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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SSquirrel" data-source="post: 5552851" data-attributes="member: 5202">Put me in the camp of doubling up on Strikers.  My Dark Sun group has 6 characters (our DM runs a PC as well) and we have one each of Leaders and Controllers (yay I love my Wizard!) and double up on Strikers and Defenders.  Our Warden is the master of gathering huge groups and holding them close, esp w/his banner that can pull people near him, while our Paladin is more focused on holding onto one or 2 other guys.  Our group tends toward a divide and conquer strategy w/my Controller tossing stuff wherever is needed as I can generally cover the entire battlefield w/no problem at all.If you make a melee character, that will give you 3 melee (assuming Laser Cleric) so there should always be at least 1 pair of guys flanking someone.  That said, getting a ranged character w/things like Distant Advantage will help keep things easier on your healer as you should (in theory) be away from combat a good bit.  My Wizard picked up Shaman so I could toss an occasional heal and once I got Master Preserver, I had something else to let me trip off a surge for people too.  Yes you're 2nd level so some of that is down the line, but there are lots of cool options available for you.</blockquote>