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New player looking for advice on choosing a support class (Pathfinder 2e) (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by glimse@lemmy.world to c/rpg@ttrpg.network

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Hello everyone,

We are nearing the end of my first TTRPG campaign and in a few weeks, the DM is starting a homebrew. I joined this one half way through and a friend slapped together most of my level 7 character for me, a basic fighter. For this new campaign I'm hoping to have "more to do" in and out of battle so I'm looking for class advice.

I want to play a support class but I've been feeling overwhelmed by the class options. All I know is that I want it to be beginner-friendly support that can heal but also do more - like damage, buffs, or debuffs. Doesn't have to be all 3!

The group gave me a few suggestions but there was so much back and forth about how complicated they are, I thought I'd pose the question here.

Can someone help point me in the right direction on a simple support? Any help would be appreciated!

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[–] glimse@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (18 children)

I prefer quiet characters over braggadocios ones. Ironically, Gambit is my favorite X-Man followed by the much more appropriate Professor X. I like when characters avoid the spotlight and take care of stuff "from the sidelines." Some other characters that fit the description (I think, not too into these franchises): Samwise Gamger, Ron Weasley, Podrick

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The race I am leaning is Ysoki, specifically the tiny subrace unique to this campaign. I don't want to be a hero, I want to support the heroes as they do their hero things. I don't care if others see how I'm helping as long as my party knows it - I'm not big on getting recognition.

The DM wants to work out our back stories together so he can weave it into the campaign so I haven't given a ton of thought to it just yet

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago (17 children)

Interesting. When you say "support", can you unpack that a bit? There are a lot of different ways of being a support in PF2e. You can be a healer obviously or someone who has an aura that buffs stats. But support can also mean someone who nails the Recall Knowledge check and finds out the enemy's secret weakness. Or supporting can be someone who intimidates the enemy or taunts them or even someone who attacks them (since tripping, grappling, shoving, and disarming all are considered attacks)

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (16 children)

First and foremost I want to be able to heal in and out of combat. But I'm saying Support and not Healer because I want to have other spells/actions to take - like making my party do more (or take less) damage or blind/confuse enemies.

If I'm sounding weird about describing it, it's because I find my current character pretty boring in combat. I basically just shoot my bow, miss with Electric Arc, or cast Haste. The monk in our party (veteran player) does so many different things and the druid (another veteran) seems to bust out situationally-useful spells every session.

I want more options in a fight so it feels like my choices matter. The problem is....I have no idea what the options are except what I've seen in this campaign.

[–] friek@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

After reading through this I'd also like to suggest Druid. I'm slightly biased, though, I'm a level 9 druid with a giant otter companion :-)

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I would LOVE to play a druid at some point because it's my favorite fantasy class but after seeing the amount of spells the druid in our party has, I decided to hold off for another campaign.

I decided to go with bionicjoey's suggestion of a Psychic. I was wavering on all the other options but this one instantly clicked with me when I looked it up so I'm running with it!

[–] friek@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Not a bad choice at all, I play a modified Wine (Weed) Oracle in a different campaign - that dude is super fun to play!

I like the druid because it gets me into the collaborative story telling aspect of RPGs. I have to think about what the situation, terrain, mission, etc are to decide on what spells for the day.

Edit: I am wrong on the spell choices 90% of the time. But that one time I lily padded the entire party out of a swamp...

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

They're so versatile. That's what I love about them but also makes me want to hold off until the next campaign

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