I'm playing a Phoenix Soul sorcerer in a campaign, and in trying to stay true to my theme I'm picking up a lot of fire-based spells. Most of them are of course damage dealers, but I'm having a harder time finding spells that can help the rest of my party (in any way other than dealing damage).
It occurred to me that it would be great to be able to give the other members of my party resistance to fire, but I haven't been able to find any spells that do that; Absorb Elements would be great but it's got a range of Self. Are there any spells on any class's list (my DM lets themed subclasses use theme-appropriate spells from other classes' spell lists) that allow the caster to grant other characters resistance, either specifically fire or a choice from among a group that includes fire?
I ended up homebrewing, in collaboration with my DM, a version of Absorb Elements whose target is a creature you can see rather than self.
Best Answer
Protection from Energy
Sorcerer list, range of touch, and grants resistance to one of {acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder}.
Resistance, funnily enough, doesn't grant resistance. In my opinion it's also not very good, but maybe it's worth a look for you.
Warding bond is worth a look, too: L1 cleric, ups the target's AC, grants them resistance to everything, but you also take damage when they do. (Basically, the damage they would have taken is split in two and half applied to you, instead.) I don't really think it fits, thematically, but it's not my game.
Maybe there's a modification to the spell that would make sense for you, though...?Good point from Kirt:
Oh, and you could always polymorph them into something with resistance =)