Hi all

Just curious. What have people found to be the best EotE and AoR support specs? (Not talking about social characters or other non-combatants, necessarily, but specifically about the specs that boost characters around them). Merc Soldier and Doctor seem like they're pretty good, and Bodyguard as well. What others have you found to be good?

(And, for bonus points, what specifically is good about them? If you have an anecdote that you would like to share illustrating how a particular spec really had an effect during an encounter through its supporting abilities, that would be much appreciated.

No calculators allowed, make sure you use a number 2 pencil, and, as always, do show your working.)

Thanks in advance!

Hey there!

I would throw in the Performer Spezialisation from the Colonist source book. Tons of active talents focused around distraction and drawing attention.

Also not really a spec, but the Togrutan race from Force and Destiny grants two boost dice instead of one whenever they perform an assist maneuver.

Togruta Charmer all the way !

With the Charmer spec, you have Improved Inspiring Rhetoric for 15xp (base 5 + 10 for improved) which gives a boost die to characters affected by Inspiring Rhetoric.

With Togruta specie, you can do an Assist Maneuver to give 2 Blue die to your buddies...

So in one round, you do 2 assist maneuver on 2 different buddies and do the Inspiring Rhetoric Action (easy to affect 2 buddies), for a total of 3 Boost die to your 2 friends

You can then branch out into a Jedi, with FSEm for Invigorate (add Force Die to a friend's roll) and then into Sage for Valuable Facts (add a Triumph to a friend's roll)... then you rank up Battle Meditation for awesome buddy boosts

Or you can go for Warleader (Guardian Spec) for some nice talents like Prime Positions (friends increase Soak while in Cover), Suppressing Fire (buddies spend Advantage on failed combat check to inflict Strain on target), Blind Spot (friends add Advantage while in cover), Forewarning (increase buddies defense until they act) and Coordinated Assault (add Advantage to allies equal to leadership).

To abuse the Battle Meditation power, I'd go for Sage for FR4, but Warleader is a pretty potent support spec on its own.

Politico. Thanks to Inspiring Rhetoric (already mentioned) and Scathing Tirade (basically the exact opposite, dealing Strain to enemies), you can be a great support character, add Improved IR for Boosts, and Improved ST for Setbacks.

In AoR, Ambassador and Agitator both have access to Inspiring Rhetoric and Scathing Tirade, respectively.