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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Starfox" data-source="post: 6298738" data-attributes="member: 2303">I feel we're discussing apples and pears here - a class niche is different for a character niche in a party. IMO, party niche is much more interesting that class niche. But the discussion here is more about class niches, which is how this has traditionally been handled in DnD.One reason I dislike class niches is because it make certain classes mandatory. The worst offender here is the healer - a party cannot function without a healer, traditionally the only healer is a cleric, and thus every party needs a cleric. As cleric is a genuinely unpopular class around here, this is a problem. Opening the healer niche up to more classes helps alleviate this, opening it up to anyone with a decent Use Magic Device does so further. When you do this, healer becomes a party niche instead of a class niche. Suddenly many characters have the option to learn how to heal, but some will still be better at it. If there is a cleric in the party, it is usually pure waste for the bard to learn hearing spells (known spells being a very limited resource), but having a wand of cure light wounds might still be a good investment.</blockquote>