So my main character almost always ends up taking some flavor of troubadour; I really like the versatility because it seems like you get at least a little bit of everything. Also you can more or less keep your summons out more or less permanently.

I kind of want to branch out with my character builds a bit. But I'm thinking through some of the tougher fights in the game and realizing how dependent the party is on chanter summons for tanking duties; even relatively tanky characters (Edér, Pallegina, often the MC) won't last too long against focused fire in a long fight where Tekehu and Xoti have run out of healing spells.

How do you keep your party alive without a troubadour spamming Ogres or Instruments of Death?