Recent content by Scow2

No. Rogues are Skirmishers/Lurkers. Unless you build one to be a guy who, instead of reacting to the battlefield and using careful positioning/timing and precise bursts, just walks up and trades blows with enemies. Defenders You can build a Warlord and Barbarian to sort of be Defenders in 4e -...

If he's Front Line, he's a defender. Though, frankly, I prefer the terms "Soldier" or "Brute", depending on more subtle nuances in the character.

I've always thought the classic D&D roles are: 1. The Soldier. In combat, his role is to hit hard and take hits. He's the 'anchor' of the party on the battlefield, and is the guy who provides a strong foundation everyone else builds from, and serves as a 'fortress' for everyone to fall back to...