RL HealerProtection

RL HealerProtection is a lightweight World of Warcraft addon that helps protect your healer by automatically announcing when:

It is designed to be simple, chat-based and always uses English messages.

Features

Intended primarily for healers using mana as a resource.
Only sends messages in 5-player groups:
- Works in normal and heroic dungeons or parties.
- Does not announce in raids.
Messages are always in English, regardless of client language.

Place the RLHealerProtection folder inside your WoW AddOns directory, for example:

   World of Warcraft\_retail_\Interface\AddOns\RLHealerProtection

Make sure the files RLHealerProtection.toc and RLHealerProtection.lua are directly inside this folder.
Start the game or type /reload in chat to reload the UI.
Enable RL HealerProtection in the AddOns list at the character selection screen.

When you are in a party (not a raid) and use mana:

The addon checks your current mana percentage:
- ≤ 20% – "My mana is getting low."
- ≤ 10% – "My mana is almost gone."
- ≤ 0% – "I am completely out of mana."
Each threshold is only announced once until your mana goes back above 20%.
Messages are sent to the PARTY channel, for example:

  [RL HealerProtection] My mana is getting low.

When you are in a party and:

The combat log shows that you are taking damage (melee, spell, ranged or environmental).
You have significant threat on your target (high threat/aggro).
The last warn was more than a configured cooldown ago (default 15 seconds).

Then RL HealerProtection sends a warning to party chat:

[RL HealerProtection] I have aggro and I am taking damage.

This helps your tank and DPS react quickly when the healer is in danger.

RL HealerProtection adds a small minimap icon using the addon’s own logo.

Left-click: Open or close the options window.
Right-click: Enable or disable the addon globally.
Drag with left mouse button: Move the icon around the minimap. Position is saved.

The minimap icon can be shown or hidden via the settings window.

You can access the settings by:

The options window has two tabs:

Toggle the behaviour of the addon:

Changes are saved automatically in your SavedVariables.

Shows:

All texts in the options window are in English.

RL HealerProtection uses the SavedVariables table:

Stored configuration includes:

enabled – whether the addon is active.
enableManaWarning – low mana warnings on/off.
enableHealerAggroWarning – healer under attack warnings on/off.
minimap:
- show – show/hide minimap icon.
- point, relPoint, x, y – minimap button position.

If you want to reset all settings, you can delete RLHealerProtectionDB from your SavedVariables file while the game is closed.