What are the games that make healer interesting?

[ZephyrMenodora]

Oddly enough, I've played a lot of Clerics over the years in D&D 5e. None of them have been "healers". What little I've played in Baldur's Gate 3 as a Cleric indicates that rings true in video games as well as TTRPG. A Cleric is a DPS with some fairly spectacular (but seldom necessary) heals. Clerics rely on cantrips for the majority of their damage. So, yeah, White Mage.

Note: Cantrips do not use up spell slots, which are highly coveted by Clerics for doing, well, actual healing. When necessary. Bringing back some poor player from near death is generally when spell slots are useful.

My clerics in BG3 just rely on hula-hopping Spirit Guardians and running around.