tomorrows book

The MC is not the Hero. He''''s a support character. He makes the team better.Furthermore, he''''s a real support character, not just a pretend support-character who hogs the spotlight, and solos the bosses.Not the tank. Not the healer. Not a summoner. Support for real. Buffs, debuffs, maybe some CC. Turning the tide of a battle, not turning the enemies to dust. Usually, even when you read stories about a farmer or a healer or a bard, the action revolves around how the MC uses his skills to beat the monsters and win. The farmer traps the enemies or feeds them poison in his grain. The healer uses healing to fight the main bad guy. Rogues face off against the big bads even though their schtick is assassinations. Even characters with massive handicaps on direct fighting still somehow manage to get into direct fights, and win mano-a-mano against the bad guys. What if we had a story about a support class MC? Someone who is magnificent as the final member of a party, who changes the flow of combat, but never strikes a final blow. Modern MMOs or MOBAs don''''t even offer this kind of character any more, because you can''''t balance things with these characters in play...but you can occasionally find it in a Tabletop game, or some of the single player systems. Again, The MC is Support, not the hero.