e can make it pretty easy to manufacture healing potions, so it's close, there, too.</blockquote>