Fighters should get Heal

[darth_borehd]

It seems to make sense to me that any soldier would receive training in battlefield medicine. It would also make fighters more useful once the battle is over.

[IconoclasticScream]

darth_borehd wrote:

It seems to make sense to me that any soldier would receive training in battlefield medicine. It would also make fighters more useful once the battle is over.

Being a fighter doesn't necessarily mean that a PC is a soldier. And if I were training to be a guy who's good at swinging a sword around, I'd want to spend far more time learning to hurt someone than learning to heal him. That's what my cleric or healing potion is for.

[Rezdave]

darth_borehd wrote:

It seems to make sense to me that any soldier would receive training in battlefield medicine.

You're thinking of Medics, who are Specialists. In D&D terms, they are Experts. Fighters/Warriors have little in the way of medical/healing training beyond First Aid, and it is not a primary skill for them, hence it is and should be Cross-classed.

Just because something would be useful doesn't mean it should be. If you really want your Fighter to have Heal then multiclass a level of Ranger.

Rez

[IconoclasticScream]

Rezdave wrote:

If you really want your Fighter to have Heal then multiclass a level of Ranger.

Or just buy a few ranks in Heal as a Fighter. No +3, but you'll survive.