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** ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' is where the ''Tales Series'' started to diverge into having two distinct healers as opposed to one. Tear and Natalya are more {{Martial Pacifist}}s than strict white mages. Tear's spells heal areas, while Natalya's heal single targets. Also, Tear uses long-range spells and a staff, while Natalya shoots with a bow.

* ''Manga/TongariBooshiNoAtorie'': Medical witches. They used glyphs on the human body to heal them, however, once the BanOnMagic took place, they were eventually extinct after fighting against the ban for years.

* The TropeNamer is ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'', which provided White Mage as a starting class. It's appeared in almost every ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' game since. It is also the TropeCodifer for the idea that a healer is also a SquishyWizard, as contemporaries at the time such as ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' and ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII'' portrayed Clerics as more of a JackOfAllStats or StoneWall when not healing the party.

* The TropeNamer is ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'', which provided White Mage as a starting class. It's appeared in almost every ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' game since.

*** 5e boosted the Cleric to the point where it is considered one of the best classes in the game. Every cleric has access to a solid list of healing spells, but their Divine Domains feature allows them to gain different powers and spells based on the deity they worship. While the cleric can effectively fill any role in the party, it still retains access to most of the healing spells in the game, and there is no better healer in the entire game than clerics of the ''Life'' domain.

*** 5e boosted the Cleric to the point where it is considered one of the best classes in the game. Every cleric has access to a solid list of healing spells, but their Divine Domains feature allows them to gain different powers and spells based on the deity they worship. The ''Forge'' domain are excellent tanks, The ''Light'' and ''War'' domains turn the cleric into a warmachine, and there is no better healer than the ''Life'' domain. They can effectively fill any role in the party while still being a decent healer.

*** 5e boosted the Cleric to the point where it is considered one of the best classes in the game. Every cleric has access to a solid list of healing spells, but their Divine Domains feature allows them to gain different powers and spells based on the deity they worship. ''Firge'' domain are excellent tanks, ''Light'' and ''War'' domains turn the cleric into a warmachine, and there is no better healer than the ''Life'' domain. They can effectively fill any role in the party while still being a decent healer.

* Dende from ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' is a young child and can't fight, but his healing abilities saved the heroes' (and Vegeta's) bacon multiple times during the fight against Frieza. Vegeta even exploits his power to get a zenkai boost by purposefully getting wounded and then having Dende heal him back up. When he become's Earth's Kami in the Cell saga, he's kept as a non-combatant (if he dies, the Dragon Balls die with him), but he still heals the others several times and is now the one behind ''Dragon Ball'''s main get-out-of-death-free card. The [[WebAnimation/DragonBallZAbridged abridged series]] even has him refer to himself as a White Mage (unfortunately, this is just before Freeza decides to ShootTheMedicFirst).

* Several games in the ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' series feature the Priest job class.

A White Mage is a character archetype and often a gameplay archetype which focuses on healing and/or buffing magic. They may also have access to magic that causes some status effects. Modern incarnations will often be given some offensive ability, often magic of the {{holy|HandGrenade}} [[WhiteMagic variety]], though the ElementalPowers of [[HealItWithWater water]] or wind may be given a healing affinity.

* ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'', from the ''Bravely'' games' producers, has the Cleric job, which mainly specializes in full-party healing and revival spells and Light-elemental attack spells. The Apothecary job also has a single-target heal and a single-target revive, but it's more specialized in removing and applying status ailments (and hitting things with an axe).

Subtrope of SupportPartyMember. If a character has both healing and [[BlackMage offensive]] magic in relatively equal measure, they are a RedMage, instead. If a White Mage [[MagicKnight can sling healing spells while fighting on the front lines]], you've got yourself what's known as a [[ThePaladin Paladin]], or CombatMedic. Contrast BlackMage. Not to be confused with WhiteMagic, which is only sometimes the source of a White Mage's power.

A White Mage is a character archetype and often a gameplay archetype which focuses on healing and/or buffing magic. They may also have access to magic that causes some status effects. Modern incarnations will often be given some offensive ability, often magic of the {{holy|HandGrenade}} [[WhiteMagic variety]], though the ElementalPowers of water or wind may be given a healing affinity.

[[quoteright:350:[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/whitemage2_9544.jpg]]]] [[caption-width-right:350:The traditional example.]]

* ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'' has Ben'Joon, or "Benny" for short. She is of an indeterminate heritage [[spoiler:now determined to be half blue elf, half minotaur)]], and serves as the team healer/buffer.

** The classic "White Mage" (WHM) Job. WHM's focus on direct powerful heals and restoring health over time. They also have command over Stone and Aero spells, as well as Holy which stuns everything that gets too close to the white mage.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' currently has 3 healing classes, including the titular [[White Mage]]. And all of them qualifies as CombatMedic to some extent.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' has 3 healing classes:
** The classic "White Mage" (WHM) Job. WHM's focus on direct powerful heals and restoring health over time.