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<blockquote data-quote="DMZ2112" data-source="post: 8912930" data-attributes="member: 78752">...Pholtus take the wheel.&nbsp; <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="😩" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f629.png" title="Weary face&nbsp; &nbsp; :weary:" data-shortname=":weary:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" />It's a metaphor, folks.&nbsp; It's your prerogative to play a non-combatant utility wizard just like it is your prerogative to play a non-healer battle cleric.&nbsp; But leaving a chunk of your toolbox at home because &quot;it's not what you do&quot; smacks of the same sort of player entitlement as the &quot;but it's what my character would do&quot; phenomenon.&nbsp; No, no one else at the table should define your role for you.&nbsp; You should define your own role so that it benefits the party, and doesn't arbitrarily rob them of their access to part of the ruleset.By all means, play the character you want to play, but play the character.&nbsp; The game has a class that heals, and you picked it.&nbsp; Don't want to be expected to heal when it's needed?&nbsp; Reskin a different class as a priest.&nbsp; Really married to the idea of playing a cleric?&nbsp; Find a different game, where clerics don't get healing powers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DMZ2112, post: 8912930, member: 78752"] ...Pholtus take the wheel. 😩 It's a metaphor, folks. It's your prerogative to play a non-combatant utility wizard just like it is your prerogative to play a non-healer battle cleric. But leaving a chunk of your toolbox at home because "it's not what you do" smacks of the same sort of player entitlement as the "but it's what my character would do" phenomenon. No, no one else at the table should define your role for you. You should define your own role so that it benefits the party, and doesn't arbitrarily rob them of their access to part of the ruleset. By all means, play the character you want to play, but [I]play the character[/I]. The game has a class that heals, and you picked it. Don't want to be expected to heal when it's needed? Reskin a different class as a priest. Really married to the idea of playing a cleric? Find a different game, where clerics don't get healing powers. [/QUOTE]

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