This is a good explanation. Fields are really the fundamental object in QED (quantum electrodynamics) and QCD (quantum chromodynamics), the best theories we have for the electromagnetic and strong forces respectively. In fact, that entire branch of physics is usually called QFT (quantum field theory) to reflect that.

I have a life oracle in my party (level 8) and while she can heal for a ton, it often feels like she doesn’t have useful things to do. She also hasn’t had to interact with her curse very much, but maybe I just need to give them harder encounters?

Either way, it seemed to me like there wasn’t much advantage to playing the oracle over a cleric, so I’m looking forward to what happens in the remaster.